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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4695 on: February 11, 2013, 10:25:37 AM »
As of 10am this morning

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4696 on: February 11, 2013, 02:49:14 PM »
As of 10am this morning
Is your IntelliStar offline? I notice the national LDL is on in that picture. Also, if you can, try to get a tuner capture of that if you intend to report the issue, but that's just if you can.
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4697 on: February 11, 2013, 03:00:46 PM »
As of 10am this morning
Is your IntelliStar offline? I notice the national LDL is on in that picture. Also, if you can, try to get a tuner capture of that if you intend to report the issue, but that's just if you can.
His tuner broke recently.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4698 on: February 11, 2013, 05:23:20 PM »
I know it won't change how the Music airs on TWC but here's my attempt  :)

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As of 10am this morning
Is your IntelliStar offline? I notice the national LDL is on in that picture. Also, if you can, try to get a tuner capture of that if you intend to report the issue, but that's just if you can.

I wish i could, the reason i'm trying to have this fixed is because something like this could cause a seizure.
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4699 on: February 11, 2013, 05:28:13 PM »
I wish i could, the reason i'm trying to have this fixed is because something like this could cause a seizure.
Actually, I looked at your pictures and they do seem high enough in quality.. also, now that you mentioned seizures, is your IS doing this? :thinking:

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So yeah Alex, do post a topic in tech support :yes:
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4700 on: February 13, 2013, 05:30:20 PM »
I wish i could, the reason i'm trying to have this fixed is because something like this could cause a seizure.
Actually, I looked at your pictures and they do seem high enough in quality.. also, now that you mentioned seizures, is your IS doing this? :thinking:

Severely messed up IntelliStar - Feb. 13, 2009 - 8:58pm

So yeah Alex, do post a topic in tech support :yes:


its not as bad as that Zach but it's more like a picture problem which makes the TV picture pixelate every half a second almost like a strobing light effect. (The error is occurring in all of the IntelliStar's Coverage area including Fall River and New Bedford.)

The issue is still ongoing - I discussed this with Local Forecast Star Support yesterday and they said after everything was fine on their end.

So now i have to email Comcast Boston and notify them of the situation because one of my friends is prone to seizure and i don't want them to get one just watching TWC.

Here's the video of the problem

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4701 on: February 16, 2013, 12:07:14 PM »
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4702 on: February 18, 2013, 07:32:23 PM »
Sorry for double-posting, but there was a 60-second flavor at :28  :o  I think WCL may be the new WUWA  :blink:  :P
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4703 on: February 18, 2013, 08:10:03 PM »
Sorry for double-posting, but there was a 60-second flavor at :28  :o  I think WCL may be the new WUWA  :blink:  :P
Well I'm not surprised, guess we can say the K flavors are history too :P This will no doubt mark the death of the Local on the 8s, slowly but surely.
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4704 on: February 19, 2013, 09:25:08 AM »
Sorry for double-posting, but there was a 60-second flavor at :28  :o  I think WCL may be the new WUWA  :blink:  :P
Well I'm not surprised, guess we can say the K flavors are history too :P This will no doubt mark the death of the Local on the 8s, slowly but surely.

Not only the K Flavors, but also the long-lived 2-minute flavors.
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4705 on: February 19, 2013, 10:55:38 AM »
Sorry for double-posting, but there was a 60-second flavor at :28  :o  I think WCL may be the new WUWA  :blink:  :P

So wait a minute: TWC is only showing 60-second LFs now? :blink:

Whatever happened to the days when the "LOT8s was the number 1 reason why people tune in to The Weather Channel?"  Jim Cantore said that quote in a video; I think it was the one talking about the IS transition to HD.  Guess that's all gone out the window. :(

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4706 on: February 19, 2013, 11:36:50 AM »
Sorry for double-posting, but there was a 60-second flavor at :28  :o  I think WCL may be the new WUWA  :blink:  :P

So wait a minute: TWC is only showing 60-second LFs now? :blink:

Whatever happened to the days when the "LOT8s was the number 1 reason why people tune in to The Weather Channel?"  Jim Cantore said that quote in a video; I think it was the one talking about the IS transition to HD.  Guess that's all gone out the window. :(

I guess we can breathe a sigh of relief, because the 90-second flavor aired at :28 during DP. I've got a feeling that will probably change in the coming weeks and/or months.

Also, I always wondered myself what happened to those days. Nowadays I bet TWC only cares about money and ratings, and that they no longer give a hoot about their viewers wanting their Local on the 8's  :(
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4707 on: February 19, 2013, 01:11:55 PM »
If they ever go through with making LF's 60 seconds exclusively, then I will declare a shark jump.   :club:  Arguably, this has already happened between the addiction to long-form, the questionable removal of some OCM's, and the new LF music format, but I feel that 60-second LOT8's only will represent a true shark jump more than anything we've seen so far.  In a 60-second format, some segments have to be left out, or else each segment must go by faster.  Both of these outcomes lead to a less complete LF.

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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4708 on: February 19, 2013, 07:02:06 PM »
I'm noticing for the 6pm hour of WCL they are using the format of Wake Up With Al and AM Rush where they go from programming to the local forecast then the commercial break. Is this going to be the standard for format for all live programming?

The last LOT8s at 6:58pm was only 60 seconds.

At 7pm they are back to airing 2min of commercials before the LOT8s.
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Re: General LF Discussion
« Reply #4709 on: February 19, 2013, 07:09:50 PM »
I'm noticing for the 6pm hour of WCL they are using the format of Wake Up With Al and AM Rush where they go from programming to the local forecast then the commercial break. Is this going to be the standard for format for all live programming?

The last LOT8s at 6:58pm was only 60 seconds.

At 7pm they are back to airing 2min of commercials before the LOT8s.

So basically the Express Locals are here to stay from "Morning Rush" to "Evening Rush"