IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

[toxictwister00]

Ah, well that's a bummer. Thank you both for answering. I do remember seeing a picture here of the Climate Data screen, but I figured the record low/high would be a separate entity like it is on the regular IntelliStar.

[gt1racerlHDl]

I think it was because the climate data page was shown on the default playlist when the IS2 first booted up.

[WeatherWitness]

Why does it seem like the IS2 has less information than the regular IS? This may not be true, if we haven't seen all the screens yet, but the IS2 does not have record temperature screens or an air quality screen. It also doesn't have the supposed "Airport Delays" screen or the "Pollen Reports" that the ad for the LOT8s on twcmediakit.com was talking about.

My assumption is that TWC figures the average viewer couldn't care less about these screens, so developing them would be a waste, but I would think that airport delays and pollen reports would actually be useful to any viewer.

[Eric]

Given the recent drastic decrease in the amount of time given to local forecast segments, and, thus, the number of flavors used, I don't think increasing the amount of information given is anywhere near the top of TWC's priority list right now.

[WeatherWitness]

Given the recent drastic decrease in the amount of time given to local forecast segments, and, thus, the number of flavors used, I don't think increasing the amount of information given is anywhere near the top of TWC's priority list right now.

Well, I wasn't necessarily talking about right now. These products should have developed a long time ago, as soon as the IS2 launched. Unless TWC already had the vision that they were going to cut back on their full-screen LFs (and why would they when they are about to launch a sparkling new HD forecast), then I don't see why these were never created in the first place.

[Jonathon]

WOW! Cable in Madison Heights now has the IS2, no joke. I saw it when I was changing channels today on channel 263.

[TWCCraig]

I can't recall if this has been asked before, but does the IS2 display a record high/low screen?

It does, but it's quite rare. It's called Climate Data. It has the average and record highs/lows, not to mention pixie dust.

It doesn't. Here, we had a record high tied the other day and no record screen was displayed.

[Zach]

I can't recall if this has been asked before, but does the IS2 display a record high/low screen?

It does, but it's quite rare. It's called Climate Data. It has the average and record highs/lows, not to mention pixie dust.

It doesn't. Here, we had a record high tied the other day and no record screen was displayed.

No, what he means is theres a screen called Climate Data on the IS2, however, no one sees it due to the factor that its not programmed into any of the mainstream product playlists.. the only time it may get shown is if theres an outage with products and is being used for filler replacement on the products being affected by an outage

[toxictwister00]

I hate that, I think it should be apart of the rotation. For me, I would scrap either the Hourly screen or Daypart, I don't feel there's a need for both to be used in the same LF or at least scrap them for the :28 and :58 LFs.

[Charismatic Applesauce]

I can't recall if this has been asked before, but does the IS2 display a record high/low screen?

It does, but it's quite rare. It's called Climate Data. It has the average and record highs/lows, not to mention pixie dust.

It doesn't. Here, we had a record high tied the other day and no record screen was displayed.

No, what he means is theres a screen called Climate Data on the IS2, however, no one sees it due to the factor that its not programmed into any of the mainstream product playlists.. the only time it may get shown is if theres an outage with products and is being used for filler replacement on the products being affected by an outage

Oh, I misintrepreted. I thought the record high/low screen was referring to the equivalent of the bottom portion of the IS's Almanac screen. As for that separate product that GTAIVman was referring to, I have yet to see it.

[Zach]

Atlanta area IS2 (Marietta)

Local on the 8s for Marietta, GA (HD) - 9/23/2011

[toxictwister00]

This is great! I can't wait to get a clip of it Saturday. I'm assuming Downtown Atlanta is going to be configured similar to Marietta.  The only problem is I hate I won't be able to get it in HD quality.

EDIT: Also, regarding the thread title, should the IS2 still even be considered a beta launch if it's already showing up in several major cities/markets now?

[WeatherWitness]

EDIT: Also, regarding the thread title, should the IS2 still even be considered a beta launch if it's already showing up in several major cities/markets now?

Well, we've kind of misused this thread. It was originally created just to mention a beta launch for Nashville. Now most of our IS2 discussion is here. There really is a separate thread for IS2 videos, although I am seeing most people post their videos of the IS2 here (which makes sense) because this is where most of the discussion is.

[toxictwister00]

Well either Atlanta's IS2 is out for the moment or we don't have one at all because I got my HD cable box today activated over the phone and this is what I'm seeing on TWCHD. Only the HD Satellite LF.  If it's the former, should I report it?

[Trevor]

That makes 3 IS2 Units that are not functioning at this time.