Boxee's Avner Ronen announced today that they have signed a partnership with an unnamed consumer electronics company to manufacture a dedicated Boxee set-top box. Boxee will be showing a prototype and giving more details at a special unveiling event in Brooklyn, NY on December 7th. Those interested in attending can RSVP at http://boxeebeta.eventbrite.com/.

Ronen said this was just one more step in their plan "to provide consumers with a way to get Boxee in their living rooms, no matter whether it's on a Connected TV, game console, set-top box, BluRay player, computer, etc. Our goal is to be on every Connected device in the living room."

Judging by blog comments, Boxee fans are tentatively excited. Some have hacked their Apple TV to enable it to run Boxee, but they run into the same update override problems as those trying to sync their Palm Pre with iTunes. The questions they're looking for answers on at the unveiling are whether will it have DVR ability and if it will support other online content providers such as Hulu and Netflix.

The device will compete with others such as the new Myka ION announced just last week, which includes Boxee and Hulu support. The ION is expected to begin shipping by mid-December.