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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #60 on: September 25, 2008, 03:15:26 AM »
Well that was quick.. its 12:13 and I see this:

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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #61 on: September 25, 2008, 03:21:46 AM »
well, go get your local weather now, dammit. <_<
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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #62 on: September 25, 2008, 03:23:23 AM »
well, go get your local weather now, dammit. <_<
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It doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary, and frankly if this is all they did, I'll be pretty upset.

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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #63 on: September 25, 2008, 03:25:33 AM »
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.
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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #64 on: September 25, 2008, 03:30:38 AM »
Yeah.. and I just did nothing on the LF that just aired... so.. I don't know.

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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #65 on: September 25, 2008, 07:58:35 AM »
But, it sure wants you to watch HURRICANE COVERAGE ON THE WEATHER CHANNEL YOUR HURRICANE AUTHORITY, doesn't it?
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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #66 on: September 25, 2008, 11:14:14 AM »
Those shots look nothing like what Tyler posted a few pages back.  :blink:

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.
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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #67 on: September 25, 2008, 01:17:08 PM »
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:

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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #68 on: September 25, 2008, 01:31:22 PM »
Congratulations, TWC, for executing something BRILLIANTLY.

Congratulations, DirecTv, for agreeing to this.

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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #69 on: September 25, 2008, 01:32:56 PM »
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".

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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #70 on: September 25, 2008, 01:44:08 PM »
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?
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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #71 on: September 25, 2008, 03:05:21 PM »
Mine's is not like that
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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #72 on: September 25, 2008, 03:13:19 PM »
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. :huh: None for Atlantic City...  :thumbdown:

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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #73 on: September 25, 2008, 03:30:14 PM »
UPDATE: It's gone. Now the regular Satellite LF w/o the LDL is here :huh:

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Re: Thursday, September 25th DirecTV “local on the eights” will start
« Reply #74 on: September 25, 2008, 04:54:29 PM »
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.