Until TiVo changes operating systems I would not expect any new major app
Do you not think Roku will get it?
I looked up the free flex box... The Comcast website said the Flex box was only available to those who did not have TV service, but internet only. I'd like to hear that I'm wrong.
you're right. Fine print on the link says not available to current comcast video customers.
The initial ("early bird") deployment of Peacock that began last month was just for subscribers who are using Comcast's X1 STB's. The official Peacock launch date is scheduled for July 15, at which time ANYONE will be able to access it on one of the supported streaming media devices (such as Roku, which even now supports the Xfinity Stream Beta app), including non-subscribers to Comcast services (it will be available to them as an OTT SVOD app).
Note that STB rental fees vary by region. Note also that there is no discrete Flex box: The Flex service is designed to utilize the Xi6 4K/HDR STB in the regular Comcast equipment inventory. But, as I mentioned above, Peacock is now available on any of the X1 STB devices.
No, like Chiguy said - it's just a standard Xi6 X1 client box, operating in IP only mode. Only difference is that since it's IP only it doesn't require the presence of a "master" XG1 gateway and XB3/6/7 modem to create the network.Isn't this a discrete flex box?
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Right, that's due to sporadic low inventory for the Xi6. The concept is to get everyone on the Xi6 (and thus in the Xfinity ecosphere) who might otherwise look to third-party manufacturers for their 4K/HDR streaming content.
Yeah, I see that winking emoji, but "penalized" still isn't the right word. Comcast was originally going to launch Peacock concurrent with the summer Olympics for obvious marketing reasons, and the official launch date (July 15) is what it is. The early (X1) users are privileged (if you want to look at it that way), but anyone who chooses not to join in that group is simply in the general audience awaiting the opening curtain.so the OP i guess is penalized at least until July.
Nonsense. WE're having fun and he is being penalized in the sense that if he didn't have Tivo he could very well be watching Peacock right now because he is a Comcast subscriber. It's a play on words. I don't want to speak for the OP but I think we both know how it works.Yeah, I see that winking emoji, but "penalized" still isn't the right word. Comcast was originally going to launch Peacock concurrent with the summer Olympics for obvious marketing reasons, and the official launch date (July 15) is what it is. The early (X1) users are privileged (if you want to look at it that way), but anyone who chooses not to join in that group is simply in the general audience awaiting the opening curtain.
Your argument is absurd. OP (and anyone else in Comcast's market area) will have access to Peacock as of the official launch date. There is no penalty for not using Comcast's X1 video devices. Quite the contrary, in fact: Despite OP's choice (and mine as well) to eschew Comcast's equipment in favor of our own third-party receivers, Comcast still provides us with the full gamut of their CATV content. I highly doubt this would have been the case if not for the FCC's CableCARD rules, but nonetheless we enjoy this privilege despite the onus it places on the provider in terms of additional support requirements and loss of rental revenue.
