Comcast Starts Nationwide Release of X1: Next-Generation Reasoning Permitted Tv Foundation and Presents the X1 Distant Control App
X1 Movie Foundation Changes Conventional TV into Incorporated Enjoyment Encounter – Finish with Applications, Smooth Routing, Customization and Public Press Tools
Available in the Arriving Several weeks in Boston; More Marketplaces to Adhere to This Year
Comcast, one of the country's significant services of entertainment, information, and devices goods and solutions, declared these days it will launch its next-generation television experience, Xfinity TV on the X1 Foundation, and a new X1 remote control app in next weeks. This cloud-enabled platform, as opposed to any other video assistance current these days, provides the biggest selection of video and converts the TV into an entirely new integrated entertainment experience. These new items will launch in Birkenstock boston with several significant markets organized to adhere to this season, and will be available to new Xfinity Multiple Perform with HD/DVR assistance clients at no additional cost.
"X1 is a massive discovery, basically changing our video item from a components experience to a application experience, enabling us to innovate quicker and more strongly."
"The X1 platform makes the TV more intelligent, better and more personalized – and that's only the starting. Our objective is to power this platform to change the entertainment experience for our clients," said Marcien Jenckes, Mature Vice Primary executive and Common Administrator of Movie Services for Comcast Cable.
"X1 is a massive discovery, basically changing our video item from a components experience to a application experience, enabling us to innovate quicker and more strongly."
The X1 platform features IP technological advancement, using cloud hosts on Comcast's system that allow Comcast to consist of entertaining, personalized apps and social media functions with its traditional video solutions to make an entirely new television experience. This is part of Comcast's continuous and increasing attempt to take benefits of IP technological advancement to regularly carry new advancement and functions to market.
Showcased this weeks time at NCTA's The Cable Show 2012 in Birkenstock boston, best parts of X1 include:
A main screen with a sleek new system that combines a client's video encounters and allows one-click entry to a very visible screen of entertainment options
Unified look for and immediate play, along with suggestions, with the capability to find entertainment articles in a few moments from TV results, DVR sessions and Xfinity On Need using a new sensible remote
Specially tailored-for-TV functions such as personalized social media and songs, stations, activities, visitors and climate apps
Equipped with a new multiple DVR set-top box with tru2way and IP abilities that provides a sophisticated personalized TV watching experience as well as an improved remote control that provides higher responsiveness and does not require a line-of-sight relationship to the set-top-box
X1 Distant Control App
The new associate X1 remote control app allows clients to use movement and act control to generate their TV experience through the touch-screen of their portable iPhone and iPod contact. For example, clients can run their system to web page through the entertaining TV courses on their television screen; system personalized short-cuts and preferred ("Quick Links") on the TV, and even move it to stop On Need articles enjoying on the tv. Moreover, clients can use the devices' exclusive key pad to look for among and play a large number of video alternatives on their TVs quicker than ever before – even quicker than using the regular remote control. The remote provides the capability to narrow by category and HD; control the DVR and socialize with social media resources and apps.
"The X1 remote app combines the TV screen with clients' cellular phones by developing a experience between the clients' run manages on their system and the watching experience on the TV – they truly reflection each other," said Sree Kotay, Mature Vice Primary executive and Primary Software Designer for Comcast Cable. "By developing this new app, we've made the remote control more intelligent and more efficient...and rather fun."
X1 (formerly Xcalibur) has been in client tests in Augusta, Ga., since 2011.