The last I read was to wait for 2017 for updates. Well 2017 has come and gone and 2019
will be hear soon.
You must have some good news to report by now otherwise I would start firing the people
who develop the apps.
Ken
If FireTV and Roku offered Contour, you wouldn't rent a box from Cox. That might be the answer.
FireTV is open-source and third-party developers have created Android Packages with Contour. Meaning, you'd be at the mercy of said developers to keep updating the package. Roku, however, is close-source and only supports apps written in its own BrightScript. That'd be a licensing agreement between Roku and Comcast.
Well I think that's the idea not to have to rent their cable box to save money.
Xfinity is already doing this with the Roku. I found this on their site.
Have questions about the Xfinity Stream Beta app on Roku? We're here to help.
I agree. Renting cable boxes is archaic and purely for revenue (greed). At one time, if you wanted phone service, you HAD to rent telephones from the phone company. To ensure you were renting, the phone company would send inspectors into your neighborhood to measure line-voltage levels for any unauthorized telephones. The FCC ended that mandate.
Nowadays, if you want cable TV, you will rent a box and to ensure you're renting a box, they'll encrypt the signal. It'd be nice if the FCC ended the same mandate to allow us buy your own box.
The only thing cable TV has going for it is its separate distribution network. If we could buy our own box, it'd not only be Amazon getting into the TV game...but Google, Apple, Microsoft, Sony, Onkyo... Shopping for cable boxes would be like shopping for features on an AVR: DVR, streamer, browser, media server, Alexa, call blocker, universal remote, etc.
Roku support is way overdue. I am moving from TWC to a Cox neighborhood and TWC has had excellent Roku support for years. It's absolutely ridiculous that there is still no support today.
