Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start

[narunetto]

Well that was quick.. its 12:13 and I see this:

[Spring Rubber]

well, go get your local weather now, dammit.

[narunetto]

well, go get your local weather now, dammit.

It doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary, and frankly if this is all they did, I'll be pretty upset.

[Spring Rubber]

But, it sure wants you to watch HURRICANE COVERAGE ON THE WEATHER CHANNEL YOUR HURRICANE AUTHORITY, doesn't it?

BTW, as for the whole hotel issue; they don't use DirecTV remotes, and without those, I don't think there's going to be any way to make this feature work.

[narunetto]

Yeah.. and I just did nothing on the LF that just aired... so.. I don't know.

[tpirfan28]

But, it sure wants you to watch HURRICANE COVERAGE ON THE WEATHER CHANNEL YOUR HURRICANE AUTHORITY, doesn't it?

https://twctodayforums.com/forums/index.php/topic,1422.0.html

TWC's new tagline:

"We're awesome, and you know it."

...that sums THAT up. 

[beanboy89]

Those shots look nothing like what Tyler posted a few pages back. 

BTW, as for the whole hotel issue; they don't use DirecTV remotes, and without those, I don't think there's going to be any way to make this feature work.

Yeah, I believe the only way that it could work for a hotel-like environment is if they had automatically cue on the 8s, without any user-intervention.

[narunetto]

Well, I was TOTALLY wrong of the features on the new Local On the 8s... For one, it activates on its own, and well, it works!

Heres a video of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CyDaonlT1Y

[tpirfan28]

Congratulations, TWC, for executing something BRILLIANTLY.

Congratulations, DirecTv, for agreeing to this.

[narunetto]

Congratulations, TWC, for executing something BRILLIANTLY.

Congratulations, DirecTv, for agreeing to this.

Yep! I actually really like it. One thing I would like changed though, is that they maybe put the name of the city for your zip code because "For ZIP 98001" looks kinda weird. But other than that, I really like it. Finally DirecTV has a "Local on the 8s".

[beanboy89]

Looks interesting. Thanks for the video, Brandon.

A few comments after seeing the video:

• The DirecTV IntelliStar is still present because the Station ID test is still present.
• The flavor lineup for the actual local is a bit odd; you'd think they would have it more like the IntelliStar's flavor lineup.
• Is the "Local On The 8s" logo bug supposed to appear late like it does?
• The test looks bit small in some spots.
• The static radar image could be a bit larger.
• Is it supposed to end early so we can see the satellite LF radar/satellite lops at the end?
• What happened to the DirecTV IntelliStar LDL? Was it disabled because of this new local feature?

[TheRolyPoly]

Mine's is not like that

[Localonthe8s]

Meh, it's OK. The transitions are too jumpy plus I am unable to change channels on my DTV receiver once i have TWC on.  I have to turn off the TV , leave the receiver on and change the channels there, then turn the TV back on to get a different channel.

The local forecast is too short. There should be an LDL and the duration should last for the entire 2 minutes.

Plus, I'm getting weather for Cherry Hill NJ, Ardmore and Bensalem, PA. None for Atlantic City... 

[Localonthe8s]

UPDATE: It's gone. Now the regular Satellite LF w/o the LDL is here

[narunetto]

I think they did disable the LDL during the forecast because of the new feature. And I think the LF ends early because they want you to see the animated radars.