As promised, Comcast CEO Brian Roberts treated Cable Show 2011 attendees to a fast demo of the company’s latest and greatest tech earlier today. The presentation consisted of the recent Xfinity TV platform with all its cloud processing and internet content from Facebook and others , in addition to a speed test running on a Comcast cable modem that broke in the course of the 1Gbps speed barrier at the production network. There isn’t any word on when home users might see such speeds however the company promised to “sustain the pace because the internet continues to conform” — let’s hope that extends to the increasingly restrictive 250GB bandwidth cap. The demo of latest DVR software also went off and not using a hitch, appearing to run smoothly and showing off a vision of “cloud processing” that accelerates search, personalization and proposals within the program guide by handling them on the head end in preference to at the box itself. We’re still waiting to get our hands at the RF remote and notice if the experience is simply as smooth ourselves, but for you can now get a taste within the 17 minute video embedded above.
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