Roku streaming boxes can now be used as cable boxes for Time Warner Cable subscribers.
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The feature upgrade comes courtesy of the free TWC TV app, which went live in the Roku Channel Store earlier today. The app was first announced at CES in January.
Once installed, the app provides access to hundreds of live channels, including most major broadcast and cable networks. The only requirement is a valid Time Warner Cable username and password; that security feature verifies that you're a current paying customer, and that you're accessing the stream from within your own home via your Time Warner cable modem. (So no, don't try sharing your password with friends and family.)
I tested the app earlier this evening and was largely impressed. Within 30 seconds of entering my user info, I was flipping between ESPN, CBS, and Fox Movie Channel. (Disclosure: CNET is owned by CBS.) As with all the streaming on Roku, it takes half a minute or so for the quality to adjust to your connection speed, but once it did video quality was largely on par with the best you'd see on Netflix or other streaming services (all of the channels were in HD).
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While a college basketball game on ESPN looked a tad under 30 frames a second, 'NCIS' looked largely indistinguishable from its cable equivalent. The same was true of 'Zodiac' on Fox; even with David Fincher's pitch-black cinematography, the image looked well defined, with great shadow detail. (To be clear: I'm comparing to my normal cable expectations, not a top-notch Blu-ray.) Overall, I watched for several hours with no apparent skipping, buffering, or lip-sync issues. I doubt most viewers would know they weren't watching a 'real' cable box.
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Still, there were some disappointments when comparing the Roku version with the TWC TV app on iOS. There's no traditional program guide; instead, the app shows thumbnails of the channel logos or the shows and movies that are currently live. (Ironically, these are often images of the DVD boxes.) It works, but it's not particularly elegant. There also seems to be no closed captioning option on Roku. And -- the biggest disappointment -- there are no on-demand options on the Roku app, as there are on iOS. And don't look for any rewind or pause here; this is strictly live TV.
Still, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks -- the 'cable box as app' model is definitely a step in the right direction. Since extra cable boxes cost a few bucks a month per box, a $50 Roku LT could pay for itself in about a year. While lower cable bills may sound like a bad deal for Time Warner, consider that this sort of DIY setup could, in theory, cut down on expensive in-house service calls (new box installations) and visits to the customer service office -- especially in a future where such apps where more universally available on all smart TV products.
Meanwhile, unlike a regular cable box, the Roku box can be used to access on-demand content on Netflix, Amazon, Vudu, and the hundreds of other Roku channels when there's nothing on. Also, I was able to watch the Roku TWC app and the iPhone TWC app simultaneously, so there does not appear to be an 'only one viewer per account' restriction. And the TWC channel selection is far more robust than the stripped-down lineup found on Xfinity (Comcast) and Fios TV apps currently available on Xbox and some other smart TV platforms.
The TWC TV app is compatible with all current-generation Roku boxes -- Roku LT, Roku HD, Roku XD, Roku 2 XS, Roku Streaming Stick, and the just-announced Roku 3. And, of course, it only works for Time Warner Cable customers.
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Time Warner Cable on Wednesday announced that its TWC TV streaming app is now available on Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HDX tablets.
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The TWC TV app lets customers access 300 live television channels as well as 5,000 on-demand options while at home. When they're out and about, customers will be able to watch around 1,000 on-demand titles and more than a dozen live television channels on their Kindle Fire device, the company said.
Besides that, the cable giant also updated its TWC TV apps for Samsung Smart TVs, Roku streaming players, and Xbox 360 systems with the full on-demand and live television library for customers without an additional set-top box. The TWC TV app is also available on the iPhone, iPad, Android tablets and phones, and Windows and Mac-powered computers.
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'At Time Warner Cable, we're very proud of how far TWC TV has come since its humble beginnings in 2011,' Mike Angus, senior vice president and general manager of video for Time Warner Cable, said in a statement. 'This is an historic milestone in the evolution of TWC TV and demonstrates our unwavering commitment to delivering our customers the TV they want, when, where and how they want it. The addition of the Kindle Fire to our quiver and the expansion of TWC TV's existing applications on Roku, Samsung Smart TV and Xbox 360 bring new features, content and joy to our customers' viewing options.'
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The latest update follows rumors this summer that Time Warner was close to inking a deal with Apple to bring its cable lineup to Apple TV. The company has not made any announcements on this front, however.