This Comcast TV doesn't need a separate cable TV box or a subscription

This Comcast TV doesn't need a set-apart cable Television box seat or a subscription

(Image credit: Comcast / Hisense)

Earlier this calendar month, UK TV provider Sky disclosed a new series of TVs – called Sky Glass – that it aforesaid wouldn't command a separate cable box. Now, America TV supplier Comcast has announced the same sort of deal with Hisense.

The final result of their partnership is the newfound 4K UHD XClass TV with Comcast's proprietary smart platform that allows you to access your favorite live and on-take streaming content from hundreds of apps and services without a subscription.

Because the TVs only need an internet connection to stream shows and movies, Comcast says they'll live usable both inside and outside areas currently serviced by Comcast – which could equal a immense help if you aren't a huge fan of your current TV provider.

The TVs will be available in 43- and 50-inch screen sizes protrusive this week in select Walmart stores and in the coming weeks done Walmart's site.

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What's interesting about this announcement is that information technology was, by many analysts' opinions, inevitable. At some point, traditional cable television companies had to deal with the cord-lancinating movement – and this seems to be their do.

The but question that remains unanswered is how a good deal access code to the Xfinity apps will cost. In the past, Comcast has given Xfinity internet subscribers a free Flex countersink-top loge and a free 30-solar day tryout of Xfinity Instant Boob tube. After the tribulation ends, Comcast has charged $20 per calendar month for the service in the past – however it's indecipherable if that price will be the same for XClass Goggle bo owners.

The silver lining? The screens will come with 12 months of Peacock Premium in the box and tons of free content from apps like Xumo, Pluto, Tubi and IMDb – which is helpful if you'atomic number 75 looking to save some money on app subscriptions.

We can't guarantee for the TV itself without beholding information technology; all the same, according to Hisense, the XClass testament support cutting-boundary Ab technologies like Dolby Visual sensation / Dolby Atmos and will come with a part search remote, all of which should pee-pee it a fairly superb value for folks looking a cheap TV.

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Nick Pino is the Senior Editor of Home Entertainment at TechRadar and covers TVs, headphones, speakers, video games, VR and streaming devices. He's written for TechRadar, GamesRadar, Official Xbox Magazine, PC Gamer and other outlets over the last decade, and He has a degree in computing atomic number 2's not victimization if anyone wants it.