Comcast Introduces Network Cable Channel Packages


Updated 10/11/11 6:22 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Comcast Subscription Packs

Fresh off speculation that cable companies may begin to offer à la carte channel subscription options, Comcast has started to offer a new package program called MyTV Choice. Currently on trial in Charleston, SC, as well as parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont, the MyTV Choice starts with a base package called Get Started, which is $25 for 50 channels or Get Started Plus for $45 and Read more

7 Ways to Stream Video on the Xbox 360


Updated 10/11/11 6:23 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Watch TV on Xbox

Microsoft announced some major additions to the streaming media options available on Xbox Live, which may see the Xbox 360 platform become your main gateway to at-home entertainment. Beginning this holiday season, Microsoft is teaming up with nearly 40 media companies, networks, and web destinations to get global entertainment in one spot. As they say, "Gone are the days of managing a handful of Read more

Cable Companies May Offer à La Carte Freedom


Updated 10/11/11 6:24 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Cable Companies to Offer a La Carte Channels

With consumers using online alternatives to watch favorite TV shows beyond the high prices and restrictions of cable companies, the cable giants are beginning to feel the loss, and may finally be ready to give customers what they've long been begging for — à la carte channel subscription options. In the past, the cable industry argued that bundled programming provides the best value to Read more

How to Track Your Data Usage Online and On Your Mobile


Updated 09/12/11 1:05 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

How to Track Your AT&T, Comcast, iPhone, and Android Data Usage

Unfortunately for us Internet obsessed, data caps are becoming the norm among wireless providers and ISPs alike. AT&T initiated its data cap this month, and while your cell phone data caps may be easier to track, how do you keep tabs on the data you're using at home? Check out these tools, apps, sites, and tricks that can help you stay on top of how much data you're using at home and on the Read more

Comcast Will Bring Live Streaming TV to Tablets This Year


Updated 01/05/11 1:35 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Comcast Streaming For iPad and Android Tablets

Comcast has just announced plans to allow in-home streaming of live and on-demand programming on the Apple iPad and Android tablet devices, coming later this year. The Comcast Xfinity iPad app was announced last November, and the iPad will be the first device to stream Comcast content, with the app arriving in the coming weeks. Android tablet support will begin later this year. For more on the Read more

New Xfinity App Brings Streaming TV to Your iPad


Updated 11/17/10 9:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Comcast Xfinity iPad App

Those of you who are sticking it out with Comcast, I have some good news for you: you'll soon have an iPad app that will allow you to perform all kinds of cool tasks and watch TV shows and movies from anywhere. Similar to the already in operation Dish Network iPad App, the new Xfinity App will be free to Comcast digital customers and will allow users to browse schedules, program and view DVR Read more

Xbox Live May Be Growing Faster Than Cable


Updated 11/01/10 9:35 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Xbox Live Is Surpassing Cable Subscriptions

Microsoft's Xbox 360 is a popular gaming system, but fans can use for much more than games given its streaming capabilities and Internet connectivity. Xbox Live, Microsoft's Xbox content service, now has 25 million subscribers worldwide, which is officially more than top cable company Comcast. This is bad news for the cable service, which has been seeing a recent decrease in subscriptions, down Read more

Have You Ever Seen a Female Cable Technician?


Updated 04/03/11 8:52 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 9 comments

Female Comcast Cable Technicians

Yesterday morning, PetSugar had cable installed in her new digs. Afterward, she told me about her experience and disclosed that her Comcast cable technician was a woman. You know me — I'm all about sisters doin' it for themselves but for as many times as I've had Comcast employees in my apartment, I've never once had a woman install my cable. I admit that I was a bit surprised. Sure, it's a Read more

Tiger Woods, 2010 Masters to Be Broadcast in 3D


Updated 03/23/10 7:38 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 3 comments

Comcast to Broadcast The Masters in 3D and in 3D Online

Now that Tiger Woods is making his big comeback to golf during the 2010 Masters, you could be seeing the action in 3D. Comcast announced yesterday that they will be broadcasting The Masters in 3D via a special channel just for those lucky golf fans who have 3D-enabled TVs. Not only that, if you have a 3D-enabled media player, monitor, and glasses, you can stream the tournament on the official Read more