Iomega Teams Up with Boxee to Deliver Its First HD Media Player

Iomega has just announced that it has teamed up with Boxee in order to deliver the company's first Full HD media player/streamer that is going to debut at CES 2011 in Las Vegas this week.

Just like the Boxee Box, Iomega's home entertainment solution is powered by an Intel Atom CE4100 processor and runs the cross-platform Boxee home theater PC software application.

This means that both units perform and act in a similar way, engadget reporting that they share the same user interface.

In addition, the two remotes are pretty similar (this too packing a backside QWERTY keyboard), although Iomaga has decided to use a more traditional design for its media player.

This makes it a lot easier to hide among the rest of your A/V hardware.

Feature wise, we get 802.11n Wi-Fi and Ethernet support, two USB 2.0 ports (one in the back and one in front), HDMI and composite video output as well as digital SPDIF audio.

The Iomega TV is available in three versions, the entry-level box coming without any storage unit, the remaining two models featuring a 1TB or 2TB hard drives, the larger of the two holding up to 500,000 songs, 800,000 photos, or 770 hours of video, according to the company.

Using the built-in Wi-Fi support, Iomega TV can double as a DLNA server, enabling the unit to stream content or share files between wireless devices placed in any room of the house.

Thanks to its Boxee software, Iomega TV supports a wide range of multimedia formats and on-demand video streaming services, Netflix and Hulu Plus following to make their way pretty soon (Netflix support was expected until 2010 ended but, unfortunately, this didn't happen).

Iomega TV will start shipping in February, pricing starts at $229.99 for the basic unit, the 1TB or 2TB models being priced at $299.99 and $349.99, respectively.