I like the term Media Engine for Boxee because after some of the announcements this week and descriptions from blogs, I would use my own naming convention.

I use Boxee because it enables me to have one piece of software for all my owned and streaming media needs. Since Boxee provides a way of easily browsing local media I use it to view videos and listen to music that I own. I also use the streaming functions to watch content that comes in through Hulu, YouTube, CBS, and other sources that I have customized via feeds. That is how I watched AirWolf the other day, one of my favorite shows as a kid.

Personally, I have used a third party hack that enables me to use Boxee on my Apple TV. Note: This is not official.

Below is a video from the team at Boxee:

If you are interested in checking out Boxee for yourself, let me know and I will send you an invite.

Full disclosure: I work at Union Square Ventures which has made an investment in Boxee

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MTV soft launched their MTV videos site making it an easy place to view and embed your favorite music videos. I have been waiting for a site like this to highlight music videos from yesteryear and also find a better way to embed the videos without the possibility of them being taken down.

The player is easy to use but the embed codes are a little hidden on the lower left of every video. Similar to the usability of the HULU player – which seems to be becoming the standard on the web (if you do not count youtube) – it provides simple navigation and a great full screen mode.

A great implementation for the music streaming sites out there would be to actually snag video from MTV and play it while listening to last.fm or Pandora or others.

Below is a recent MGMT video

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