Boxee Beta DOA Solutions for MAC!

My last article about the Boxee DOA Beta release has a solution an although it's a relatively easy fix, it should of been more been announced to the general public and it was not or better yet it should been fixed before being released but anyway there is a fix. The following will help those who have not already been helped.

Instructions taken from the website are:

First, make sure you have done a clean install of Boxee.

This means not only uninstalling Boxee, but also deleting/moving your Boxee configuration directory:
http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=3962

on os x (and the apple tv):
~/Library/Application Support/BOXEE/

on linux:
~/.boxee/

on windows xp:
c:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\BOXEE\

on windows vista/7:
c:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\BOXEE\

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notes:
* on unix-like operating systems '~' means 'users home directory' (ie: /home/[username]/)
* boxee keeps all user-related config info in: 'UserData' (guisettings.xml, advancedsettings.xml, etc)
* boxee keeps all profile-related config info in: '/UserData/profiles/[profilename]/'
[THE BOXEE BETA REQUIRES A CLEAN INSTALL]

After you have done this, if your issue persists, please enable advanced logging, and provide your logs:
http://support.boxee.tv/forums/49599/entries/43963

Please post all issues in the 'Beta Issues Forum':
http://forum.boxee.tv/forumdisplay.php?f=21

Boxee Beta Release Problems!

With the new release of the new Boxee there are many issues not being discussed by the many happy kiss-up tech journalists in the media like it doesn't work properly (Windows Version), doesn't work at all(Mac Version) or it's missing all together(AppleTV). You would think that with this CES show that just ended that the powers that be would tell us a little more truth about the Boxee wonder of this past year and expected trend of this new year. But instead of leading the pack it has fallen behind because of these issues and it's a shame since they (in my opinion) are who started the whole drive to get a living room type of entertainment experience via the internet through first the AppleTV device. They have come out with their own version of a Boxee device this year (hopefully it works) via another manufacturer but they have seem to have forgotten the other segments of interest or at least it seams so. Online there is some sort of geek fix to the AppleTV problem to get the Beta Boxee to function so I guess someone will have it work but that leaves a lot of people out in the wind blowing, nice way to treat your followers Boxee. I still have hopes that the Boxee team will fix these issues and become a reliable company in the future but shame, shame, shame people.

AT&T or the others?

With the passing of the IPhones 2 years of existance, many of the original IPhone owners had to justify continuing with the so called AT&T monster or move on to another carrier. The fact that AT&T had changed its policies on making the data plan MANDATORY (as of September of this year) and that the original IPhone owners could not unlock their cell phones (despite there right to do so on a device that is this old & purchased) made the unwanted decision to move on to greener and a different carrier. AT&T and Apple may wonder why the sales of the new IPhone did not even come close to what they did when they launched the original, well this maybe one of the many reasons why. I can't (in all honesty) bad mouth AT&T for their support of service or in any billing errors (like other carriers have done in the past) but its Achilles heel of a poor signal in both cell and data 3g network was its killer. It is really not much better with either Sprint or T-Mobile, they too have their flaws but Verizon (that poor carrier that I personally will not see many more years in business) is the clear winner in poor service dispite their attempts to change. So when push comes to shove, I miss my IPhones larger screen size and easy ability to use like most Apple products provide but I can not continue another 2 years of a contract under those terms so I must move on like so many other original Iphone owners have.

Comcast Update!

As many of you have read in my past posts, I have had issues with Comcast services and have tried to resolve them with Comcast customer service many times in the past with very few or no rational responses. They recently offered upgrade packages to their clients promising speed of up to 12-Mbps down and HBO for free (with extended cable) at an even lower price then what I was paying for before. Well the Digital transition was a mess but we all survived it without too much disaster and the speeds of the internet was at many times dismal. Now with the promise of so called double speed for free, I have began to notice an improvement. Yes I am actually saying something nice about Comcast as hard as many of you believe. I may have just lost my favorite kicking dog on Twitter but it is all for the best I hope. Let us see how long this good fortune will last and a big hi to Comcastbonnie and Comcast(others). 14 seconds ago

Comcast DigitalTV Deception!

Now that the deadline is over and whoever didn't get the convertors would know if they needed them, I finally see the error of my conclusion about needing a special box for Comcast subscribers. You don't need one andeven if you did, Comcast does not give out 2 free units to all Comcast subscribers. You have to be a premium subsciber to even be allowed those units and only if they have them avaible given the high rate of requested units by many confused Comcast customers. Like always mass confusion deliberatley made to trick clients like me into some fancy worthless Comcast scam. So of you are lucky enough not have fallen for this deception, good for you and forgive my inaccurate reporting based on my Comcast swindler reps. If in doubt call 1-800-srew-u or 1-800-NoSupport ......

New Comcast Upgrade better?

Looking at a video being presented by the Comcast people relating to the new move to digital, I was surprised to find out that even though I have cable I would still need to add a digital convertor box to at least 2 of my TV's despite the ads saying otherwise on regular channels. I was lucky to catch the video on a Digital only channel while scanning a friends TV for more channels something that I would not know by just seeing cable analog channels I receive. So I called customer support to ask about the convertors. Lucky for me (and other customers of Comcast) the cable company is offering 2 free convertors per household but I was intised to get even a better setup, faster Internet package & cable channel package that included HBO for a low rate to last only a year. It would cost me (so they said) less than what I pay now for a lesser setup so I took it hoping to see finally some real speed and performance on the Internet but that did not happen. Todays tests showed a whopping .168mbps or less then my other package when I had expected something close to the promised speed of 12Mbps. I am still convinced that my area as a whole had an issue that the Comcast people fail to recognize or even fix. I am still waiting for a responsible individual from comcast to explain previous issue causes but yet to get a response. I think I will even have to wait more fir the current issue which would not surprise me to hear them say it is caused by a picture frame in my home or some other ridiculouse explaination. I await to hear from someone not too chicken to explain cause and I hope fix to this issue, I will not hold my breath. I will continue to monitor this into it is fixed and explained.

AppleTV & lack of customer support!