Over the years there have been many different Home Theater solutions, both standalone units(Tivo and a whole slew of copy cats) and software you install on a computer often called an HTPC (MythtTV, Windows Media Center, Apple’s Front Row, XBMC.)  Most of these play legally and illegally obtained videos that you have on your computer and some of them have DVR capability.  A few also deliver information from the web like weather and RSS feeds, but none go as far as Boxee.
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