https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/comcast-and-charter-are-making-a-streaming-box-for-self-loathing-cord-cutters/ > There are an overwhelming number of choices right now for watching streaming media on your TV. Most TVs have a system built in, often Roku, Google, or Samsung. Standalone boxes from Roku, Apple, Google, and Amazon run the third-party market, and smaller vendors offer remarkably cheap Android-based boxes online and at discount retailers. > But—wait—that's not all. Now Comcast and Charter, the largest and second-largest cable companies in the US, have their own HDMI-box offering. If you've always wanted a box that is stuffed full of "free" ad-stuffed, pseudo-streaming channels, doesn't have the app stores or mirroring capabilities of the major brands, and helps major cable companies regain market position and recoup revenue lost to cord-cutters like you, say hello to the Xumo Box.