YouTube Leanback is all about letting you sit back, relax and be entertained. Videos tailored to your interests play as soon as you visit the site and they play in full screen and high definition, continuously. There’s no need to click, search, or browse, unless you want to, of course. Watching YouTube becomes as easy as watching TV.

via YouTube Blog: YouTube Leanback offers effortless viewing.

What a great way to view YouTube. It would be ideal if this functionality was included in {en:Boxee}. Unfortunately, the only machine where I actually view the desktop AND can technically watch videos is our desktop PC, and try as I might I can’t sit there and watch a video. The other PCs in the house are hooked up to TVs running Boxee.

A glimpse of the future perhaps.