About Bowmanal

I was a computer hardware, software, and support guy for 50 years.  I wrote code all of my adult life.  There is a concept in software development known as regression testing.  That means that you have a large suite of test cases set up for a particular piece of software that you are modifying.   That means that you do not just test the code that you changed to see if that code works.  You must also do the regression testing by running the entire suite of test cases to ensure that your modifications have not broken the functionality of any other features of the software.  It often seems that Comcast developers simply do NOT do any such thing as regression testing. ... View more

Yet both XFINITY TV app and XFINITY TV Remote apps in iPhone and iPad display the show 's starting and ending times as normal. ... View more

I have recently acquired a top-of-the-line Samsung UN65JS9500FXZA 4K-3D curved screen TV. When I stream 4K content using the Netflix and Amazon Prime apps on the TV, the picture quality, color saturation, and definition are absolutely phenomenal. I cannot believe my eyes. There is plenty of other 4K content becoming available on Comcast On Demand, but I gave no way to view it in 4K, Comcast began promising last May that new 4K capable set top boxes would be available by the end of 2015. Well, it is now the new year, and no such 4K boxes are available. When I call X1 support, the only answer I get is the typical "we are still working on it." I think it should be a high priority to get 4K set top boxes released ASSP. ... View more

All my Xfinity apps work fine on iPhones and tPads on IOS 9. ... View more

Last week Comcast finally implemented Cloud DVR services in the Memphis area.  The Xfinity TV app began to work on my iPhone and iPad.  This app allowed me to stream live TV from  any of my 200 channels on my iPhone and iPad,  It allowed me to bring up the guide, and to change channels, just like the TV Remote app.  It allowed me to stream Comcast On Demand content to my iPhone and iPad just like the TV GO app.  However, the new functionality of allowing me to stream DVR recordings to, or download them to iPhone or iPad, did not initially work.  I knew that the difficult task would be, as it always is on new Comcast services, to get the proper billing codes activated in my account.  To get this accomplished required opening a ticket on the issue, and several phone calls and talking to billing agents, a billing supervisor, X1 technical report, and X1 application support.  But finally, I triumphed over adversity, and everything is now working properly.  I have authorized five devices for Cloud DVR capabilities, two iPhones, two iPads, and a Windows 7 laptop.  I can look at my DVR recordings and DVR schedule and schedule the DVR just as in the TV Remote app.    I can stream any new DVR recordings tO any or all five devices at the same time.  I can download any new DVR recording to any IPhone or iPad.  Once a recording has been downloaded to a device I can watch it offline.  At this point it is considered to be "checked out" and cannot be viewed on any other device or the TV until it is "checked in" via the app.  I have been waiting for quite a while for these new services to arrive in Memphis, and I have to say, they do work quite well.  Good job Comcast.  I believe the same services are available over on the Dark Side, in Android Land. ... View more

I did more testing with the X11 voice remote. Several times the system got completely confused, and then no matter what voice command I tried, it displayed a message that "Something's not quie right." Then a reboot was required to get voice commands to start working again. Voice commands on X1 iPhone/iPad app work better than this. ... View more

I have ordered and received an X1 XR11 voice remote and have been playing with it. There seems to be no document defining basic key words and rules of syntax. Therefore I must try to guess how to tell it how to do something. It seems good for finding things such ad lists of shows or movies on the guide or on demand, but difficult to get it to do something with one of the items in the last. Trying to navigate within the guide seems to be impossible. In my opinion, the X1 remote app on the iPhone works much better using voice commands. ... View more

If you have a cell phone plan that limits many text messages you can send or how many minutes of phone calls you can make, without incurring additional charges, you can use the Connect app to send and receive text messages through your Comcast home phone number, or make calls from your iPhone or iPad via your Comcast home phone number. ... View more

I also use the Comcast Connect app so that when my Comcast home phone rings, it also rings on my iPhone and iPad, even if I am not at home. One day, just to see what would happen, I used my iPhone to call my home phone. My home phone rang, and so did my iPhone. I answered the call I had made from my iPhone to my home phone, on my iPhone, and was able to talk to myself. ... View more

I also uploaded pictures from my iPad Air 2. ... View more

I used my AT&T iPhone 6 Plus. ... View more

I have tried Comcast Share app on iPhone, iPad, and X1 HDDVR. it works quite well. I uploaded about 350 photos and several videos we took on our trip to Belize to Comcast Cloud servers. Now, on my HDTV connected to my X1 HDDVR, I can view those photos, play those videos, or run slide shows of those photos. I even tried spooling live video from my iPhone to my TV, and that works too. ... View more

On my Pace green light HDDVR, I have XRE server version 1.51.09, date 04/27/2015, and STB VERSION 2.0p15s1, date Apr 9, 2015, and it still does not record the buffer. ... View more

Use the photos app on you DVR set top box to view photos and play videos. ... View more

Brand new Comcast Labs Share app works quite well on iPhone and iPad. You can upload photos and videos to Comcast servers and view photod and play videos on TV connrcted to your X1 DVR set top box. I have tried this, and it actually works. It says you can live stream to yor home TV or to other Comcast X1 users. I have not tried this yet. ... View more

I meant X1 DVR ... View more

I just received Guide version 1.47.04B date 10/30/2014 on my X11 DVD and two satellite boxes. ... View more

This morning I received Guide release 1.46.06 date 10/15/2014 on my X1 DVR and two satellite boxes. The only change that I have noticed is that the time is now displayed correctly for your local time zone when the down arrow is pressed. In 1.46.05 the time shown was always on Eastern time. ... View more

I now have Guide release 1.46.05 date 10/07/2014 on my X1 Pace green light DVR and both Cisco RNG150N satellite boxes. I now have STB version 1.3.4p3s3 date 9/25/2014 on my DVR and STB version 1.3.4p1s7 date 9/26/2014 on both satellite boxes. ... View more