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Dear Seth:   If DirectTV gives you all the programming you want and at a lower cost, why are you still here?  Just go ahead, make the switch, and be happy.  If you get some sort of satisfaction by complaining, please make that intent clear at the top of your posts so you don't waste other people's time.  Some of us are here to try and help fellow Comcast customers.  And remember, life is short; it's only TV. ... View more

I'm not a big racing fan, but  apparently you can watch a live in-car stream of the race here:  http://stream.speedtv.com/rolex24   No commentary, but interesting.   ... View more

@roadhandler wrote: Hey Rog,   HBO Go allows subscribers access to all of HBO's programming (which is not accessible on your regular ON-Demand cable box). For example the complete TV Series, The Wire is available to view on HBO Go as well as many other shows and their entire movie catalogue.   Therefore allowing Comcast/xfinity subscribers to access HBO GO on their Roku's is only fair. Hi Roadhandler,   I don't really know what a Roku is, but I'm sure all this abour HBO Go has something to do with licensing and specifically about displaying content on a TV versus a mobile device (or PC).  Using your example, I'll point out that all five seasons of all episodes of "The Wire" can be viewed online from Comcast's own web site but none of them are available directly from the cable box "On Demand" system.   Now the issue (to me) is how to get that content to display directly on a TV instead of watching on a PC monitor.  This affects several online video services (like Amazon Instant Video, Netflix, and of course HBO GO).  My "Smart TV" has an app for Amazon (which I use) and I understand that the $35 Google Chromecast device will do something similar.  Perhaps that's what a Roku does as well; I'm sure there are others.   I'm only bringing this up in case you wanted to watch "The Wire" on somethng other than HBO GO.  I also wish someone from Comcast would chip in and perhaps post a link to some article ith a full explaination of the issue.  ... View more

@workerdummy wrote: Flash isn 't on your TV. Send To TV Beta is like a media server, it's does as the name implies, sends what on your computer to your TV. It's telling you that Flash on your computer needs to be updated. Whether it needs to be updated, you'll have to check that out. My guess is it doesn't. I'm guessing Comcast is blocking everything on it's site from playing on TV due to content agreements. BTW, did you see that what you send from your computer to your TV counts towards your bandwidth limit, if one applies. Hmmm, I was under the impression that the tool sent a command to my internet connected TV to display the content using a separate connection such that my PC was not involved.  You are right, my particular TV does not have Flash but some do (like those with Google TV).  Plus, I'm using the Chrome browser on my PC, which has the most currently available version of Flash installed.  Also, my experiment was trying to display the same program (Episode 1 of OZ) from both the Xfinity and from the HBO GO web sites.  Both came up fine on my laptop but neither displayed using the "Send to TV" tool.   The whole "connecting internet content to a TV" topic remains a mystery to me.  For example, my Sony TV has an included app for Amazon Instant Video, which I use all the time.  But, in order to stream Amazon Prime content to my Sony tablet, I had to install an old version of Flash for Firefox (Amazon does not have an Android app for Prime).  So apparently Prime uses Flash and I assume that it must be compiled into the app on my TV.  I am in fact considering  the Cromecast.   Finally, yes, I'm aware that streaming content would count toward any internet usage limit and I'd need to monitior that.  However, I'm online about 15 hours every day (I work from home), and have never gotten close to any limit. ... View more

I got really excited when you posted this, but I see this is just a way to stream content to a device (not to your TV directly).  In that respect, it seems to work the same as using the HBO Go web site or app.   Comast has a "beta" application called "Send to TV" that would be a great tool if it worked more often.  The demo works very well, as it does with some web site, but I cannot get it to send many sites. Using the bookmark on HBO GO does throw the web site to the TV but it doens't play the video.  Interestingly, when I tried sending an HBO program from the Xfinity web site, I got an error message saying I needed an updated version of Flash (odd because I'm not aware that Flash is available on my TV).   Oh well, thanks anyway for the thrill!   ... View more

Welcome to the forums; your post looks great to me.  Just remember that this is a place where Comcast customers come to rant about their service or get help with problems, mostly from other customers but sometimes from Comcast people.  There's not a lot of "socializing", but feel free to say anything you want.   Almost any time a channel change occurs, there is usually an announcement made in advance printed in your bill.  It's not always obvious, but it is there.  I rarely actually read the bill unless the amount changes, so I'm also "caught" when channels more around or get cancelled.  The Speed Channel itself was shut down earlier this year by Fox (not Comcast) and there's lots of discussion about that in several different forums here.   Regarding "Pinks All Out":  I don't think that show is produced any more.  But all the episodes are available to watch "Online" from the xfinity web site or from Hulu.com. In other words, you can watch them all on you computer, but not on your TV (at least not directly).  See if this link works for you:  http://xfinitytv.comcast.net/watch/Pinks%3A-All-Out/4806025396499337112/full-episodes#episode=7125142067825688112.   Good luck, and happy surfing! ... View more

@bodgo19 wrote: I just downloaded the Fox Sports Go app on my iPad (FSGO). I put in my xfinity login info and now I can watch all the fox sports content on my ipad. Fox Sports 2 is on the app. It's weird. I can watch the live games broadcasted on Fox Sports 2 with my xfinity account. I have to believe Xfinity is in the process of adding Fox Sports 2 HD to the regular tv sports package. There's too much live UFC and Big East basketball for them not to. Xfinity is a big time cable provider. They need to hurry up and add FS2 before the college season is over. Thanks for that, very cool!  You can also watch from the web at http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsportsgo/.  I wish we could add apps like this to the X1 box; maybe that's coming in the future. ... View more