IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

[Charismatic Applesauce]

It's interesting how the IS2 has holiday names in the LF. So far, I've seen Christmas, New Year's, and MLK Day.

[Pop Light Brown]

Baton Rouge and Lafayette are with Cox.

[Eric]

It's interesting how the IS2 has holiday names in the LF. So far, I've seen Christmas, New Year's, and MLK Day.

I saw that as early as the WeatherStar III.  It depends on how the forecast is written, not from any "holiday sensor" programmed into the Star.

[Charismatic Applesauce]

It's interesting how the IS2 has holiday names in the LF. So far, I've seen Christmas, New Year's, and MLK Day.

I saw that as early as the WeatherStar III.  It depends on how the forecast is written, not from any "holiday sensor" programmed into the Star.

The IS doesn't have that feature, though.

[beanboy89]

It's interesting how the IS2 has holiday names in the LF. So far, I've seen Christmas, New Year's, and MLK Day.

I saw that as early as the WeatherStar III.  It depends on how the forecast is written, not from any "holiday sensor" programmed into the Star.

The reason earlier STARs, like the III and 4000 had used holiday names is because that's how the NWS phrased their forecasts for holidays. When the NWS forecasts were dumped in 2002 in favor of TWC's own text-based forecasts the holiday names disappeared because TWC doesn't use holiday names in their forecasts. As for the IS2, the forecasts are likely from TWC, but probably a different source from the current IS, XL, Jr, and 4000 forecasts. If you notice, the IS2 does not omit the "F" from temperature readings like the other STARs do.

[WeatherWitness]

It's interesting how the IS2 has holiday names in the LF. So far, I've seen Christmas, New Year's, and MLK Day.

I saw that as early as the WeatherStar III.  It depends on how the forecast is written, not from any "holiday sensor" programmed into the Star.

The reason earlier STARs, like the III and 4000 had used holiday names is because that's how the NWS phrased their forecasts for holidays. When the NWS forecasts were dumped in 2002 in favor of TWC's own text-based forecasts the holiday names disappeared because TWC doesn't use holiday names in their forecasts. As for the IS2, the forecasts are likely from TWC, but probably a different source from the current IS, XL, Jr, and 4000 forecasts. If you notice, the IS2 does not omit the "F" from temperature readings like the other STARs do.

The "F" after the temperatures doesn't look good. Either there should be a degree symbol in between the temperature and "F" or it should be removed all together.

As for the holidays, I think it is cool that the IS2 has them on the text forecasts but think they should only be used for major holidays (like MLK day or President's Day probably isn't as necessary as Christmas or Independence Day).

[phw115wvwx]

The "F" after the temperatures doesn't look good. Either there should be a degree symbol in between the temperature and "F" or it should be removed all together.

There always should be degree and Fahrenheit symbols for temperature.  I hope that's at least done on the IS2 someday, or we'll have some fun from people visiting us and thinking it's Celsius.  Furthermore, a F by itself on a value can mean "falling" like with barometric pressure.

[Eric]

we'll have some fun from people visiting us and thinking it's Celsius.

I don't think so, considering there's only a rather narrow range of temperatures that would allow for that kind of confusion, and even then, only on a day without precipitation!  Anything warmer than 40°F would be unbearable in Celsius, if not impossible to live in.

[Zach]

we'll have some fun from people visiting us and thinking it's Celsius.

Anything warmer than 40°F would be unbearable in Celsius, if not impossible to live in.

Im sorry, but i dont understand what you mean.. if you mean 40° centigrade instead of 40° farenheit i can understand.. if its unbearable at 40°F then how do i survive? the average monthly temp for all 12 months down here will always be above 40°F

[phw115wvwx]

I don't think so, considering there's only a rather narrow range of temperatures that would allow for that kind of confusion, and even then, only on a day without precipitation!  Anything warmer than 40°F would be unbearable in Celsius, if not impossible to live in.

You're right.  It's just a technical point because I just hope the IS2 incorporates as much accuracy into it as possible.  Tons of people see a LF from TWC everyday.  I even hear about it from phone calls at work!

[Eric]

we'll have some fun from people visiting us and thinking it's Celsius.

Anything warmer than 40°F would be unbearable in Celsius, if not impossible to live in.

Im sorry, but i dont understand what you mean.. if you mean 40° centigrade instead of 40° farenheit i can understand.. if its unbearable at 40°F then how do i survive? the average monthly temp for all 12 months down here will always be above 40°F

If people see only "40°" written on the screen and aren't sure what the temperature scale is... they should.  My point is that 40°C is quite hot (104°F), and so any higher number would indicate a major heat wave.

[KevOwensby]

Has anyone else started getting local ad scrolls on the IS2 yet? They just started today here.
On the topic of holiday names, the forecast doesn't always get read during the LOT8's when it's a holiday. MLK day forecast never got read out loud at all.

[Eric]

On the topic of holiday names, the forecast doesn't always get read during the LOT8's when it's a holiday. MLK day forecast never got read out loud at all.

They probably didn't record the holiday names, and so when the page came up, there wasn't any vocal to start it with, so nothing got read.

[WeatherWitness]

On the topic of holiday names, the forecast doesn't always get read during the LOT8's when it's a holiday. MLK day forecast never got read out loud at all.

They probably didn't record the holiday names, and so when the page came up, there wasn't any vocal to start it with, so nothing got read.

Yeah. That's kind of a problem. They should have either recorded the holiday names or not use them at all because the forecast should always be read for consistency.

On a second note, I would be interested in seeing a video with an ad crawl on the IS2. I'm assuming it's just a bunch of words scrolling at the bottom of the screen, but does it look like an LDL, or not?

[Tyler]

On the topic of holiday names, the forecast doesn't always get read during the LOT8's when it's a holiday. MLK day forecast never got read out loud at all.

They probably didn't record the holiday names, and so when the page came up, there wasn't any vocal to start it with, so nothing got read.

The holidays are recorded and are supposed to be read. MLKD not being read was an error.