IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

[gt1racerlHDl]

Comcast and Verizon could probably care less about the IntelliStar 2.

Then having channel 847 here in Massachusetts is pretty much a FAIL

[Mike M]

Comcast and Verizon could probably care less about the IntelliStar 2.

Right, there's other things that prioritizes on top of that. Besides most people get their weather online now, so I doubt there's much of a demand for the I2 HD.

[TWCToday]

Comcast and Verizon could probably care less about the IntelliStar 2.

Right, there's other things that prioritizes on top of that. Besides most people get their weather online now, so I doubt there's much of a demand for the I2 HD.

Quite a lot of requests actually around here. Too bad the damn thing crashes 20min before the severe weather hits.

[tpirfan28]

Comcast and Verizon could probably care less about the IntelliStar 2.

I'm pretty sure Comcast cares a little bit about it since they own some chunk of it.

[Eric]

Comcast and Verizon could probably care less about the IntelliStar 2.

Then having channel 847 here in Massachusetts is pretty much a FAIL

Yes and no.  It is a high definition channel that Comcast can sell to its customers, and they get to add one more channel to their list of HD channels.  They don't obligate themselves to buy an expensive piece of equipment to add a blue bar and two minutes of "local inserts" every 10 minutes to go along with the HD channel.

[gt1racerlHDl]

there has been tons of requests throughout Massachusetts when i asked the Comcast VP of Public Relations in New England so i don't see why there is a blind eye out here.

Fall River topped with about 24,000 requests at the local Comcast office.

[Mic]

Just an update, I'm here in Chester, MD and we get Local Forecast feed for Centreville, MD... I have Atlantic Broadband and we have had the IS2 HD for a few months now. I have been out of town for about a year and now love having it

[Localonthe8s]

I don't have Cablevision anymore, so the IS2 cannot be seen but I'm rather disappointed that FiOS (which I have now) doesn't carry the IS2 for the NYC Metro

[TWCToday]

First time I have seen smoke on the CC of an IS2

A Smoky Night

[beanboy89]

First time I have seen smoke on the CC of an IS2

http://youtu.be/cML5BzTHARI?hd=1

Interesting. Did you get a video of or screenshot of it on the IS1, too?

[spasticlizard]

i would of thought Boston was a beta city, they've had TWC HD since it's launch in 2007.

(Boston transitioned in December 2006)

TWC HD launched in 2007 but the i2 HD did not launch then. It didn't officially launch until 2010. And, only those cable and/or satellite companies who bought the i2 HD box launched it. So if you have HD in your area and still see the same old graphics you've been seeing for like ... forever now. Call your cable/satellite provider and ask them to upgrade and buy the new box. Only then will you see the new intellistar2 HD graphics. We can only build the product ... doesn't mean everyone purchases it, unfortunately.

[Eric]

So if you have HD in your area and still see the same old graphics you've been seeing for like ... forever now. Call your cable/satellite provider and ask them to upgrade and buy the new box. Only then will you see the new intellistar2 HD graphics. We can only build the product ... doesn't mean everyone purchases it, unfortunately.

And then you have to hope that you don't have Comcast, because their equipment apparently isn't compatible with the IS2. 

I had Comcast when I lived in Massachusetts.  I had the HD feed, but no Star.  Now I live in Florida, and there's not even an HD feed!

[gt1racerlHDl]

i would of thought Boston was a beta city, they've had TWC HD since it's launch in 2007.

(Boston transitioned in December 2006)

Call your cable/satellite provider and ask them to upgrade and buy the new box. Only then will you see the new intellistar2 HD graphics.

Comcast New England maybe doesn't have any clearance to purchase it yet because last i heard from them the IS2 was still being tested in their labs, i guess that means at least my state (Massachusetts) won't see the IS2 anytime soon. 

[KevOwensby]

Does anyone else notice a blue line through the animation on the current screen for Thunderstorms in the Vicinity? I see it every time it plays. Almost right in the middle of the animation.

[Tyler]

I find if funny that even though I have given answers as to why certain places have the I2HD and some don't, that you folks continue to speculate. Quite amusing, actually.