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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #30 on: June 05, 2010, 02:38:03 PM »
I know, that's why I said "BETA"...

i know what beta means...but that wasn't my point.
My post was directed to Zach not you.
Where? :blink: You didn't even quote me when you said beta. :unsure:
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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #31 on: June 05, 2010, 02:55:38 PM »
Weird, you must've deleted the post. You post it before Al's.

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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #32 on: June 05, 2010, 10:17:58 PM »
Whoa, I've missed so much! An HD STAR? Hmm...I read a bit about it in this topic, but I couldn't find any clarification whether or not it's just for big cities or if it's for anywhere. (If it's only for big cities, I wonder if New Orleans still counts as one.)

The HD STAR won't be just for big cities, as long as your cable company carries TWC HD and you have a STAR unit in your city.
It probably will cover much wider areas too. I cant see cable companies buying as many HD STARS as they have Intellistars

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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #33 on: June 05, 2010, 11:30:09 PM »
It probably will cover much wider areas too. I cant see cable companies buying as many HD STARS as they have Intellistars
I agree. Example... I just checked, and Comcast in metro Pittsburgh operates 16 IntelliStars, but only two Weatherscans for the same exact area. I can easily see Comcast only doing 2 HD STARs, covering the sames areas the 2 Weatherscans do.

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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #34 on: June 05, 2010, 11:35:14 PM »
Ah, I see. It'll be really interesting to see how they look!
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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #35 on: June 11, 2010, 07:23:25 PM »
Jim Cantore Doing Narritions? COOOOOOOOOOOOL!!

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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #36 on: June 13, 2010, 11:13:57 PM »
The HD STAR won't be just for big cities, as long as your cable company carries TWC HD and you have a STAR unit in your city.
It could just be due to the size of the area, but I have not seen TWC HD in any of the locations I've been to in Michigan's Charter territory. I'm doubtful Charter carries TWC HD in any of its area, actually. I can see Charter buying HD STARs for St Louis or Dallas, but certainly not northern Michigan.
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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #37 on: June 14, 2010, 01:58:40 AM »
The HD STAR won't be just for big cities, as long as your cable company carries TWC HD and you have a STAR unit in your city.
It could just be due to the size of the area, but I have not seen TWC HD in any of the locations I've been to in Michigan's Charter territory. I'm doubtful Charter carries TWC HD in any of its area, actually. I can see Charter buying HD STARs for St Louis or Dallas, but certainly not northern Michigan.
TWC HD is on Charter in Corinth, Texas.
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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #38 on: June 14, 2010, 04:45:54 AM »
The HD STAR won't be just for big cities, as long as your cable company carries TWC HD and you have a STAR unit in your city.
It could just be due to the size of the area, but I have not seen TWC HD in any of the locations I've been to in Michigan's Charter territory. I'm doubtful Charter carries TWC HD in any of its area, actually. I can see Charter buying HD STARs for St Louis or Dallas, but certainly not northern Michigan.
You have to take into fact that cable companies have to upgrade their lines to support more HD channels. Smaller areas are the last to get the upgrade. Not to mention TWC HD is on the bottom of the list for most cable companies in terms of importance

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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #39 on: June 14, 2010, 07:10:50 AM »
TWC HD is on Charter in Corinth, Texas.
Which is near Dallas, which I mentioned.
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Lansing: Comcast, Channel 36, STAR ID 22840
E. Lansing: Comcast, Channel 40, STAR ID 22842
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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #40 on: June 14, 2010, 10:10:28 PM »
Will there be a Satellite HD star?

Satellite weather scan? HD?

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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #41 on: June 14, 2010, 10:27:26 PM »
Will there be a Satellite HD star?

Satellite weather scan? HD?

There already is a Satellite HD Forecast. ;)

And I doubt WeatherScan will be in HD...is that even possible...I'm not that familiar with WeatherScan technology.

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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #42 on: June 14, 2010, 10:28:28 PM »
WeatherScan will never be in HD. Cable companies cant waste the bandwidth as it is

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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #43 on: June 14, 2010, 10:31:40 PM »
WeatherScan will never be in HD. Cable companies cant waste the bandwidth as it is
Plus Weatherscan's ratings aren't nearly high enough.

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Re: Narrations on the HD STAR
« Reply #44 on: June 14, 2010, 11:01:07 PM »
WeatherScan will never be in HD. Cable companies cant waste the bandwidth as it is
Plus Weatherscan's ratings aren't nearly high enough.
You can't really use the ratings argument with Weatherscan. Its more of a service then an actual for profit channel