General LF Discussion

[Stephen]

Wouldn't that be an error with TWC's database?

Most likely, but that wasn't the point I was trying to make.

[Localonthe8s]

Jeanne's CD "Make it Work" must be "More 2 Say" - her new album which has her TWC songs. You'll see a flash banner on the top showing that same exact CD "More 2Say"
http://www.ricksofactomusic.com/music.html I don't see any song samples so I'm not 100% sure.

[Mike M]

That XL has since been upgraded, and merged with other regional headends, and is now part of the "Grove City/Mercer/Slipper Rock" headend. And yes, that is how the LF pages are titled (with 3 cities).

Greenville, PA apparently still gets the Mercer County XL as of last October. This is the same XL Sharon used to have, just a modified config:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOoZcWWHh_g&feature=channel_page

[Tyler]

Yeah, that's a separate unit, which is through an independent cable co., IIRC.

[wxntrafficfan]

Satellite outage has been going on for the past couple of hours or so, I just saw a blank station ID for the first time ever here at 5:58 AM EDT, and no LDL! What gives? 

[Mike M]

Same problems here.

[wxntrafficfan]

Two in one week? This must be bad if I got a blank station ID, since I never get those... 

[Jonathan]

I really wish the Satellite LF would get more graphically advanced than several seemingly-GIF images with a fade transition.

[narunetto]

I really wish the Satellite LF would get more graphically advanced than several seemingly-GIF images with a fade transition.

Yeah, they've been using the same one for many years. I think since 99. Not sure.

[Jonathan]

I really wish the Satellite LF would get more graphically advanced than several seemingly-GIF images with a fade transition.

Yeah, they've been using the same one for many years. I think since 99. Not sure.

That is excluding changes to the headers and (occasionally) fonts. However, I think they just continually re-render the backgrounds and say, "Okay! Done!" and leave the building.

[beanboy89]

I really wish the Satellite LF would get more graphically advanced than several seemingly-GIF images with a fade transition.

Yeah, they've been using the same one for many years. I think since 99. Not sure.

Yeah, they've been using it since mid 1999. IMO, there's nothing wrong with the current satellite LF, so why change it? I believe TWC must think the same way, or else they probably would've changed it by now.

[Localonthe8s]

I agree, they should change the base maps and radars. They've been the same since 2003, it should be changed. I don't see why they changed the graphics and the Precip/severe wx maps but not the radars.

[Mike M]

I agree, they should change the base maps and radars. They've been the same since 2003, it should be changed. I don't see why they changed the graphics and the Precip/severe wx maps but not the radars.

Didn't they change the satellite forecast maps slightly in 2005 (like May or June)?

[Localonthe8s]

I agree, they should change the base maps and radars. They've been the same since 2003, it should be changed. I don't see why they changed the graphics and the Precip/severe wx maps but not the radars.

Didn't they change the satellite forecast maps slightly in 2005 (like May or June)?

Nope it was exactly the same. They just changed the graphics and titlebars.

[LFMusicFan]

Does anyone know how 'scattered strong thunderstorms' would show up on the XL during the daypart and week ahead screens? I ran into this problem yesterday while creating a video for Gulfport. Since the XL spells out 'scattered' during the daypart forecast, and 'strong thunderstorms' already takes up 2 lines, how would it show up? Here are images of the two screens if it helps.