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Boxee TV Boxee;s second set-high box is all abender batty unlimited billow,pThe originalBoxee Box, though much-hyped, iled to make a splash two years ago when it debuted for . SoBoxee is trying again and this time, its aiming to evolve the concept of a DVR entirely to deliver an ambitious cloud DVR without storage limits.ppToday Boxee is announcing Boxee TV, a smaller and more traditionally-shaped set-top box built thats more focused on live TV capabilities. It features a No Limits cloud DVR, which lets you save as much broadcast TV as youd like. And, of course, you can view recordings across multiple devices.ppAt just , the Boxee TV is a direct strike at the Apple TV and Rokus popular media boxes, and it includes the usual assortment of online video services, like Netflix and Vudu. But its the ambitious cloud DVR that piques my interest the most. Boxee will offer the DVR service for . a month, but that seems like a small price to pay to record an unlimited amount of broadcast shows.ppIt isreallyunlimited, Boxee chief executive Avner Ronen told VentureBeat in an interview, when we asked if there was some sort of invisible storage threshold for the DVR functionality. Weve been working on it for over a year   first we didnt know if we could make it, if it was feasible, because its a challenging technology problem to solve.ppHaving a DVR that stores recordings in the cloud feels similar to the move from film to digBoxee TV Boxee;s second set-high box is all abender batty unlimited billowital cameras, Ronen said in a blog post this morning. Film cameras limited the number of photos you could capture, which made you think twice before taking a photo. Its the same with existing DVRs. The limited space and knowing that stuff will get deleted impacts your decisions about what to record in the first place.ppWeve heard rumors that Boxee was working on a cloud DVR service for over a year, but now that its official, its no less impressive. Instead of worrying about DVR space, you can record entire TV series and have them accessible at the touch of a button. Boxee will be buying up huge swaths of Amazon S storage to store the recorded video data, which will retain the same HD resolution and . surround sound audio from its broadcast.ppThe Boxee TV will feature a rectangular design rather than the strangely angular cube of the Boxee Box. The new device can fit in easily anywhere in your home theater setup. In many ways, the Boxee TVs design represents a maturing Boxee Instead of aiming at the hardcore media geeks, Boxee is focusing on mainstream consumers with its low price point. At the same time, the cloud DVR service will be perfect for the hardcore media nerd audience.ppUnder the hood, Boxee TV features a powerful Broadcom chip that offers hardware video encoding and decoding. From the little I saw, moving a