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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: October 24, 2017, 06:09:11 PM »

Apologies for the double post, but I just read that Xfinity is dropping Weatherscan from the rest of their systems towards the end of October. Can anybody verify this?

There are two cases of what could potentially be a retirement of Weatherscan on Xfinity on October 10, 2017. I am not sure if these are limited to these two users' headends or if this is a universal retirement. Still something to watch, this could be bad

http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Customer-Service/Weatherscan/td-p/2955481
http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Customer-Service/Channel-lineup-update-WeatherScan/td-p/2947330

Thanks for those links. I read this on DSLReports originally, where a user posted a channel update and mentioned it'd be gone either on the 10th or the 30th. I wasn't thrilled about this when I read it, but looking at it from TWC's point of view - except for a few rare cases, ratings for it are in the toilet (why the hell do they measure ratings for it anyway? that's just moronic). Barely any revenue, lack of popularity, smartphones (big factor in this), people getting rid of cable, and of course, it being dropped practically everywhere - I wouldn't be shocked if it was killed off after this.

Looking at it from a nostalgic point of view - I'd be completely upset if Weatherscan was shut down. At least we have Brian's emulator to help fill the void.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Xfinity is indeed getting rid of it. Truth be told, I haven't watched TWC (or even Weatherscan) that much until recently with the recent storms. However, Intelliguy (Mike) had said he called his Comcast representative, and they said that it would not be dropped in the Philadelphia area. I'm not sure if it'll be removed where I'm at, but from what is known right now, Detroit and Atlanta are definitely no longer going to have Weatherscan. The representative he spoke to confirmed this.

Well, I was right in my prediction that Weatherscan wouldn't last for much longer here. Weatherscan is being dropped from the lineup on December 5th.. the end is nigh!

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TWC Fan Art / Re: weatherfan_2013's TWC Fan Art

« on: October 15, 2017, 12:46:47 AM »

I have no words, those graphics are incredible! It looks like a lot of work was put into that, and it really paid off since that looks so close to the graphics at the time. Fantastic job!

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Emulator Videos / Triple C TWC's Emulations

« on: October 08, 2017, 10:57:16 AM »

It's been a while since I've posted emulation work here, so I might as well separate my threads on TWC Artwork and Emulation videos (I'll be posting recreations of other TWC-related stuff in my old artwork thread soon). Here's some of my more recent work with my IntelliStar 1 emulation (arranged from my newest to my older ones):

Emulation for Gulfport, MS - Hurricane Nate (October 7, 2017)

Emulation for Key West, FL - Hurricane Irma (September 9, 2017)

Emulation for Gulfport, MS - Storm Alert during Hurricane Irma (September 4, 2017)

Emulation for Hattiesburg, MS - mainly a graphics test for my 2004-2005 IS graphics pack (July 8, 2017)

Emulation for Hattiesburg, MS - mainly a graphics test for the IS emulator's 2005-2007 graphics pack (June 3, 2017)

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Emulator Videos / Re: Sky's Custom Emulations

« on: September 07, 2017, 09:24:05 PM »

Tried my best to replicate the second version of the national/satellite feed. Still wondering if I should create maps for the satellite loop.

! No longer available

I must say, you've done a fantastic job recreating that. (I'm almost positive that's the only recreation of that type of satellite forecast I've ever seen!)

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: September 06, 2017, 11:47:45 PM »

Apologies for the double post, but I just read that Xfinity is dropping Weatherscan from the rest of their systems towards the end of October. Can anybody verify this?

There are two cases of what could potentially be a retirement of Weatherscan on Xfinity on October 10, 2017. I am not sure if these are limited to these two users' headends or if this is a universal retirement. Still something to watch, this could be bad

http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Customer-Service/Weatherscan/td-p/2955481
http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Customer-Service/Channel-lineup-update-WeatherScan/td-p/2947330

Thanks for those links. I read this on DSLReports originally, where a user posted a channel update and mentioned it'd be gone either on the 10th or the 30th. I wasn't thrilled about this when I read it, but looking at it from TWC's point of view - except for a few rare cases, ratings for it are in the toilet (why the hell do they measure ratings for it anyway? that's just moronic). Barely any revenue, lack of popularity, smartphones (big factor in this), people getting rid of cable, and of course, it being dropped practically everywhere - I wouldn't be shocked if it was killed off after this.

Looking at it from a nostalgic point of view - I'd be completely upset if Weatherscan was shut down. At least we have Brian's emulator to help fill the void.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Xfinity is indeed getting rid of it. Truth be told, I haven't watched TWC (or even Weatherscan) that much until recently with the recent storms. However, Intelliguy (Mike) had said he called his Comcast representative, and they said that it would not be dropped in the Philadelphia area. I'm not sure if it'll be removed where I'm at, but from what is known right now, Detroit and Atlanta are definitely no longer going to have Weatherscan. The representative he spoke to confirmed this.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: September 05, 2017, 05:31:30 PM »

Apologies for the double post, but I just read that Xfinity is dropping Weatherscan from the rest of their systems towards the end of October. Can anybody verify this?

There are two cases of what could potentially be a retirement of Weatherscan on Xfinity on October 10, 2017. I am not sure if these are limited to these two users' headends or if this is a universal retirement. Still something to watch, this could be bad

http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Customer-Service/Weatherscan/td-p/2955481
http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Customer-Service/Channel-lineup-update-WeatherScan/td-p/2947330

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General Weather Chat / The PMX 1500 (Pictures!)

« on: September 03, 2017, 11:10:53 PM »

I managed to find a photo of 3 PMX 1500 units from a Shaw headend in Canada:

Here's the link if anyone's interested:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hpocus/4035116441/in/album-72157622517449425/
If you look at it from the link, it's in an album with a few other neat headend photos- I've never even seen a PMX photo before so this is new for me (and probably a lot of others too).

On a side note, I'm sure sunlightreport from many years back would have loved to see this 

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Clips

« on: September 02, 2017, 11:55:43 PM »

does anyone have any Weatherscan Intelliatar Clips from before it got the L-Bar

Here's a longer one I found:
! No longer available
Intelliguy also has plenty of other clips of the older Weatherscan graphics set as well

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General Discussion / Re: WeatherStar 4000+ BETA

« on: January 24, 2017, 03:29:24 PM »

I love this! I mainly use Macs and this works really well when I'm not on a Windows computer. I think the Tides and Marine Forecast are especially great so far. 

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: July 17, 2016, 04:07:30 PM »

I've noticed that after the garden segment on my Weatherscan, it will display the following message:

Become part of our new weather movement and connect with passionate fans who love weather as much as we do. Visit weloveweather.tv

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Local Forecast / Re: Smooth Jazz Return!

« on: March 11, 2016, 12:36:48 PM »

Honestly I never thought I'd see this day coming... but today is certainly a happy one for all of us longtime TWC fans! 

Just heard the new smooth jazz and I had to see if anyone else saw too. A great day indeed! 

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Am I allowed to post these?

« on: February 20, 2016, 05:40:27 PM »

I can't wait to see the revised versions, this looks really good so far. 

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Dave Schwartz Battling Cancer

« on: February 06, 2016, 05:36:00 PM »

My favorite OCM has always been Dave- this is bad news. I hope he does well and can win this.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: WeatherSTAR's Art

« on: February 06, 2016, 05:24:38 PM »

I actually forgot this thread of mine until now  But here's a recent 4000 emulation of mine for those who didn't see it, which includes a new custom almanac design!
WeatherStar 4000 Emulation (1-22-16)

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Local Forecast / Re: WeatherStar Jr. on eBay!!

« on: January 22, 2016, 07:33:00 AM »

The unit's been on there for about 2 weeks at the least, with the price varying. The price of it when it first came on there was (if you didn't see this until now).. wait for it.. $2499. I'm pretty sure that's the cost of one of the higher-end Macbook Pros, if I'm not mistaken.