In praise of the D-Link Boxee Box | Linux Today

In praise of the D-Link Boxee Box

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 11, 2011

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“While we admire the device’s creative design, a more
traditional, flat, rectangular mechanical design would have
integrated more efficiently with the rest of our entertainment
gear, which is stacked within an equipment cabinet. The D-Link
device might look cool out in the open, but the device’s small,
continually-running cooling fan is considerably less annoying
behind the cabinet’s closed door. Nothing’s more annoying than the
drone of a cooling fan amidst the quiet, poignant moments of a
film!”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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