Good news, Bay Area and Houston Comcast customers. Leaving home, or living with a TV hog, no longer means having to miss out on your favorite shows.
The cable giant on Wednesday announced the rollout of its X1 DVR with cloud technology in the San Francisco Bay Area and Houston.
The technology allows customers to stream content they have stored on a DVR from any device with an Internet connection while at home or on the go. They can also download content for offline viewing, like on a plane.
When at home, X1 customers can also "turn any mobile device into a television" by streaming virtually the entire Comcast channel line-up and Xfinity On Demand catalog to mobile devices.
Just load the Xfinity TV app on a phone or tablet, or fire up the Web portal on a computer to access a list of DVR recordings and start streaming or downloading.
"These new features give our customers more flexibility for watching their favorite shows and movies in and out of their home," Matt Strauss, general manager of video services for Comcast, said in a statement. "Now, any screen in the house can become a personal TV, and recorded programs can be accessed anytime, anywhere."
Comcast's X1 cloud DVR technology is also available in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. Comcast expects to bring this technology to most of its X1 customers by the end of the year.