Posts Tagged ‘Xfinity’

Starting on March 25th and ending seven glorious days later on March 31st, I may try to watch more consecutive hours of television than most people watch in a month.

Recently, my son, who will attend college in the fall to study computer science, called me down to his basement lair to show me the new interface offered by the Xbox console.

Amid all that has been written about Brian Roberts buttoned-down and tight-as-a-drum demo of Comcast’s new Next Generation Xfinity TV, I offer these few additional observations.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xgecD4Z4pE] Here’s our major takeaway from January’s Consumer Electronics Show:  Cable + Internet Connected Devices = Revolutionary Stuff. It was impossible to come away from CES without feeling that something seriously exciting is going on around the blending of cable video service with a new breed of video-capable Internet-connected devices.

A new year brings another edition of the CEA’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Traditionally, this has been a “gadget” show, but in recent years, the telecom issues such as video delivery, broadband and voice services have played a larger role.

The buzz of the day on Wednesday was the video below that Comcast’s Brian Roberts showed during today’s General Session. Watch and be amazed. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLz72XErN8U] You can read more about this product at the Comcast Voices blog.