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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #45 on: July 16, 2010, 11:37:51 AM »
From a programmer's viewpoint, I can appreciate the amount of work it likely took to do this. Looking at it that way, it is quite impressive.

From a viewer viewpoint, however, I don't like it (shocking, I know). First of all, there is too much information on the screen at one time. So I often don't know what to look at.

The screens go by way too fast. Their programmers and testers must be really fast readers!

My biggest complaint, though, is the needless "flair." When I say "flair," I mean things like the animated picture of what weather will be like in the 36 hour forecast and the glowing line that goes across the tops of the yellow bars on the hourly forecast. And then there's that REALLY bright sun that "rises" on the left in the Almanac. Wow! I half expected puppies and kittens to come out and start licking the screen. Seriously, keep it simple. Less is more. :biggrin:
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #46 on: July 16, 2010, 03:19:37 PM »
I'm impressed... and frothing at the mouth for it to appear where I live!  :thumbsup:

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #47 on: July 21, 2010, 08:53:41 PM »
Intellistar 2 HD up in my area! Doesn't look as amazing as this, but it's still a nice Intellistar! :happy:
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #48 on: July 21, 2010, 09:56:58 PM »
Intellistar 2 HD up in my area! Doesn't look as amazing as this, but it's still a nice Intellistar! :happy:
Do you have a pic to back that up?

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #49 on: July 22, 2010, 12:05:55 AM »
Intellistar 2 HD up in my area! Doesn't look as amazing as this, but it's still a nice Intellistar! :happy:
That's the satellite forecast you're seeing. ;)

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #50 on: July 26, 2010, 11:50:52 PM »
From a programmer's viewpoint, I can appreciate the amount of work it likely took to do this. Looking at it that way, it is quite impressive.

From a viewer viewpoint, however, I don't like it (shocking, I know). First of all, there is too much information on the screen at one time. So I often don't know what to look at.

The screens go by way too fast. Their programmers and testers must be really fast readers!

My biggest complaint, though, is the needless "flair." When I say "flair," I mean things like the animated picture of what weather will be like in the 36 hour forecast and the glowing line that goes across the tops of the yellow bars on the hourly forecast. And then there's that REALLY bright sun that "rises" on the left in the Almanac. Wow! I half expected puppies and kittens to come out and start licking the screen. Seriously, keep it simple. Less is more. :biggrin:
I agree 99.99%. I like the 36 hour weather graphics. Thats what is making me (partly) excited about seeing this STAR. I do agree that there is way to much information on the screen at one time... thats something that I really don't like. I'd rather watch SD over the I2 so I can get all of the weather info for my area. The almanac animations are ok. I don't dislike them nor do I like them.

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #51 on: July 28, 2010, 04:13:02 PM »
I know it isn't knocking on my door for a while...heck, TWC HD isn't even here yet (and Cox is preparing another wave of HD channel additions - no deal to get it yet?).

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #52 on: July 28, 2010, 06:08:45 PM »
I know it isn't knocking on my door for a while...heck, TWC HD isn't even here yet (and Cox is preparing another wave of HD channel additions - no deal to get it yet?).
Bright house Tampa probably has the lowest amount of HD channels possible because they have yet to announce a digital transition and more uses its bandwidth on road runner service (they were formerly a TW headend but kept the branding) and they now have a thing RR Lightning for speeds up to 40mb/s so be lucky if you get it before Tampa can get it :P

However TWC HD is available on FiOS here and Knology cable of Pinellas County
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #53 on: July 29, 2010, 05:33:11 PM »
Raw YT video from ajatwister:
NEW INTELLISTAR 2 10:30 PM 7/27/10

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #54 on: July 29, 2010, 06:15:29 PM »
Here's another Video courtesy ajatwister

NEW INTELLISTAR 2, 11 PM 7/27/10


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« Last Edit: July 29, 2010, 11:56:46 PM by gt1racer »

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #55 on: July 29, 2010, 11:52:07 PM »
No narrations? :blink:

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #56 on: July 30, 2010, 10:02:10 AM »
No narrations? :blink:

On the beta version they dont add all the features.

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #57 on: July 30, 2010, 11:21:40 AM »
No narrations? :blink:

On the beta version they dont add all the features.
I wouldnt quite say it like that because you never know. But I think the narrations are programmed into the units but have yet to be activated
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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #58 on: July 30, 2010, 11:29:15 AM »
No narrations? :blink:

On the beta version they dont add all the features.
I wouldnt quite say it like that because you never know. But I think the narrations are programmed into the units but have yet to be activated

Probably. Right now is being tested to show the lf, and when it is stable they will probably activate the narrations.

Edit: typo

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Re: IntelliStar 2 Videos!
« Reply #59 on: July 30, 2010, 08:44:25 PM »
There was a problem with the local vocal, so it was temporarily disabled. Should return some time next week.