Comcast’s Next Generation Xfinity Spectrum DVR Shows Off Quad Tuners, New Menu And Apps

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Comcast’s Next Generation Xfinity Spectrum DVR Shows Off Quad Tuners, New Menu And Apps

May 21st, 2011 ipadoholic Leave a comment Go to comments

“Major step for Comcast/Xfinity. The aged guide was clearly really dated, and Spectrum offers an

“I haven’t delved in to the DVR much, but we did assessment it out. The installer mentioned it is a 4 tuner DVR permitting me to record 3 programs whilst we watched a 4th. However, the user guide mentioned we could usually record 2 and watch a 3rd. Didn’t assessment this out, but possibly is sufficient for me. It appeared to be the typical DVR functions that you would expect. we asked the installer the size of the hard drive, and he mentioned 1 terabyte with around 160 hours of HD recording. Again, the book mentioned 500 GB, so not certain what is scold here.”

“The apps division is flattering cool. As of now, weather, traffic, Facebook, Randora, and Twitter are the apps available. Traffic and continue information sync automatically, but you have to go to spectrum.comcast.net to sync Pandora, Facebook, and Twitter.”

“The continue app is great. It offers real time forecasts, 5 day forecasts, and a good radio detector chart display any sleet on the way. You can select multi-part locations to perspective continue all over the country. The traffic app is moreover handy. Not so much for me living in North Augusta, but we altered the place to Atlanta and saw multi-part traffic warnings and collision indicators. This is all completed over a thoroughfare chart conceal with a key display what the traffic incidents are. Accidents, congestion, thoroughfare work, delays are all indicated on the map. You can moreover set up a end highway if you were going out of town. Set starting and finishing points, and the app tells you of any thoroughfare warnings for that route. Pretty cold stuff.”

“The Facebook and Twitter apps are what you would expect. Your feeds are displayed on the screen, so you can examine your form and any updates your friends have made. It’s really identical to a mobile app and doesn’t offer too many modifying options. we do not see myself using these much, as my mobile apps (iPhone) for these customers are much faster and simpler to obtain to. The Pandora app is something we see people using a lot. Very identical to the P.C. and mobile apps with the same thumbs up/down ratings we are used to. The user combined channels automatically uncover up on the right, together with a blend choice that incidentally selects channels. we was told by the developer there is no hat on use for this pandora app. Album art and strain information are displayed on the shade as well.”

“The remote has a few really appealing pieces to it. It’s a new Xfinity labeled remote that uses an IR blaster. According to the developer, the remote may be

“Now, look at the photo of the remote closely. There is a extraordinary microphone symbol at the tip of the remote. On the side of the remote, there is a button that is not labeled, nor mentioned in the user guide. we called the special Spectrum phone number, and the dilettante had no thought what they were for. On the back of the remote, there is a tiny orator on top of the battery compartment. The usually thing we could regard of was a few arrange of voice guided manage is to guide using the side button, identical to a walkie talkie. Either that or they are listening in on me (scary thought).

The developer warned me about a few kinks that are being worked out, and we have already gifted some. The apps division worked best by the initial segment of yesterday, but stopped working final night (which is because there are no pics of the apps). Tried to reset the box, but it didn’t help. Also, we interconnected the coordinator with my colonize receiver, but it usually functions for 5 mins or so, then quits working. Apparently, this is a well known situation and they are working on it.”