Smartbox

Your TV, only smarter.

Turn a PC or mini PC into a smart TV box. Live TV, your own streaming services, games and a smart assistant you control with your voice and that makes pictures for you. As a complete box out of the box, from a USB stick, or installed on your own PC.

Order the TV Smartbox · € 159 All options · from € 22.95 Ask your question on WhatsApp

Pay once, no subscription. Safe checkout right away; boxes and sticks are shipped within the Netherlands.

NewAI Studio now also in your browser, no Smartbox needed: studio.smartbox-tv.nl

The real home screen of the TV Smartbox: categories on the left, the smart assistant, the weather and tiles for live TV, NPO Start, KIJK, Videoland and more

Watch

All your TV and streaming in one place, without switching between devices and apps.

  • Live TV, free and legal

    A neat selection of free-to-air channels is ready to go: Dutch public TV, regional, news and music. Only working HD streams.

  • Your own streaming services

    Open Netflix, Videoland, Disney+, Prime Video and NPO Start with your own account, simply with the remote.

  • Watch TV on your phone

    On the couch or in bed: watch the channels on your phone or tablet too, over your own Wi-Fi.

  • Your own movies and photos

    Play your own videos, music and photos with Kodi, from a USB stick or your home network.

Grab a controller and play on the big screen.

Classic games with RetroArch and browser games you can play right away. Fun for the whole family.

Adventure
Racing
Action
Sports

Play

The Smartbox is also a game console for in between.

  • Retro games

    Play the classics with RetroArch using a regular USB or Bluetooth controller.

  • Free browser games

    Thousands of games from Poki, CrazyGames and more, playable right away without installing anything.

  • Cloud gaming

    Play demanding games with Xbox Cloud or GeForce NOW using your own account.

  • Control it with your phone

    Scan the QR code on the screen and your phone becomes a touchpad, keyboard and remote.

Ask your TV

Your own smart assistant. Type your question or simply say out loud “box” and what you want, in your own language: “box, put on NPO 1”, “box, louder”, “box, remind me about the oven in 10 minutes”. It answers on screen, reads aloud, opens apps and is also your own interpreter. It even makes pictures for you. All free, no credits needed. To talk to the box you need a microphone (for example a small USB microphone).

Voice controlOr typeAnswer questionsViewing tipsSpoken interpreterRead aloudCalculateRemindersExplain a letterCheck for scamsHomework coachOpen apps

Spoken interpreter

Speak in your own language and the TV translates it right away, on screen and out loud in the other language. It translates the other person's reply back just as easily. Handy with family or neighbours who speak another language, or to practise before your holiday. More than 40 languages, including English, Turkish, Arabic, Polish, Spanish and Ukrainian.

What can we watch tonight?
SmartboxThere's a new nature documentary on NPO Start and an exciting thriller on Netflix. Shall I open one?
Make a picture of a cat as an astronaut
SmartboxDone, it's on the screen. Want it different?
🎤 Interpret into Turkish: welcome, would you like some coffee?
Smartbox · says it out loud"Hoş geldiniz, kahve ister misiniz?"

AI Studio

The extra powerful part of the Smartbox: create your own photos, videos, music and presentations, right on your TV. Describe what you want, or start with your own photo from your phone or USB stick. The heavy lifting happens in the cloud, so it also works on a simple box.

With credits

Make and edit photos

From “a cat as an astronaut” to a new background behind your own photo. With styles like oil paint, comic or photo studio. Simply making a picture is also free, with Ask your TV.

With credits

Videos

A video from a description, or bring a photo to life. Budget from 15 credits, or cinematic top quality. Then extend it from the frame you choose, or add sound or a narrator.

With credits

Talking photo

Make a photo talk with a voice of your choice, with your own voice or with a recording you make yourself. Fun for a birthday or an invitation.

With credits

Make a film

Tell your idea and the AI turns it into a story in scenes, with narrator, music and subtitles. You change what you like and it stitches everything together.

With credits

Music and songs

A song about your cat, your mother or your holiday, sung in English, Spanish, Dutch or another language. The AI can write the lyrics for you too.

2 free every month

Talk or presentation

Enter a topic, choose who it's for and how long, and you get slides with speaker notes. Practise on the TV, take it with you as PowerPoint or PDF.

A part free every month

Read aloud in your own voice

Record your voice once and let the box read stories and answers in your voice. Only with your own consent, recorded on the box itself.

Free

Photo & video editing

Crop, rotate, filters, add text, cut clips, add music. All with the remote, on the big screen.

What's free? Almost everything on the Smartbox: watching TV, the smart assistant (including making pictures with Ask your TV), the interpreter, games and the photo and video editor. You only use credits for the extra powerful creators in AI Studio, and part of that is free too: 2 presentations every month and some reading aloud in your own voice. A photo in AI Studio costs from 2 credits. You always see the price before you make something, and if it fails, you get your credits back. You only buy credits if you want to.
100 credits€ 5 200 credits€ 10 500 credits€ 25 1100 credits€ 49.95 · 10% extra 2300 credits€ 99.95 · 15% extra

After payment you get a code right away. Redeem it on your Smartbox (AI Studio → Add credits) or online (Credits in the menu). Credits never expire.

NewAI Studio online

No Smartbox? Just use AI Studio in your browser, on your computer, tablet or phone. The same creators for photos, videos, talking photos, music and films, plus the photo and video editor. Create an account with your email address and a password; after confirming your email you get 10 credits to try it out.

Open AI Studio online

And more

The things you don't have to think about.

Works right away

Switch it on and you're in the Smartbox screen. No installation, no accounts to create with us.

Automatic updates

New features and improvements arrive by themselves, at night when you're not watching.

Remote help

Something not working? Turn on remote help with one button and pass on the code. Then I look at your screen with you and we fix it together. You always see that it's on and you switch it off whenever you want.

Wi-Fi or cable

Choose your network on the screen. After a power cut it reconnects by itself.

Your own Home VPN

Browse safely anywhere in the world through your own internet connection at home, also on hotel or train Wi-Fi. No VPN subscription: scan a QR code with your phone and you're done. Router won't cooperate? Then it can run through the Smartbox server for € 2.50 a month.

Travelling or in the camper

Take the box with you. No Wi-Fi or cable? Get internet from your phone (over the USB cable) or a 4G stick, and the box turns it into a Wi-Fi hotspot for your phone and tablet.

My day

Every morning the weather, your appointments, the bin calendar and the news in plain language, read aloud if you like. With reminders for medication and birthdays.

Control from anywhere

Your phone is the remote. With the Home VPN on it also works on the go, even from abroad.

Fewer ads

An ad blocker is built into the browser. Calmer viewing, also on YouTube.

Big and clear

Websites and buttons full screen on the TV, easy to read from a distance and you can make them bigger or smaller. Choose your own colour style too.

Weather and clock

The weather for your own town on the home screen and a clock that's always right.

Parental lock

A safe space of their own for the kids, with only the apps you choose.

Stream to your TV

Put photos, videos and music from your iPhone, iPad or Mac on the TV (AirPlay), or from Android apps and Windows (“Cast to device”). Link the YouTube app on your phone with the TV code. And play your own files from the box elsewhere in the house.

Radio

All well-known Dutch stations with one click, plus radio from around the world. Your favourites on top, and it keeps playing while you do something else.

App store

Install extra programs like Spotify, VLC or LibreOffice yourself with one button, and they appear as a tile on your home screen.

Smart home

Do you have Home Assistant? Control your lights, heating and curtains from the TV or with your voice. Home Assistant can also run on the box itself.

Video calls

Call grandma and grandpa on the TV with a webcam. They simply open a link on their phone or computer, no account needed. Or say “box, call grandpa”.

Photo frame

Your photos as a slideshow on the TV, also as a screensaver. Family send new photos from their phone with a QR code.

Hands-free control

Everything with your voice: scrolling, clicking through a numbered grid, typing and dictating, switching windows. Also for anyone who finds the mouse difficult.

Looks after itself

The box checks itself every minute and fixes common problems by itself. In plain language you see what's going on, with a “Fix it” button.

Study and work

A focus timer that hides distractions, office programs, homework help and a presentation maker. For entrepreneurs an overview of handy business tools.

Feedback from your TV

Idea or problem? Send it straight from the box. You get the answer right on your screen.

Earn with your internet

Optional links to services where you can earn a little extra with unused internet on your own account. What it pays differs per person.

TV Smartbox or stick

No spare PC? Get the TV Smartbox: a complete box with everything on it, ready to plug in out of the box. In stock now. Prefer the stick? Then you get a brand-name stick that's been tested for you in advance.

In stock The TV Smartbox: a small silver-grey mini PC with two USB ports and an orange power button

The TV Smartbox

A complete, silent TV box, smaller than a book, with Smartbox already on it. HDMI cable into your TV, plug it in, choose Wi-Fi and you're watching: within five minutes. An Intel Core processor makes it fast enough for live TV, streaming and games, and efficient enough to just leave it on.

  • Works on any TV – sharp Full HD picture, also on your 4K TV, via HDMI with sound
  • All in one – live TV, Netflix, NPO Start, YouTube, games, the smart assistant and the interpreter
  • Home VPN included – safe internet everywhere through your own connection, no subscription
  • Fewer ads – ad blocker built into the browser
  • Easy to use – best with a (wireless) mouse; a keyboard is optional and your phone works too
  • No subscription – pay once, updates and help via WhatsApp included
  • Intel Core i3Efficient laptop processor (15 watts)
  • 8 GB RAMSwitch smoothly between TV and apps
  • 128 GB SSDFast start-up, room for your own media
  • Two HDMI portsStraight to your TV, no adapter
  • Wi-Fi 5 + BluetoothWireless, or with a network cable
  • QuietWith Smartbox you hardly hear it

€ 159, everything included: box, power adapter, HDMI cable, licence and updates. In stock, tested and ready to use. A mouse is not included: any USB or wireless mouse works.

Order the TV Smartbox

Shipping € 6.95 within the Netherlands. A question first? Message us.

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The ready-made stick

For a ready-made stick we only use brand-name sticks: the SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 with 64 GB. No cheap unbranded stick that stops after a few months.

  • USB 3.0Up to 130 MB/s read: fast start-up
  • 64 GBPlenty of room for Smartbox, your settings, updates and your own media
  • Unique serial numberYour licence is securely linked to it
  • Tested in advanceEvery stick checked for speed and function
  • Ready to useSmartbox is on it, your key too
  • 5-year manufacturer warrantyFrom SanDisk on the stick itself

Boot USB € 42.95 · Quick install € 54.99

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Choose your Smartbox

Two choices: how you want to use Smartbox, and whether you make the stick yourself or receive it ready-made. Every version has all features.

Rather fully ready? The TV Smartbox · € 159

Complete box with Smartbox on it, including power adapter and HDMI cable. Tested and ready to use. In stock. Order the box

Version
DownloadYou put it on a USB stick yourself
Ready-made stickWe send it to you

Boot USB

Start Smartbox from the stick. Your PC stays untouched: remove the stick and everything is back as it was. Settings are saved on the stick. Use a brand-name stick of at least 8 GB with its own serial number.

Download€ 22.95Buy and download
Ready-made stick€ 42.95Order the stick

Quick install

Installs Smartbox permanently on a PC or mini PC by itself (usually 20 to 30 minutes). Starts faster and runs smoother than from a stick. Ideal for a PC you want to use as a TV box.

Note: everything on that PC will be erased. Works on PCs with one internal drive.

Download€ 34.99Buy and download
Ready-made stick€ 54.99Order the stick

With every version

  • Your own licence key, paid once
  • All features: TV, streaming, radio, games and the smart assistant, including making pictures
  • Automatic updates with new features
  • Easiest to use with a (wireless) mouse; keyboard optional, your phone works too
  • Help via WhatsApp if something doesn't work
How to order and pay

  1. Choose your version

    You order everything directly in the web shop: a download, a ready-made stick or the complete TV Smartbox. You enter your own address and we see your order right away.

  2. Pay the way you like

    In the web shop with PayPal or your debit/credit card. Shipping within the Netherlands: € 4.95 for a stick, € 6.95 for the box. Prefer an iDEAL payment request, bank transfer or crypto? Send a message on WhatsApp.

  3. Get started

    You get a download and your purchase key right away; at smartbox-tv.nl/activeer you turn it into your Smartbox key. A stick or box is prepared, activated and shipped within the Netherlands in 1 to 3 working days.

Payment options

iDEAL payment requestPay safely with your own banking app.
Bank transferDirectly to a Dutch bank account.
PayPalHandy, also outside the Netherlands.
CryptoBTC, ETH or USDC. Payment details on request.

Good to know

Technical details: picture, connecting, which PC
Picture
Full HD (1080p). Adjusts automatically to your TV or monitor.
Connecting
HDMI to your TV or monitor. If you need DisplayPort to HDMI, choose an active adapter.
Internet
Wi-Fi or network cable. A regular broadband connection is enough.
Controls
Easiest with a (wireless) mouse. A keyboard is optional, and your phone also works as a remote.
Voice and interpreter
Works with a USB microphone, a webcam with microphone or a headset. You can always type.
Which PC
A 64-bit PC, laptop or mini PC with at least 2 GB of memory. Older PCs often work fine too.
Make your own stick
Use a brand-name stick (USB 3.0) of at least 8 GB with its own serial number, for example a SanDisk Ultra. With 16 GB or more you have room left for your settings and files. Instructions come with your download.
Do I need a subscription?

No, not for the Smartbox itself. You pay once, and almost everything after that is free: watching TV, the smart assistant, the interpreter, games and editing. Only the extra powerful creators in AI Studio (like videos and songs) use credits, which you only buy if you want to. For paid services like Netflix or Videoland you use your own subscription.

Can I use AI Studio without a Smartbox?

Yes. Go to studio.smartbox-tv.nl and create an account with your email address and a password. You get 10 credits to try it out after you confirm your email address. You buy credits with the same codes as on the box.

Is it legal?

Yes. The Smartbox only comes with free-to-air channels. You open paid services with your own account, just like on a smart TV. There are no illegal streams or channel packages in it.

Boot USB or quick install: which one do I choose?

If you still want to use your PC normally, choose the boot USB: with the stick in, Smartbox starts; without it, your own system. If you have a PC or mini PC you only use as a TV box, choose the quick install. It starts faster, but erases everything on that PC.

Will it work on my PC and TV?

On most 64-bit PCs, laptops and mini PCs, connected via HDMI to your TV or monitor. Not sure? Send the brand and model of your PC and I'll check it with you.

What if something doesn't work?

Send a message on WhatsApp describing what you see, and I'll help you further.

On how many devices can I use it?

One licence belongs to one stick or one PC. If you want Smartbox on more TVs, you need a licence per device.

How do I receive my order?

You get a download and your licence key right after payment. You order a ready-made stick or TV Smartbox in the web shop; it is prepared, activated and shipped within the Netherlands in 1 to 3 working days (shipping € 4.95 for a stick, € 6.95 for the box). You'll hear as soon as it's shipped.

Can I cancel my purchase?

Yes. For a TV Smartbox, a ready-made stick or a Home VPN subscription you have a 14-day cooling-off period, no reason needed. Use the button Cancel purchase. For downloads and credits you agree to immediate delivery at checkout; no cooling-off period applies there. If something doesn't work as promised, we'll fix it.

Does it work on a Raspberry Pi?

We're working on it. Let us know if you're interested and you'll hear when it's ready.

Questions? Send a message.

Tell us what you're looking for or which PC you have, and I'll think along with you.

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