therwol wrote:
With more and more people ditching cable TV for streaming services, new Xfinity (and Spectrum) customers will be given a XUMO box instead of a traditional cable box. If you are a cable TV customer, you can switch over but not have both. Their traditional cable TV service will still be available.
Just about every streaming service will be available (if you have subscriptions) , but you will not get cable-only channels such as CNN, ESPN, HGTV and others. I think that TCM falls into that category. You will also not get local TV stations, including the sub-channels such as MeTV. You will not get a DVR without paying for an additional service.
I'm all for saving money, and the price of their cable TV is becoming astronomical. What kills this for me is the loss of some channels that I do watch and the absence of a DVR. Most of my DVR recordings are of movies on TCM. I can pick up many local channels with an antenna, however I live in a mountainous area where the line of sight may be blocked for some, and it isn't a solution for those people.
https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/xfinity-xumo-faqs
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FYI. Checked with my daughter who works at Comcast Corporate. If you subscribe to xfinity video you still get a cable box. If you are internet only you will no longer get the cable box.