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Xfinity X1 platform
- Thread starter jose7878
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I upgraded to that when it first came out and I hated it! It was so glitchy just like any other brand new electronic. But that was 6 months ago. Now its awesome. Hardly have any problems whatsoever. Don't think I can go back to regular cable.
Only problem is, I never figured out how to do the voice command thing with my phone. They never showed me Lol I'd suggest it to others, definitely
Only problem is, I never figured out how to do the voice command thing with my phone. They never showed me Lol I'd suggest it to others, definitely
"X, t, w, o" as in the numbers obviously right?
fatoldsun
NJRC Member
Yep, but hit "enter" twice first. I believe "exit" will work too. You can find stuff if you google it - just look for x2 upgrade
Awesome, I'm getting my stuff set back up today, I'll give it a try
I'm signing up for it as we speak. I'll let you know after it gets installed how I like it.
Alright it's been about four days since the X1 Platform box has been install it has some good features that the old cable box didn't have. For example once you watched the show you recorded it has a check mark saying that it's been watched, it also automatically changes your channel to a HD channel if it's available. The phone app remote control is great to.
falconut
NJRC Member
I've been happy with the X1, what is supposed to be better with X2?
I googled it. Looks like it's supposed to be a faster system with "cloud" capabilities where you can watch stuff from your tv, mobile devices, and even another pc (at work or whatever).
It's supposed to give you more customization and is better at suggesting content (not something I care much for, but some do I guess). It also has some cool features like being able to "swipe" content from a mobile device to your TV! You know, like they do on NCIS: LA and other TV shows. I wanna try that just to be a tech geek! Dance
It's supposed to give you more customization and is better at suggesting content (not something I care much for, but some do I guess). It also has some cool features like being able to "swipe" content from a mobile device to your TV! You know, like they do on NCIS: LA and other TV shows. I wanna try that just to be a tech geek! Dance
I'll be doing the X2 upgrade once I get home.
fatoldsun
NJRC Member
I'm a TiVo guy at heart. Had TiVo since '98. It was a hard sell but my buddy convinced me to try x1 - said they hired TiVo's head programmer. To me it's a huge step past the old Comcast DVR but still not TiVo.
I don't see that much change. The interface is different but until they change the functionality and the remote (separate the play and pause buttons and add an input shortcut) it's just fancier menu screens. Not as glitchy as it was in the fall but still has room for improvement. The problem is the tech changes are coming so fast that they're moving on to the next "thing"/ update rather than fix glitches with this one. I still think it's worth upgrading to x2 but there's still room for improvement. They just need to make the remote boxes wifi. Running RG6 is do archaic.
Ah, I guess all the info I Googled led me to believe X2 was better of an improvement than it actually is. Still, even if it's slightly better, I'm glad I know the code to unlock it. 
I prefer a hard wire over wireless though and I've already got RG6 ran to each TV anyway. That won't be an issue for me.
I prefer a hard wire over wireless though and I've already got RG6 ran to each TV anyway. That won't be an issue for me.