2010-09-01, 17:34
Phokus Wrote:Does it have enough buttons on the front to make it useable for xbmc?
It has just the right buttons to use XBMC. Unfortunately, it does not have enough buttons to replace your other remotes There are no power buttons (need one for TV, one for HTPC) there are no volume buttons.
So even if you only ever use XBMC and never switch inputs to regular TV (or a blu-ray player, or a XBOX, etc.) - you still need an additional remote for power/volume. Also - no IR on the Boxee remote. That means even if it did have power/volume buttons, they wouldn't work with your TV anyway.
I'm hopeful the Tivo Slide will be better, but haven't looked at it in enough detail yet to know - though it's retail now, so all the info is out there.