See also: https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/14/tivo-sues-comcast-again-patent-infringement/
On Monday, January 15, 2018 at 2:28:55 PM UTC-5, MelissaP wrote: > > On Friday, I was unexpectedly away from home and needed to set my DVR to > pick up a show. > > Much to my surprise the "record" option on the Xfinity app was gone. (I > later discovered that it was removed in late November.) > > A quick Google search found the following message below. Yes, I had read > about Comcast losing the patent infringement lawsuit, but I had no idea > exactly what it meant -- the loss (forever?) of my favorite feature. > Anyone know if there's any hope for restoration? Do other cable companies > have this feature? And, if they do, will it be gone, too? > > by ComcastJessie > <http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/6173806>[image: > Administrator] > > All, > > > > Due to a legal ruling, for the foreseeable future we are removing the > remote scheduling of DVR recording features. We apologize for the > inconvenience, we are actively pursuing an appeal of the ruling. > > > > If you’re away from your DVR box and cannot schedule a recording and miss > a show, check to see if it's available on XFINITY On Demand! We apologize > again for the inconvenience. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
