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04-01-2012, 06:13 PM
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#121
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Originally Posted by StringFellow
XBox went nationwide, but currently does not work with accounts that only have cable cards. With the XBox there is a much larger audience and it still doesn't work with cable cards. Add to that the involvement of TiVo and you have a lot of hurdles that need to be cleared before there is a national rollout of On Demand for the Premiere. My prediction, Summer 2013.
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that will be it. Comcast will tell people "Streaming on tivo doesnt work if you have a cable card"
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04-04-2012, 10:08 AM
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#122
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...As far as Comcast Xfinity On Demand, the rollout is targeted to begin in the San Francisco Bay Area, with an update for DVRs there this week before the feature is turned on later this month...
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/04/t...-youtube-apps/
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04-08-2012, 01:22 PM
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#123
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Just read that Xfinity/Comcast will be enabling HBOGo on the XBox 360 some time next week. Just more and more services that aren't available to cable card only customers. Comcast hasn't fixed the 360 On Demand issue with cable card only customers yet...just shows where cable card customers stand in terms of company commitment. 
With a national roll out of On Demand for TiVo many month, if not years away, I am paying more every year to the cable company and I keep getting excluded from the extra features just because I have cable cards and none of their crappy set top boxes.
TiVo makes a good DVR, but if cable card only customers keep getting excluded from these new cloud services TiVo will continue to look less and less desirable. Off to call Comcast and complain.....
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04-08-2012, 06:39 PM
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#124
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Originally Posted by StringFellow
TiVo makes a good DVR, but if cable card only customers keep getting excluded from these new cloud services TiVo will continue to look less and less desirable. Off to call Comcast and complain..... |
It makes an antenna + netlfix/amazon/whatever sound more and more attractive every day.
Really, I have no idea why I'm still paying for cable.
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04-09-2012, 01:22 PM
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#125
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by StringFellow
Just read that Xfinity/Comcast will be enabling HBOGo on the XBox 360 some time next week. Just more and more services that aren't available to cable card only customers. Comcast hasn't fixed the 360 On Demand issue with cable card only customers yet...just shows where cable card customers stand in terms of company commitment.
With a national roll out of On Demand for TiVo many month, if not years away, I am paying more every year to the cable company and I keep getting excluded from the extra features just because I have cable cards and none of their crappy set top boxes.
TiVo makes a good DVR, but if cable card only customers keep getting excluded from these new cloud services TiVo will continue to look less and less desirable. Off to call Comcast and complain..... |
Can you explain to me what cable card only means?
I have 3 boxes. One is a tivo w/ cable card, the other is a comcast dvr, and the other just a small box.
Thanks. Denise
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04-09-2012, 03:52 PM
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#126
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Quote:
Originally Posted by denise1768
Can you explain to me what cable card only means?
I have 3 boxes. One is a tivo w/ cable card, the other is a comcast dvr, and the other just a small box.
Thanks. Denise
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People report Comcast now shows up as a participating provider when they install HBO GO on 360. I am a -cable card only- Comcast customer so tonight when I get home I can verify if this works or not. Xfinity app on 360 works just fine so I will be surprised if HBG GO doesn't.
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04-09-2012, 04:33 PM
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#127
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gadfly
People report Comcast now shows up as a participating provider when they install HBO GO on 360. I am a -cable card only- Comcast customer so tonight when I get home I can verify if this works or not. Xfinity app on 360 works just fine so I will be surprised if HBG GO doesn't.
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You are very lucky as the 360 Xfinity app doesn't work for most. There is a comcast forum where a lot of people have complained that it doesn't work for them....all of which are cable card only customers.
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04-09-2012, 05:09 PM
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#128
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Time Techland: TiVo Gets Comasts Xfinity on Demand
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04-09-2012, 05:16 PM
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#129
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Funkadelic
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Originally Posted by sbiller
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Embargo was midnight, guess Harry slipped.
Here's the press blast:
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First in the SF Bay Area, TiVo will now offer Comcast customers access to XFINITY On Demand to TiVo Premiere customers. Customers can now access cable on demand along-side traditional TV channels and web content from Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon Instant Video, YouTube and Pandora. This is the first retail cable set-top box to offer such services.
Beginning 4/10 and over the coming weeks, TiVo Premiere users in the Bay Area will automatically receive this update to their DVR and will have access to the XFINITY On Demand library.
Additional Information About XFINITY On Demand From Comcast Now Available To San Francisco Bay Area TiVo Customers
ˇ The offering brings unprecedented entertainment options to consumers by offering traditional TV content, an ever-growing amount of web entertainment and XFINITYs massive video on demand library all together through the award-winning TiVo service.
ˇ TiVo Premiere subscribers in additional markets across the country are expected to have access to the XFINITY On Demand library in the coming months. Visit www.tivo.com/comcast to learn more or to sign up for notifications when XFINITY On Demand becomes available on TiVo Premiere in additional areas.
ˇ TiVo Premiere can be purchased from Best Buy or direct from TiVo by calling 1-877-BUY-TIVO (1-877-289-8486) or visiting www.tivo.com.
ˇ In addition to the TiVo service, TiVo users will continue to pay a separate monthly bill for Comcast services. To get Xfinity On Demand a TiVo Premiere DVR is required along with Xfinity TV with access to On Demand.
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04-09-2012, 05:40 PM
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#130
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Originally Posted by davezatz
Embargo was midnight, guess Harry slipped.
Here's the press blast: |
I think someone might have tweeted about this being a possibility this week! 
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04-09-2012, 05:41 PM
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#131
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Funkadelic
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Originally Posted by sbiller
I think someone might have tweeted about this being a possibility this week! |
Funny thing is, I was accidentally told about a month ago that today was launch day yet TiVo's PR agency actually forgot to email me about the announcement. I inquired after seeing Harry's post. Ha?
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04-09-2012, 05:49 PM
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I <3 TiVo!
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Now let's see if it ever makes it beyond San Fran. Can anyone say Soft TiVo part 2?
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04-09-2012, 05:54 PM
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#133
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Originally Posted by davezatz
Funny thing is, I was accidentally told about a month ago that today was launch day yet TiVo's PR agency actually forgot to email me about the announcement. I inquired after seeing Harry's post. Ha? |
So the big question in my mind is will this be enough to help TiVo sales in the San Fran bay area?
The other big question that Black Betty highlights is, will other markets see Xfinity on TiVo this year?
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04-09-2012, 05:58 PM
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#134
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Originally Posted by BlackBetty
Now let's see if it ever makes it beyond San Fran. Can anyone say Soft TiVo part 2?
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I wonder what exactly they mean by '"Bay Area"? Hopefully, that includes Silicon Valley. I guess we'll see tomorrow.
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04-09-2012, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bareyb
I wonder what exactly they mean by '"Bay Area"? Hopefully, that includes Silicon Valley. I guess we'll see tomorrow. |
If I were you I would sign up for the priority update just in case.
http://www.tivo.com/mytivo/software-...est/index.html
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04-09-2012, 06:04 PM
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#136
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Originally Posted by sbiller
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Oh cool! Unfortunately, I'm on vacation and my TiVos are at home... Any way to get the TSA number off the TiVo website? Going to go check...
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04-09-2012, 06:09 PM
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Success! Thanks for the heads up sbiller.
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04-09-2012, 06:29 PM
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#138
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Location: Tampa, FL
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Originally Posted by bareyb
Success! Thanks for the heads up sbiller.
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Your welcome. I would kill for On Demand access in my area but it will likely never happen (Bright House Networks).
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04-09-2012, 06:45 PM
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#139
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davezatz
Embargo was midnight, guess Harry slipped.
Here's the press blast: |
So in Tivo time frame, I would assume "in the coming months" means some time next year 
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04-09-2012, 06:49 PM
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I <3 TiVo!
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Originally Posted by sbiller
Your welcome. I would kill for On Demand access in my area but it will likely never happen (Bright House Networks).
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Same here. I've got Verizon fios. And I don't see TiVo and Verizon playing nice anytime soon.
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04-09-2012, 07:34 PM
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#141
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Anybody knows if on-deman on TiVo would support CC or not?
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04-09-2012, 07:37 PM
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#142
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Location: Tampa, FL
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Originally Posted by Gadfly
Anybody knows if on-deman on TiVo would support CC or not?
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It will support anything that Comcast sends out via QAM so my guess is it will fully support CC.
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04-09-2012, 08:26 PM
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RhettF
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Oakland, CA
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I seriously hope this gets activated in oakland tomorrow (Lake Merritt Area) - we usually get the updates before SF's aging network. They don't let comcast in any building thats right downtown in SF. City won't let them install cables....
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Last edited by rhettf : 04-09-2012 at 09:08 PM.
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04-09-2012, 10:10 PM
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#144
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i really hope coming months does mean coming months and not years.
Would love this in chicago area
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04-09-2012, 11:43 PM
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#145
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RhettF
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Oakland, CA
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TiVo just updated there site:
http://www3.tivo.com/products/source...c_id=%20SM8009
Type in your zip and it tells you if its available, I am in Oakland and it said I will be getting it!
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04-10-2012, 01:04 AM
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#146
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Tivo Margret claims on twitter that it will be rolling out wider within months...
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04-10-2012, 01:23 AM
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#147
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Future Prez of ABC
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04-10-2012, 02:43 AM
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#148
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Why cant we go through initial setup again but this time use a San Francisco zip code get the update then switch back? I mean it should work right anyone gonna try it?
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04-10-2012, 05:36 AM
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#149
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Location: Tampa, FL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GriffithStrife
Why cant we go through initial setup again but this time use a San Francisco zip code get the update then switch back? I mean it should work right anyone gonna try it?
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Based on @tivodesign tweets, it looks like its enabled on a zip code basis by Comcast on their head-end servers so I don't think there is anything you can do on your end to accelerate it.
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04-10-2012, 06:48 AM
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FUBAR
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Location: In the ATL
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Kind of scratching my head on why they went with a QAM delivery model (with associated slow rollout) when they could have cut the same deal Microsoft did with the Xbox for IP delivery with no HSI cap hit. They could've rolled this out nationwide very quickly and it would've kept both tuners free for recording too.
I mean jeez, if Comcast can handle a bazillion Xboxes over IP, adding a million or so Tivos (at most) would have been a piece of cake.
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