IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

[WeatherWitness]

Are ad crawls on the IS2 generated by the cable company? I've seen some recent videos of the IS2 on YouTube (the most recent being a couple of weeks ago), but none of them have an ad crawl.

[Tyler]

Ad crawls are inputted through to the system by the headend. They are generated by the IS2 itself. As with every other STAR, not all cable companies utilize the ad crawl at all times.

[KevOwensby]

Has anyone else had the precipitation screen show up lately? I haven't seen ours since the first day the IS2 was booted.

[Tyler]

It isn't supposed to show up (for now anyways). It showed up on the first day for one of two reasons: your playlist wasn't configured correctly, or one of the essential products didn't have enough data to display, and the precip product was shown instead.

[KevOwensby]

Perhaps it showed up for the first 3-4 runs of the IS2 since I watched it actually start and load in the information? Must not have gotten the information for the almanac screen since everything was saying no data the first hour of it running and showed the precipitation screen. Thanks, Tyler.

[Mike M]

I hope they insert the precip screen, as well as an AQ forecast (especially essential during this time of year).

[KevOwensby]

Wow. Our IS2 just flipped out. It was doing this last night at midnight but nothing like it just did. It was flashing the LDL, green screening, tiling the video feed, dropping audio, went green for about 1 full minute with no audio, got the national LDL and now it's back on with LOT8's green screening, etc. Anybody else having any issues?

[KevOwensby]

What is anybody's thoughts on the 4-city forecast screen on LOT8's? I really wish they'd replace it with an information frame like air quality or seasonal info like allergies or something. It just seems redundant to have the same information all over the place. LDL and different maps show the same forecast already. Why not put something different? Thoughts on what it could be replaced with?

[WeatherWitness]

Supposedly the IS2 was going to have pollen reports and airport delay screens, none of which I have seen on videos yet. After all the "hype" that TWC gave this product years earlier, it kind of seems like the IS2 is a bit of a let-down now.

[Charismatic Applesauce]

Supposedly the IS2 was going to have pollen reports and airport delay screens, none of which I have seen on videos yet. After all the "hype" that TWC gave this product years earlier, it kind of seems like the IS2 is a bit of a let-down now.

I think airport delays were on the alpha, but they're not on the beta.

[WeatherWitness]

This may have been asked before, but does anyone know what font is used for the temperatures on the IS2 regional maps?

[Zach]

This may have been asked before, but does anyone know what font is used for the temperatures on the IS2 regional maps?

Yes.

[WeatherWitness]

This may have been asked before, but does anyone know what font is used for the temperatures on the IS2 regional maps?

Yes.

Thanks...as you can tell, I was too lazy to search through 29 pages to find the answer.

[David85]

I sent insight in Louisville, KY an email asking when they will have the local on the 8's Louisville forecast in hd. They sent a response a few days later and said by the end of June.

[Mike M]

What is anybody's thoughts on the 4-city forecast screen on LOT8's? I really wish they'd replace it with an information frame like air quality or seasonal info like allergies or something. It just seems redundant to have the same information all over the place. LDL and different maps show the same forecast already. Why not put something different? Thoughts on what it could be replaced with?

The 4-city forecast is useful for headends that serve large areas so I think they should keep it. I do however think the almanac should rotate with other special screens like precip data, air quality, and such like you mentioned.