

From T he A-Team to Sanford and Son, Xfinity’s downloadable shows were great in the ’80s, but barely compete with in-flight movies these days. Then select “Available For Download,” which will reveal the options.īrace yourself for the results. To find the offline-viewable options, tap on the “Filter” button that has now appeared below the menu button.

The options that appear on-screen are everything you can stream - many of these will still not be downloadable. Then select “On Demand” from the menu that emerges. To sift the downloadable content from the streaming-only videos, tap on the hamburger menu button in the top-left corner of the app. Subscribers to Comcast’s television service also have the ability to download the provider’s videos - well, some of them, at least. Netflix also offers a good selection of movies, including classics like Pulp Fiction and newer critical darlings like Spotlight. Offerings include Netflix’s excellent original content like Stranger Things and House of Cards along with older seasons of cable programming like AMC’s Mad Men and NBC’s Blacklist. To find all of Netflix’s offline-viewable content, simply tap the hamburger button (it looks like three horizontal lines) in the app’s top-left corner, and then select “Available for Download.” This instantly reshuffles the app, eliminating the streaming-only content and showing only what you can take on the road. But some videos, like Netflix’s Marvel shows Luke Cage and Daredevil, aren’t available for download.

Tapping on most of the videos that appear in Netflix’s will reveal a familiar “download” button - an arrow pointing downward towards a horizontal line. Rivaling Amazon Prime in its streaming selection, Netflix recently gained the ability to download some shows and movies for offline viewing.
