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Watch Lost online with Boxee's new ABC.com channel

ABC shows are now featured in Boxee's streaming media software, but only for the Mac and Linux versions. Apple TV owners will have to wait.

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Computing | by Samuel Axon | Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:01PM | 0 comments

What the hell is up with that island, anyway? You can look for answers with Boxee, the online video streaming software used in the Apple TV set-top-box and available for Mac and Linux computers. Boxee just added ABC.com to its already-vast list of sources of video content, and of course ABC.com streams Lost in high definition.

Unfortunately, Boxee only plays the standard definition version for now, and ABC content is only available on the Mac and Linux versions of the software, not the Apple TV one. You'll still have to hook your computer up to your TV if you want to watch Lost or any other ABC show on your bigscreen TV while lounging on your faux leather sofa.

If you're a Windows user or if you have an Apple TV, this won't help you yet. A Windows version is planned, though, and Boxee has pondered producing its own set-top-box for living room watching.

This story around the web:

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external link ABC featured on Boxee Ahead of Lost Season… [Ubergizmo]
external link boxee adds ABC.com to its slew of internet… [Engadget HD]
external link Boxee considering own-brand set-top box [Electricpig.co.uk - The UK's fastest-growing tech news site]
external link Boxee gets Lost [Boing Boing Gadgets]
external link Boxee now lets you get “Lost” in ABC… [VentureBeat]
external link Sling.com Gets One Leg Up On Hulu -- For Now [Alley Insider]

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