TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Boxee is reinventing itself:

The new Boxee TV is an unassuming $99 device with a surprisingly radical feature: dual TV tuners. Plug the Boxee TV into your existing basic cable line or an HDTV antenna, and you’re watching television using a fast, fluid interface light years beyond anything from a cable company. Pay $14.99 a month and you get access to a second radical feature: a cloud-based DVR with unlimited storage that lets you play multiple shows simultaneously on PCs, phones, and tablets.

Unlimited DVR sounds great, but I think the most interesting thing here is that they’re working closely with Comcast. the new box will only work with broadcast TV and basic cable, but it’s telling that Comcast is willing to work with them. If they can replace Comcast’s cable boxes, they could not only be very successful—they will have made cable a much better product for people.

Neat idea. I still think, though, there’s more long-term potential with the Apple TV—turning the TV into a computer will mean much more than providing a nice interface for cable television.