Nostalgia's all good and everything, but why is everyone crying over computers that are over 20 years old? As much as I miss TWC's glory days, I'd be extremely upset if I woke up in the morning to find out that my cable operator's downgraded to anything less than an IntelliStar. I like to look at up-to-date graphics generated by a modern-generation computer.
True that the 4000/Jr./XL's hardware was already showing its age, but I personally don't like how the IntelliStar 2 Jr.'s graphics look. I still think the IntelliStar 2 Jr. could have been better, but instead, it seems like TWC's technical engineers didn't put as much effort. It's basically like IntelliStar 2 HD's original version 1 graphics (circa 2010-October 2013), but with a "toned down, 4:3 safe version", yet most other stations are going widescreen these days.
Just look at all the other cable networks. It wouldn't surprise me if TWC were to permanently drop its 4:3 cropped broadcast on their official SD feed, or else, the IntelliStar 2 Jr. and even the original IntelliStar would officially be obsolete because both models can only display their local forecast video outputs in 4:3 video. Even the original IntelliStar is already ten years old, despite that it has the latest version 3 graphics that even matches the IntelliStar 2 HD's current version 2 graphics. As for the original IntelliStar, the version 3 overhaul from last November may even be the last ever major update to its software. Yet the IntelliStar Weatherscan model is a year older than its main TWC counterpart model, and even its last major overhaul came all the way back in September 2005, yet some minor updates were made since then, including the icons that were changed in 2010, but hasn't even been updated since last November.
Either way, hopefully someday, besides the 4000 Simulator and the WeatherScan XL Simulator, there would be emulators (or "simulators") that's based off some of TWC's other legacy STARs, maybe even the current STARs too. I have nothing against modern stuff, but I am also a bit of a nostalgia bluff too since I used to watch TWC regularly back in the early 1990s (hence my username because I remember watching TWC with a WeatherSTAR III back in the early '90s up until 1993 when we first got the 4000 at the time).
