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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021 4:44 PM

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Display clock on Xfinity box?

I have a new XFinity cable box (HD with DVR). Is there a way to display the time on the front of the cable box?

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Problem Solver

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731 Messages

4 years ago

The newer boxes do not have a display on the front that can show the time.

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Official Employee

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4 years ago

Hi there! Thanks for taking the time to reach out to us today! Our newer model DVR's no longer display the clock on the front. We apologize if this is any inconvenience!

Visitor

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@XfinityAirelle I’m definitely not happy with this change. Thanks for getting back to me. 

Regular Visitor

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@XfinityAirelle the new box records in the cloud not on the box. Is this correct? Also agree, there should be a clock on the dvr.

Official Employee

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If you have our new 4K DVR, the traditional HDD (Hard Disk Drive) has been replaced with a new silent SSD (Solid State Drive), so it still stores your recordings to a local drive, and just backs everything up to the cloud.

 

I actually had issues with losing the clock display when I upgraded to the new DVR myself. I never realized how much I depended on that throughout the day to check the time. I ended up getting a $5.00 digital alarm clock on Amazon and placed it on top of my DVR, so I still have a clock when I look up at my entertainment center.

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I actually decided to do the same; however, it is concerning that the box seems hot and I wonder about putting anything on top of it. So irritating. 

Contributor

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387 Messages

4 years ago

I Did the same thing and don't even notice no clock on the box. 

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