Learn about the Ignite TV (formerly known as BlueCurve TV) hardware platform ecosystem for next-generation TV viewing from Shaw. Our TV Players combine live television, PVR and on-demand programming with apps and online content providing a richer, personalized TV experience.
Did You Know? Our Ignite Entertainment Box uses Cloud PVR technology to connect you to all your content.
Ignite Entertainment Box (XiOne or Xi6)
Our Entertainment Box brings a sleek new design and introduces exciting features like WiFi connectivity and Cloud PVR storage. An Ignite WiFi Gateway is required to connect the Entertainment Box in your home.
Learn more: Ignite Entertainment Box FAQs
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Some key features of the Entertainment Box (XiOne or Xi6) include:
- Ignite TV
Experience our best-in-class TV product with Ignite TV. - Ignite Streaming
Watch all your favourite streaming apps in one place with Ignite Streaming. - Voice Remote
Our backlit voice remote control is included. - Aim Anywhere
Device can be completely hidden from sight and remote commands will still register from up to 50 feet away. - Wireless Connectivity
Watch TV anywhere in your home with our Entertainment Box. - Cloud PVR
Record content to the cloud and watch it anywhere, anytime with Ignite TV. Up to six simultaneous recordings are supported. - 4K (Ultra HD)
Enjoy TSN & Sportsnet, Netflix* and YouTube content in 4K (Ultra HD). - Bluetooth
Connect Bluetooth enabled audio devices including sound bars and other home theatre equipment. Visit How to use Bluetooth on Ignite TV for more information.
* Requires Netflix premium plan.
Learn more: Equipment Info: Ignite Entertainment Box (XiOne, Xi6)
4K TV Player
The Ignite TV Player | 4K (XG1v4) brings a sleek new design, and introduces exciting features like 4K and Bluetooth support. Up to three Ignite TV Players may be networked together in your home for more tuners and storage capacity.
Some key features of the 4K TV Player (XG1v4) include:
- Ignite TV
Experience our best-in-class TV product with Ignite TV - Voice Remote
Our backlit voice remote control is included - Multiple Networked PVRs
Up to three Ignite TV players can be installed, for increased storage and tuners - Aim Anywhere
Device can be completely hidden from sight and remote commands will still register from up to 50 feet away. - Cloud PVR
Record content to the cloud and watch it anywhere, anytime with Ignite TV. Up to six simultaneous recordings are supported. - 4K (Ultra HD)
Enjoy TSN & Sportsnet, Netflix* and YouTube content in 4K (Ultra HD). - Bluetooth
Connect Bluetooth enabled audio devices including sound bars and other home theatre equipment. Visit How to use Bluetooth on Ignite TV for more information.
* Requires Netflix premium plan.
Learn more: Equipment Info: 4K TV Player (XG1v4)
TV Player (XG1v3)
The Ignite TV Player (XG1v3) acts as a standalone PVR and as a gateway for portals to communicate with the system. As a High Definition Personal Video Recorder (HDPVR), the Ignite TV Player (XG1v3) has some great new features that will improve your TV viewing experience.
Some key features of the TV Player (XG1v3) include:
- Ignite TV
Experience our best-in-class TV product with Ignite TV - Voice Remote
Our backlit voice remote control is included. - Multiple Networked PVRs
Up to three Ignite TV Players can be installed, for increased storage and tuners - Aim Anywhere
Device can be completely hidden from sight and remote commands will still register from up to 50 feet away. - Cloud PVR
Record content to the cloud and watch it anywhere, anytime with Ignite TV. Up to six simultaneous recordings are supported.
Learn more: Equipment Info: TV Player (XG1v3)
TV Player (XiD)
The Ignite TV Player (XiD) is the base portal hardware that exists for the Ignite TV Player ecosystem. The function of the portal is to connect Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) to the Ignite TV Player class of PVRs. The Ignite Portal will allow you to stop a recorded show in one room and pick it up in another so you can watch your programming when you want and from which ever room you want. Use remote commands to control your programming from anywhere in your home.
Some key features of the TV Player (XiD) include:
- Ignite TV
Experience our best-in-class TV product with Ignite TV - Reduced Size
At just over five inches wide and three and a half inches deep, the Ignite TV Player (XiD) is compact enough so you don’t have to worry about changing your device setup - Voice Remote
Our backlit voice remote control is included. - Aim Anywhere
Device can be completely hidden from sight and remote commands will still register from up to 50 feet away - 25-minute live TV buffer
For live TV recording and playback.
Learn more: Equipment Info: TV Player (XiD)
Voice Remote Control
Of course, no cable box would be anything without the Voice Remote. The Voice Remote has a built in microphone for voice control. Quickly access all of your favourite TV shows, On Demand content and Ignite TV apps using your voice. The Voice Remote is included with every Ignite TV cable box.
Some key features of the Voice Remote include:
- Voice key and microphone
Just press the button on the remote, say what you want, then see it - Quick and easy setup
Simplified programming steps for quick device pairing via on screen instructions - Amber coloured backlight
For ease of use even at nighttime - Accelerometer
Backlight comes on as soon as the remote is picked up - Aim Anywhere
Control your Ignite TV system from up to 50 feet away, even when your cable box is out of sight
Learn more: How to Program your Voice Remote