Netflix on the Boxee Box is a much better Valentine’s Day gift than what you had planned

These days, a media streamer isn’t really in the game unless it has Netflix streaming and thankfully, the Boxee Box has finally corrected its most glaring content hole — sorry Hulu Plus . According to a blog post by CEO Avner Ronen, the oft-delayed addition has been the most common request by users so far but obviously they’ve cleared all remaining DRM hurdles , so once the latest software update is downloaded, either automatically or by manually checking, owners can enjoy everything the latest Netflix interface has to offer, whether they’re in the US or Canada. Of course, that’s not all there is to this update, with support for Dolby Digital TrueHD bitstreaming, high resolution SRT subtitles and updated support for IR remotes. All the details are in the changelog, although we figure most of you will just get straight to watching The Human Centipede or something similar. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Netflix on the Boxee Box is a much better Valentine’s Day gift than what you had planned originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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