Oh iFixit. The site gets its kicks by tearing apart the coolest new gadgets before most of us even get a chance to look at them. The D-Link-designed set top box is just beginning to ship today, and the site has already splayed its guts out for all the world to see.
There’s nothing too revelatory here about the innards of the $199 streaming media device. iFixit gives the device a seven out of 10, in terms of reparability. The box also gets high marks in terms of build quality,
[W]e feel that the Box has build quality that rivals Apple’s, and is much more solid-looking than the Revue. The front panel is made of glass sturdy plastic and displays a Boxee logo once you power on the device.
As for the size of the device–iFixit doesn’t think you should be put off by that. “The Boxee Box looks huge when compared to the Apple TV, but it’s really not that cumbersome in real life — the Apple TV is just teeny tiny.”
You can see some more alien autopsy-style shots over at iFixit’s site.
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