[Comcast Equip] Cable boxes
Is the XiD-P cable box better than the XG2 that has the voice remote.
View Article[Comcast Equip] Cable boxes
Is the XiD-P cable box better than the XG2 that has the voice remote.
View ArticleDisney+ & ESPN+ coming to X1
Seeing this was announced today. Good news! First quarter of next year. I won’t mold my breath on that though. Giving this news it’s own topic.
View Article[Outage] What up with wbz?
To anyone in the Massachusetts area who normally gets WBZ tv (cbs) - we are getting only a black screen and silence , is anyone else having a problem ? I tried calling the station , but no one there...
View Article[Price] Rate change - specific question (not rant/complaint)
This is the before/after page on my current bill. Am I reading the right? The last line - I currently pay $4.95 for the cablecard for my second TiVo. But I see that drops to zero? It's less about the...
View Article[Video] Xi5 Going Black sometimes when watching shows
Some reason When watching TV lately, it goes black for a second, then comes back to normal picture. Have system refreshed the boxes, may have helped a bit, not sure, will have to watch it more later to...
View ArticleXfinity Flex device now showing able to receive screen casts
The last couple of days started seeing Comcast listed when pulling up a list of devices to screen cast to. This is a big step forward for the Flex box. Reduces the need for a separate Chromecast...
View ArticleComcast dropping (duplicate) OTA networks in 38 markets
(The duplicate stations in question are mostly Hearst-owned) https://tvanswerman.com/2020/11/21/comcast-to-drop-local-stations-in-38-markets/
View ArticleComcast Testing NextGen Signal Over Cable in Portland
https://www.nexttv.com/news/comcast-testing-nextgen-signal-over-cable-in-portland
View Article[X1] Local Now on X1/Flex
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-free-streaming-service-local-now-launches-on-comcasts-xfinity-x1-and-xfinity-flex-301192219.html According to this article, LocalNow is available through...
View ArticleSneaky bastards removed Cablecard credit from my bill
So my December bill went up by $5 because they removed the "Customer Owned Video Equipment Credit", aka Cablecard credit, from my bill. This is NOT an official price change. In fact, the credit is...
View Article[FCCRequiredTests] Emergency Alert Tests at 4am
I'm not sure if it happens on a physical box, but in my bedroom I use the Xfinity stream app, and frequently they run emergency alert tests in the middle of the night at like 4am. Any clue as to if...
View ArticleSmithsonian Channel
It appears all areas that didn't previously have the channel (Northern California, Florida, much of the south) as well as neglected rural systems. It appears to have been added in SD and HD on 1477, I...
View ArticleWhy does CNN go black so often? Is it NBC Universal?
I’m noticing an increasing problem watching CNN. The feed we get via NBC Universal’s Comcast service breaks up frequently. Today, watching one hour of Reliable Sources, a program devote Tim the news...
View ArticleComcast lights up 'Stream' app for Amazon Fire TV devices
(from DSLR news forum) https://www.lightreading.com/cablevideo/comcast-lights-up-stream-app-for-amazon-fire-tv-devices-/d/d-id/766230?
View ArticleWhat's With The Bootleg(26 Minute) DVR?
It has always had a problem with seeking where it would skip back farther than you were expecting it to or the seek bar would jump around when you rewind or fast forward at maximum speed.When I was...
View Article[Connection] Coaxial Cable Melting
Let me start by saying I am not a technical person so please reply in general laymen terms. I live in an senior citizens apartment and for over two years about every 60-75 days the coaxial cable burns...
View ArticleI Guess It Is Better Than Nothing
Law banning “rental” fees for customer-owned routers takes effect Sunday: https://apple.news/A2203X8oNTy28PywFAvQEBw Overall, this affects Frontier customers more than Comcast customers, but there are...
View ArticleNBC channels listed as "up for renewal" in December
But I thought Comcast owned NBC! So why would NBCSN, MSNBC, and other NBCUniversal-owned channels be "up for renewal"? You can see the entire list of networks with expiring retransmission contracts...
View Article[X1] Why does X1 keep such horrible time?
I've noticed on my XG1v4 that the on-screen clock is often wrong. Compared to an accurate clock, it can be several seconds to as much as 2 minutes behind the actual time. Luckily, it doesn't seem to...
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