You remember what your grandma told you. If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say anything at all. So I’ll just say that Netflix recently motivated me to try out Comcast’s new xfinity app. Most of my TV entertainment time is spent watching movies. Up until recently I got them from Netflix. I knew I could get them on-demand from Comcast but browsing for them using the Comcast remote was too unfriendly. The Netflix website was far superior.
Until now. I’ve been using the xfinity app on my iPhone and iPad and it is outstanding. Browsing for a movie on the ipad app is near perfect. Scrolling through titles is easy, filtering is easy, searching is easy. There is a nice preview window and reviews. Selecting a movie is even better. Just tap buy and the TV automatically changes channels and presents the movie. That’s right, control you TV with your iPad. It is fun. Your purchase is confirmed with one button push on the Comcast remote control and you are watching your movie.
The app also has features that let you browse TV listings and manage your DVR. I haven’t tried these because those features are reasonably easy to do using the old Comcast remote. Movie browsing was the huge pain they’ve solved.
Congratulations Comcast, nicely done.