I just saw this on Comcast's corporate site and wanted to pass it along.
The readability feature will not benefit users who have no vision but it
should be of assistance for users with low vision or for those who are high
partials. I have not actually used the reminders feature or the specific
sports features mentioned and so I'm not currently able to offer much in
the way of additional feedback. Here's the post.
New on X1: Enhanced Readability, Recent Searches and Scheduled Reminders
By
Peter Nush,
Vice President, Product Management, Comcast Cable in
TV
It’s almost been three years since we launched Comcast Labs on X1, our
Technology and Product team’s "sandbox" to test new features of the
platform before
they go live. In that time, 12 features have graduated from Labs to become
permanent fixtures in the experience and today we’re adding a few more:
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• Enhanced Text Readability: For customers who might have difficulty
reading our standard on-screen guide, they’ll now be able to turn on
"Enhanced Text
Readability" in the settings menu to deepen contrast and increase font size
within the guide.
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• Recent Searches on Search Page: Even with the voice remote, there will
still be times and/or situations when our customers need to access our
full-screen
search page to find what they’re looking for. To make this easier, we’ve
added a Recent Searches row below the keyboard to give customers a quick
way to
jump back into their favorite shows or movies.
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In addition, other new enhancements this month include:
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• Manage Reminders: In 2016 along, 310 million programming reminders were
delivered to customers on their set-top boxes. As an extremely popular and
requested
feature, we’ve now added the ability for customers to manage their
scheduled reminders right alongside their scheduled recordings in the X1
guide. Here
they’ll have a quick view of all the reminders they’ve scheduled and be
able to delete and/or change any existing ones. In addition to being able
to manage
scheduled recordings, customers will now be able to manage their reminders
as well.
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• Customize Sports Recordings: With this update, we’ve also a new features
for the loyalist of sports fans. The guide already had the ability to set a
team recording to make sure any programming featuring a specific team gets
saved to a customer’s DVR. Now, they’ll be able to drill a little deeper and
set X1 to only record a subset of the team’s programming such as only live
games. Also, all sports team pages will now include a "Watch" option when a
live event is airing. Selecting "Watch" will quickly tune customers
directly to the program.
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