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No 4k channels
Why am I paying for 4K boxes when there are no 4K channels available? All I can do is watch 4K content on streaming apps from other companies. The support info makes it seem like there are 4K channels that the system will autotune to, but this is [Edited: "Language"]. There are no 4K channels to auto tune to. I’m paying extra money to be able to access other companies streaming services through my cable company. Why am I doing this?
BIslander
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408 Messages
6 months ago
Yes, not much 4K broadcast content. Mostly just some live sports events. Very few of them are on dedicated 4K channels that autotune per the support notes. Rather, they are ip feeds that can be found and accessed by saying 4K into the voice remote.
The Olympics got dedicated 4K channels in 2021 and 2022. Presumably that will happen again, altho there's been no announcements about that yet.
Xfinity carries broadcast and cable content and very little of that is 4K.
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westwayneguy88888
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143 Messages
6 months ago
you are paying it also for access to the 4K content on the apps you may be subscribing to; as well as the bump for HDR/dolby vision
I agree that 4K hasnt been the big leap that HD was, but this HDR really makes the picture POP
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user_e3c854
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46 Messages
4 months ago
Finally a native 4K broadcast of an EPL game. Arsenal and Tottenham. You can actually see the players names on their jerseys on a wide field shot. And see the faces of people in the crowd. Now if American broadcasting only gets its act together unlike Fox and ESPN who have cheaped out by taking a 1080 HD signal and upconverted it to make a pseudo 4K piece of garbage when compared to a real 4K picture like they’re doing it overseas!
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user_e3c854
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3 months ago
Thank you Xfinity. Was doing a scan of channels and found that NBC Sports 4K was now a channel (1350). Well done. Hope this is just the beginning of a transition to the 21st Century.
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