ROKU, HBO GO

Dude, I don't care how you justify it to yourself to be "I don't think I was stealing". If you're downloading something through a non-legal method, you ARE stealing. Personally I agree with you that we should have the ability to put it on all our devices. But the fact of the matter is, the world doesn't work that way (yet). Until it does, it's, by definition, stealing. No need for quotes around the word.

Just because you're paying for HBO in one medium doesn't mean that you have the ability to just now download anything they've ever offered since you can't watch it via a specific device on your TV. Christ.

How did peoples' ability to convince themselves that clear theft isn't theft go so unbelievably out of control in such a short period of time?

I dont believe xfinity itself available on roku.I have no real reason to buy a roku without it.idiots!!

Actually they do have ties with MS. After the NBC/Universal merger they were included in NBC and MS's partnerships and had just signed a new partnership with MS a few months ago. 

This is not justification for thier actions just clearification.

If you are looking for a streaming device solution then grab a Logitech Revenue Google TV box from Geeks.com for under a hundred bucks. Since the OS and browser is Android they get in as a Phone/Tablet. 

COMCAST I still rather use my ROKU!!!!!

Same here.  

LIke you, I'd VERY much access to HBO Go on my Roku box?  

Why?

Because Rocu access is easier than Comcast's dark ages VERY slow On-demand menus.

I don't like the word piracy. I prefer "Virtual Privateering." We're not sailing the Ether, all goggles down and cannons up. We copy, we share, and (at least I) don't get why hardware must suffer at the hands and wallets of companies. Believe me, I'd rather stream to my hearts content then keep buying hard drives or burning disc upon disc of backups.

Of course, here again, we see Comcast worrying about it's bottom line ...being penny-wise but pound- foolish.   Typical now of large monopolies (and oligopolies) where customer service and what customers want are of no consequence to the company....I am a soon-to-be NON-Comcast customer.

soon-to-be NON-Comcast customer.

Translation:

Business decision - Roku...they don't want their customers getting a Roku and start to believe they don't need cable.

Technology - Samsung Smart TV's...new technology they will eventually support...

MCN, Multichannel News

Piers Lingle, Comcast vice president of application and video IP development.

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MCN: On the question of a multitude of IP-connected devices — Piers, Comcast lets customers access content via Xbox, on iPads and iPhones, and other devices. But, for example, you’re not allowing HBO Go on Roku or Samsung Smart TVs. So there’s a bit of a customer confusion issue here, right, about what can I get where?

Lingle: It can be. I think what we’re trying to do is enable different platforms and as many platforms as we can. But each one of those takes some time to think through what are all the implications. So it’s not something you can just turn on overnight.

MCN: What are the issues on those platforms you haven’t activated yet?

Lingle: It can be any number of issues. Sometimes it’s business issues but a lot of times … we don’t know the technology as well as we should, and so we need to take our time to explore what the different kind of security mechanisms, content protection mechanisms there are. There’s sort of a variety of terms, and they can range really from technical to business reasons.