Comcast unveils XClass streaming TV — everything you need to know

Comcast unveils XClass streaming TV — everything y'all need to know

(Paradigm credit: Hisense)

Comcast is making a new play to become in living rooms with the launch of XClass TV, a Comcast-powered smart TV made in partnership with Hisense. The new 4K smart TVs are like to the Sky Glass TVs launched earlier this calendar month by the Comcast-owned Sky Tv set in Europe, bringing subscription Telly and a wealth of streaming options into a single device.

Comcast is making a similar move in the Usa with the new XClass TV, a smart Television that combines streaming, on demand, broadcast and cablevision options, even for people who aren't Xfinity customers or who alive in areas without Comcast service.

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Building these capabilities into a 4K smart TV, Comcast is hoping to keep itself at the middle of your home entertainment experience. Past offering a full-featured smart Telly with access to services like Peacock (which is owned by NBCUniversal, a Comcast visitor), the new smart sets will help maintain Comcast'due south foothold in your living room, even as streaming services become the dominant source of TV and movies in near homes. The Idiot box even comes with 12 months of Peacock Premium included with the purchase toll.

Hisense is making the first Comcast-powered XClass smart TV — (Image credit: Hisense)

The XClass smart Television platform is Comcast's reply to other branded smart TV software, like LG's webOS, Amazon Fire Tv or the recently re-branded Google TV. The position between a TV viewer and the content they watch is a lucrative ane, letting platform owners deliver ads, promote specific services, products and content that these companies turn a profit from, and gather detailed information about viewing on the level of a household or private.

The new XClass platform as well features universal search across all the dissimilar services hosted on the TV, and features voice search with a mic-enabled remote control.

Aside from promoting its ain content and services, the thought here is that Comcast's XClass TVs tin deliver a smart Boob tube that offers all of the major apps and services yous desire – the printing materials specifically mention major apps like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max, Hulu, Disney Plus, Peacock, Discovery Plus, Spotify and YouTube.

XClass TV remote — (Prototype credit: Hisense)

Defended streaming apps are in the works from both Xfinity and Charter, and will be launching on XClass TVs in the coming months. In a press release from Comcast, information technology highlights that these various streaming options will join the multichannel streaming services already available on smart TVs (including the new XClass models), which include cable replacement services similar YouTube Goggle box and Sling TV.

The TVs are manufactured by Hisense, delivering the aforementioned sort of 4K displays and features like HDR (with Dolby Vision, HDR10), and impressive sound with DTS Virtual: Ten and Dolby Atmos sound, bringing them in line with some of the best TVs on the marketplace today.

While technically office of the Hisense A6GX model line, the new models will be branded equally XClass TVs, featuring Comcast'due south new proprietary smart Television interface. The Television receiver itself appears to be what nosotros'd expect for an affordable smart TV, boasting 4K resolution, HDR back up, Direct LED backlighting and 60Hz refresh rates. Then they won't be delivering a premium Television set experience, but will still compete with affordable sets from Vizio and other branded options like Amazon Burn down TVs.

The showtime Hisense-made XClass TVs are available now, selling through Walmart.com and select Walmart stores. The fifty-inch model (the Hisense 50A6GX) is available now for $348, with a 43-inch model coming soon, which volition sell for $298. Tough selling at only a limited number of locations today, the new TVs will be available nationwide in brusk order, with a gradual rollout to the rest of the country in the coming weeks.

Brian Westover is an Editor at Tom'south Guide, roofing everything from TVs to the latest PCs. Prior to joining Tom'south Guide, he wrote for TopTenReviews and PCMag.