staff@slashgear.com (Shane Schmid)
2024-06-24 08:45:35
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Xumo Play offers more than 350 streaming channels and plenty of live broadcasting content. However, some customers were unable to perform actions like pause, or even record Xumo Play channels. This created some frustration for some, but has since been clarified by the company themselves, “No, you are unable to pause, rewind, or DVR Xumo Play Channels. Because Xumo Play delivers video to your device differently than traditional broadcast and cable channels, functions such as time-shifting and playback control are unavailable.”
Some users unaware of this Xumo Play limitation expressed disappointment at the lack of these features, which are very common elsewhere. One customer commented “We received our Xumo devices this week, hooked them up, thought they were great, until I wanted to go to the bathroom and tried to pause what I was watching. Nope, cannot do that.” If this functionality is important to you, consider sticking with a traditional cable box/DVR setup. One Spectrum moderator did explain that customers can opt for a Cloud DVR service, which can restore some of these missing features.