http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/ Engadget Comments for Comcast On Demand Online renamed Fancast Xfinity TV, now streaming nationwide http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/+1]]>Dec 15th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
TV Everywhere was a great name and made perfect sense but ,just like the DirecTV commercials have portrayed, the Comcast bigwigs probably had a meeting and decided that TV Everywhere wasn't extreme enough.

I'm certain that one of them convinced the other's that TV Everywhere wasn't edgy enough and they needed something that could connect with today's generation. Then another person probably said they needed an "X" in the name because "X's" portray edginess. All agreed because the Chinese food arrived and Fancast Xfinity TV was born. ]]>Dec 15th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
Dunder Mifflin Xfinity Xmail.

this is how Pam takes over the company.]]>Dec 15th 2009 10:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 17th 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Why? My sister has comcast and now I have it for free on her account!]]>Dec 19th 2009 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Good point, although it appears to be pretty slim pickings. Probably a lot of the same free on-demand stuff you can get from comcast cable boxes.

@rcberg3
Aren't they just adding new fee programming, rather than migrating current programming to a fee-based model?]]>Dec 15th 2009 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
If I could get it to work, I would find this quite valuable and would perhaps continue paying more for my cable TV than I might otherwise.

It serves a couple of purposes for me. 1) I have Tivo's so I don't have access to their VOD offerings, and this would give me that when I miss a new show or whatever, and 2) When I'm traveling I can watch a show on my laptop.

Don't let all your judgement be based on the damn name. If its a useful service we should all be happy it exists. If it fails or has crappy quality, or whatever, then you can slag it all you want.]]>Dec 16th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
In fact, I will now domain squat XXXfinity.]]>Dec 15th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
Activation link: www.comcast.net/mydvr
Usage URL: www.comcast.net/tv/rdvr-listings [bookmark this!]]]>Dec 15th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Yeah, having a 250 GB cap is tough. That's hardly enough... I stream video all the time, via Netflix, Fancast/Hulu, Network Sites, you name it, and I have never hit the cap. Fancast works great. I just wish more of the network tv content was in HD.]]>Dec 15th 2009 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/

And another otherwise normal brain succumbs to the rigors of FNC. ]]>Dec 15th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/THanks for some others providing common sense for this guy Ryujin. Some people don't realize it would take about half a month of constantly streaming HD video to put a dent in that cap. The cap is in place for people who HOG bandwidth by constantly pirating content. There's a reason it's in place, and generally helps out others on your block, who are impacted by people who illegally pirate and nonstop download content. Wake up people.]]>Dec 18th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
http://members.cox.net/jonan626/pa_day3a.JPG]]>Dec 15th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 16th 2009 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
That's actually the logo of the parent company of Turkey Hill - Kroger.

All Kroger gas stations and convenience stores have the new logo. It has not rolled out as their main store logo. ]]>Dec 16th 2009 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
Fancast Xfinity? WTF?]]>Dec 15th 2009 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
TV Everywhere was a great name and made perfect sense but ,just like the DirecTV commercials have portrayed, the Comcast bigwigs probably had a meeting and decided that TV Everywhere wasn't extreme enough.

I'm certain that one of them convinced the other's that TV Everywhere wasn't edgy enough and they needed something that could connect with today's generation. Then another person probably said they needed an "X" in the name because "X's" portray edginess. All agreed because the Chinese food arrived and Fancast Xfinity TV was born. ]]>Dec 15th 2009 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 8:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
So far, I still prefer using Hulu through PlayOn or Hulu Desktop to this.]]>Dec 15th 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 16th 2009 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
BTW I just tried "In the Valley of Ellah" and it looked like shit. Def not HD.]]>Dec 15th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 11:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 15th 2009 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 16th 2009 3:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 16th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/
I looked for shows that aren't available online already and didn't find many. No Big Bang Theory episodes for example. They do have a number of HBO shows, and even though I subscribe to HBO, I was unable to play them.

Contacted Comcast support via chat and spent like two hours on hold with no support at all. Suspect they were overwhelmed. Not the end of the world for now. I'll try again later. If they can't get it working though...]]>Dec 16th 2009 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 16th 2009 8:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/comcast-on-demand-online-renamed-fancast-xfinity-tv-now-streami/Dec 16th 2009 8:41PM