March Madness kicks off this week, and if you’re an Xfinity fan, there’s big news. Comcast has announced that Xfinity Multiview is headed to more X1 devices, just in time for the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments.
Xfinity Multiview will be available during both tournaments, featuring two to four pre-selected men’s and women’s games played simultaneously. Customers can access the multiview options by saying “March Madness” or “multiview” into their voice remote. Once in the multiview experience, they can switch between channels to change the audio and select any game to view in full-screen mode.
With Xfinity Multiview, X1 customers can watch up to four live games simultaneously on the same screen.
According to Vito Forlenza, Vice President, Sports Entertainment, Comcast, “Now, (customers) don’t have to choose between games, miss a buzzer beater when flipping channels, or set up another TV on a makeshift stand in their living room – all the action is right there on the same screen.”
Comcast is also launching an interactive Sports Zone app that enables users to track the latest brackets, scores, schedules, and statistics from the tournament easily. The app also includes live odds, game lines, and prop bets for tournament matchups.
Additionally, users can create a personalized viewing experience centered around their favorite teams. This feature lets users receive notifications about game start times and post-game highlights directly on their X1 device or phone.
The first round of the men’s tournament begins on Thursday, March 20, with the Final Four taking place on April 5 and the national championship game scheduled for April 7. The women’s tournament starts on Friday, March 21, with the Final Four occurring on April 4 and the national championship game on April 6.
Instagram is making its way to yet another screen, and this time, Apple TV is getting a taste of the Reels rabbit hole. The company has launched a dedicated Instagram app for Apple TV, bringing Reels, longer videos, and live shows to the big screen. So, if watching one quick clip on a phone somehow turns into an hour of scrolling, there's now a much larger screen for that.
Instagram brings Reels and more to Apple TV
Audio-Technica, a brand well known for making some of the best studio and professional headphones on the market, has just come out with the ATH-AWX7000, which the company itself claims to be its "finest headphones ever." The new flagship closed-back headphone has debuted at an eye-watering price of $3,799. It combines hand-finished Japanese woodwork with a newly developed 58mm driver.
The earcups are made from Kiso cypress, a prized wood historically used for Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples. Each housing is finished by hand with traditional Echizen lacquer, which brings out the grain and is expected to darken over time. The frame and sliders are finished in a deep navy kachi-iro shade traditionally associated with samurai.
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