30 second skip
I'm thinking about going back to Comcast after 2 years with Verizon. Can the remotes for the 500 GB DVR that's currently being delivered be programmed with a 30 second skip? The equipment I used to...
View Article[OnDemand] Xfinity Kids Week 2020 - July 27th through August 2nd
  Catch Free Kids’ TV Shows and Movies July 27- August 2 with Xfinity Xfinity Discovery Hub - July 17, 2020 https://www.xfinity.com/hub/free-tv-movies/kids-week-2020quote:Looking for free kids’...
View ArticleComcast Opens On-Demand, SVOD Titles During COVID-19
Comcast said it has made on-demand and subscription video on demand titles from a number of networks available to its Xfinity X1 and Flex customers for free during the COVID-19 outbreak. According to...
View Article[Price] Regional Sports Networks
On the Comcast forums, this was posted by one of the Comcast employees:quote:Due to the hiatus in sports broadcasting, Xfinity expects to receive refunds from some regional sports networks. We intend...
View ArticleFree MLB Extra Innings
Is anyone else getting free MLB Extra Innings? I haven’t seen any communications about a free preview, but I’m getting it right now — and hopefully for the full season.
View ArticleCommScope amp...MoCA or no MoCA
I'm currently using a CommScope CSAPDU9VPI amp that doesn't say it's supports MoCA, but I have an X1 DVR and two wired X1 satellite boxes working fine. There appears to be a newer model now from...
View ArticleBest way to get Limited Basic
My grandma is moving to the Bellingham, WA market where I am. I am trying to figure out the best way for her to receive local channels at lowest cost. She only has Here are the two options I see: 1....
View Article[X1] X1 Features on HD DTA boxes
I had upgraded my old DVR boxes to X1 and have 2 different boxes in the house for X1 (bedroom is plain black box). The "master" X1 box is with a clock and in my Living Room. Meanwhile, I have 2 HD TV's...
View ArticleXiD-P DTA channel 3/4
Trying to set up an XiD-P in DTA mode (white label) with an old CRT TV. Can anyone check and see if there's an option on their XiD-P in the settings to switch the output from Channel 3 to 4? Help...
View ArticlePeacock debut today for Flex (and X1)
Just got an email that Peacock, the new NBC streaming service, is available on Flex. I read yesterday it should be on X1 boxes today/soon. Anyone have it yet?
View ArticleNew HD Channels 8/25?
I'm hearing reports from the Comcast forum that the following HD channels are coming 8/25. Anyone else seeing this in their areas? I'm hearing Cooking Channel HD, DIY HD, WGN HD, Pop HD, C-SPAN HD,...
View ArticleContract & Adding Premium Channel Later
Hello All Wondering if it would be possible to add a Premium channel later on if we decide want one for the household here, when renewed our contract, dropped them all, Comcast cares was nice enough to...
View Article[Content] FYI all you shark lovers out there!
Nat Geo's SharkFest (premieres July 19th) and Discovery's Shark Week (August 9th through 16th) are coming soon to a screen near you: National Geographic to Launch Five Weeks of SHARKFEST 2020...
View Article[Content] Balt/Wash - WETA-UK not available on....
Greetings; ---I'm writing on behalf of my mother, who's not a computer-person. This message is aimed at people in the Baltimore-Washington area - recently, notice was given that "WETA-UK" was being...
View ArticlePeacock
I have X1 service, but an older motorola box without a voice remote. While I can use Peacock on my computers is there anyway to bring the app up on my TV with my current box?
View ArticleWhy is there no "Channel 1" on cable lineups?
I always found it odd that the channel lineup starts at "2". Why is this? Is cable channel 1 as forbidden as saying Lord Voldemort's name out loud in the Harry Potter universe?
View Article[NEWS] AT&T is Now Letting Non-Subscribers Stream NFL Sunday Ticket
Since its launch in 1994, DirecTV (now AT&T) video subscribers have had exclusive access to NFL Sunday Ticket. Now it is being offered by AT&T for streaming by non-subscribers: DIRECTV Selling...
View Article30 seconds forward and reverse hack no longer works?
I had this on my system and it worked until I just tried it: Change the page up/down buttons from 5 minute skip to 30 second skip: Unlike the old legacy boxes and remotes, on the X1 platform this is a...
View Article[X1] Xfinity stream: "It looks like your device is offline..."
I am trying to watch recordings on my X1 DVR (or cloud DVR) outside my home using the Xfinity stream app and keep getting an error that says "It looks like your device is offline" on my iPhone and...
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