NEW YORK --Comcast says later this year you won't need a cable box to watch cable as the company follows its rivals in offering TV-watching apps. The announcement has interesting timing. It comes as ...

NEW YORK– Comcast will soon let its customers to bypass the cable box and get Xfinity service directly on their television sets or streaming media gadgets. A new Comcast app will transform new Samsung ...

Comcast, a company that doesn’t exactly have the best reputation in some customers’ eyes, appears to be ready to give subscribers something to smile about — by eliminating the cable box. The company ...

Netflix and Comcast will be available on the same cable box later this year, but Netflix video will still count against Comcast data caps. Netflix's deal to get its online video on Comcast's X1 ...

According to a new report from CNBC, Comcast is planning its own hardware streaming TV box for broadband-only customers. The box is said to integrate apps and services including Netflix, Amazon Prime ...

It's being hailed as the greatest Wimbledon final in history. This is a tennis tournament that has been played since 1877, and supposedly yesterday's five-set match between Roger Federer and Rafael ...

In order to continue receiving the full lineup of channels they're paying for, many Comcast cable customers will need a box hooked up to each television. Comcast customers who subscribe to standard ...

If you’d like to use the interface on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 set-top box—and you should, it’s fantastic—but aren’t so sure about the box itself, stay tuned. By the end of 2018, roughly two-thirds of the ...

Just got off the phone with Comcast adding a new TV package w/HD. Asked the guy about HDMI and was informed that Comast's non-DVR boxes, have HDMI but it "it will not work", only DVR boxes will work ...

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