[Comcast Equip] Confirm HD DTA Availability?
My "local" Comcast office is more than 25 miles away, so before going there to swap out a SD DTA with a new HD DTA, I'd like to confirm that they actually have the HD DTA's. Is there a reasonable way...
View Article[Comcast Equip] Blast! Plus (with HBO)
I've been contemplating upgrading from Blast! to Blast Plus with HBO. Currently, I only have Internet service with Comcast. I've never subscribed to their cable TV packages before. The only reason I...
View Article[Content] CBS Sunday Football Blackouts
I live in the Philadelphia environs and for the second Sunday in a row, Comcast has "paid programs" scheduled on CBS instead of the New England Patriots! Eagles' games on FOX are not affected. Anyone...
View ArticleComcast Triple Play Visa Gift Card Scam
I was installed on 6/22 with Triple Play and should have received a $150 Visa Gift card. I have called and chatted and tried every 800 number support has thrown at me and each time I'm assured it will...
View Article[Comcast Equip] Cisco thinking of getting out of the set-top box business?
Don't know how much to trust the NY Post, but here is their article on Cisco thinking of getting out of the set-top box business: Cisco thinking out of the set-top box biz NY Post - February 20, 2012...
View ArticleComcast is in the Top 20 in money spent on lobbying
HereÂ’s a look at the 20 businesses and organizations that contributed the most for lobbying efforts in 2013: Business/organization     Lobbying total U.S. Chamber of Commerce...
View Article[X1-X2] comcast releases x1 remote app for android
ore x1 features than we do, if you don't include the cloud DVR app which does not work anyway because it is for internal testing. Here is the link to the article...
View Article[X1-X2] new XR11 remote aka remote with voice control
Comcast released the final version or you could call it the production version of the XR11 remote also know as The remote with voice control manual To view the details on this hardware:...
View Article[TiVo] TiVo access to XFINITY On Demand
Signed up for e-mail alerts and got a notice this morning that Tivo access to Xfinity Ondemand has hit Colorado: TiVo Premiere DVRs work with Comcast in all regions and now have access to XFINITY On...
View Article[Comcast Equip] Universal Remote
I'm thinking of getting a universal smart remote. Currently I have a Yamaha reciever and the x1 platform. These remotes are expensive and I wanted to know if anyone has experience with them. It's...
View Article[Comcast Equip] Xfinity problems with yahoo mail not loading [please help]
i am trying to help a family member who cannot get yahoo mail to load all of a sudden in their home. it worked fine one day and now the page half loads. i asked them to go out of their house to a...
View ArticleXfinity TV Online Glitch
A few days ago I wanted to watch an HBO movie online (we are subscribed). When I went to watch the title it said we aren't subscribed to Cinemax. I chatted with Comcast and they refreshed our account....
View Article[X1-X2] More X2 info?
Who knows, but being reported here that X2 is being rolled out in December to new customers and a special email invite for the favorite sons. I guess they haven't heard yet we are already watching....
View ArticleCost for 2nd Box?
I have a full digital box downstairs, which gives me digital preferred on demand...etc. It's about 10 yrs old, some sorta Motorola box. Upstairs I only have a DTA, which gives me starter, but also...
View Article[TiVo] x1 and tivo
hello all, i went to upgrade to X1 and comcast advised me that my tivo's with cable card will not work. is this true? rmk :huh:
View Article[Cable Card] irked!
Went to pick up a new CableCARD today for a new TiVo, and while in the office I noted the card they provided at the Post Office Road Payment Center in Waldorf MD was an SCard due to the Serial Number...
View Article[Comcast Equip] Comcast agrees to voluntary STB efficiency standards
[Continuing from an earlier thread: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r27794562-STB-Energy-efficient-set-top-boxes-on-the-way ] Comcast, along with other cable and consumer electronics companies, has now...
View ArticleAny advice with lowering a bill
My mother in law and grand mother in law have asked me to help them in trying to get their cable bill's down. Does anyone have any advice with any methods they have successfully used to lower a cable...
View Article[Install] Comcast Cable/Internet Install in Basement?
My wife and I are living in a remodeled basement apartment that currently has AT&T Uverse internet. The Uverse is installed upstairs and we are using the wireless. The relative upstairs does not...
View Article[HD] Premier League Extra Time
On 1 of the biggest days of the Premier League season, it remains an embarrassment that Comcast (who via their conglomerate with NBC) who is the "creator" of the Extra Time channels, continues to not...
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