IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

[KevOwensby]

It came back last night. It's been having a lot of cueing issues lately too. Oh well.

[gt1racerlHDl]

if only Comcast could post in the next bill (January or later) that the IS2 is coming to my area that would be sweet

i know it's a longshot but i can dream can't i? 

[Localonthe8s]

No Alex u may not dream

[TWCToday]

My IS2 is still up and running fine...of course I didn't see earlier today so I can't confirm whether it was a widespread outage or just your box.  I hope it comes back up, soon!

Thanks for posting so many pics and videos! I love seeing them Wish the IS2 release would ramp up

[phw115wvwx]

Thanks, Mark, for giving us a good preview of what we'll see on TWC in hopefully a couple years.

[Darr'chelle]

Font note: The real name of "Hanzel" is Handel Gothic.

[tuez13]

Thanks for the support everyone!  I'm glad I can help the community!  Here's an interesting catch from late last night/early this morning:

Grand Forks IntelliStar 2 2011-01-06_01-59-06_818

[Charismatic Applesauce]

How does the IS2 narrate subzero temps? Does it read them as "minus (number)˚" like on the IS?

[tuez13]

How does the IS2 narrate subzero temps? Does it read them as "minus (number)˚" like on the IS?

Correct.  It sounds funny because 90% of people say "(temp) below zero" instead of "minus (temp)" but it works.  The IS2 team needs to record Cantore again doing the teen numbers because they sound too close to other numbers: i.e. 16 sounds like 60 or 14 sounds similar to 40.

[wxntrafficfan]

Is the HD STAR beginning to roll out on more Comcast systems? It seems to only be rolling out on smaller cable providers at this point.

[gt1racerlHDl]

Is the HD STAR beginning to roll out on more Comcast systems? It seems to only be rolling out on smaller cable providers at this point.

1st half of 2011 was the last response i got for Comcast HD Headends.

[Tyler]

The HD STAR rollout is happening on a headend by headend basis, and not related to the cable company itself.

[Mike M]

The HD STAR rollout is happening on a headend by headend basis, and not related to the cable company itself.

If that's the case, then why do they seem to be avoiding Comcast headends? So far I've seen no HD STARs in any Comcast headends other than the Nashville area.

[Tyler]

It's not that they are avoiding Comcast, its just a compatibility issues. Sorry, but I can't really get into it.

[Eric]

It's not that they are avoiding Comcast, its just a compatibility issues. Sorry, but I can't really get into it.

Can you at least give us an approximate timeline?