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Boxee<\/a> fans, today’s your lucky day: the service has just released its Beta to the general public. You can download the new version of the steaming video hub here<\/a>. <\/p>\nThe new version is really a complete overhaul of the app \u2014 it’s received a new, sexier UI that makes it easier to browse through the service’s content (and anything you might have saved locally too). Niceties include the ability to filter a show by season and episode and easier sharing using Boxee’s social features. There’s a lot that’s changed in the background too, including a switch from OpenGL to DirectX and support for hardware-accelerated video decoding for Windows users. <\/p>\n
Today’s launch also brings with it some new content partnerships, including TV.com, blip.tv, and IGN. Unfortunately, the Boxee\/Hulu cat<\/a> and mouse<\/a> game continues. Boxee says that some Hulu content now works in the app, and they’re working to get the rest of it added. <\/p>\n The Beta has been a long time coming \u2014\u00a0we first saw pictures of it back in June<\/a>, when it had a planned September release date. It was finally unveiled<\/a> in December, with a projected CES launch date (which they hit). Now the Boxee team says they want the 1.0 release to debut at next year’s CES.<\/p>\n Boxee has been making a lots of waves at CES, primarily with its new Boxee Box<\/a> \u2014\u00a0a hardware device built specically to let people stream content to their TVs using the service. The device will sell for under $200 and comes complete with a QWERTY remote<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you’d like to get a feel for Boxee, or are setting it up for the first time, check out this new guide that was put together by Howcast and Boxee.\n<\/p>\n \n Crunch Network<\/em><\/strong>: MobileCrunch<\/a> <\/em>Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9d2ac_Boxee-Beta.png\")
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