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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: March 25, 2014, 10:45:47 AM »

My first XL sighting!
Greetings from Pipestem State Park in WV!

I'll make sure to upload a video later. I can't right now, cause the wifi here is too slow.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: February 21, 2014, 02:31:28 PM »

First time I've been getting the generic "This is your weather" on my IS.  Then again, we're in tornado watch and severe thunderstorm warning for the first time since WATT began.

Also, my basemaps are now the correct color.  Finally. 

Took long enough. Mine didn't convert until near the end of last month.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: February 19, 2014, 12:47:31 PM »

Something weird happened on the last LF on my IS2. At the end of the LF, after the summary page, it went right back to the first page of the 24-hour forecast. The rundown bar at the bottom of the screen has the summary icon, but no text next to it. After that, the graphics overlapped with the satellite LF for a split second, then rather than the "window" sliding up until it disappeared, it slid to the left and out of the screen.

Has anyone ever seen this happen?

EDIT: Here's a video of the error. It's not the exact same LF, but it does show what I'm talking about.

Odd Error on IntelliStar 2

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: February 17, 2014, 01:32:04 PM »

Looks like TWC finally got rid of the random jokes on the IS welcome screen as of today.



Anybody else seeing "This is your weather" on their IS?

Is there a weather alert in effect for your area? If so, that's what you'll see instead of a joke.

Edit: Now that I've taken another look at it, I don't remember that message having a period before.

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General Discussion / Re: Instagram: Does anyone have one?

« on: February 16, 2014, 10:57:13 PM »

I do. It's @pavelsauce.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: Intellistar 2 Greetings list

« on: February 02, 2014, 12:18:50 PM »

A new one I saw today:
To Gobblers Knob! It's Groundhog Day!

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: Intellistar 2 Greetings list

« on: January 16, 2014, 10:26:59 AM »

I actually made a list myself.
Nobody puts Cantore in a corner.
Wait for it… Wait for it…
Food. Sleep. Weather.
Every stratocumulus has a silver lining.
Free refills with every forecast.
Don't you love the anticipation?
Keep your friends close and your weather closer.
We tweeted this forecast to your golf clubs.
Around here, this is great first date material.
Show me the sunny!
Will you need an ark? We NOAA guy.
We're from the future. (Not really, but we can predict it.)
You did something to your hair, right?
Finally, it's all about you.
Dogs love this forecast too. Just sayin'.
We won't tell you called in sick.
That's a great color on you.
Forget pork bellies, we've got weather futures.
Now you can break the ice.
So you know what to say in the elevator.
Say hello to my little weather friend.
You had us at, "What's the weather?"
A fourth of your closet is perfect for today.
Among weather geeks, you're kind of a big deal.
I see weather people.
It's a need to know situation. And you need to know.
We'll always have this time together.
We watched Baywatch for the great weather.
No fair weather friends here.
By the way, how'd that meeting go?
This day may be turned up to 11.
You're just in time.
We're going to make you an offer you can't refuse.
Coffee? Check. Phone? Check. Weather? Check.
We got you.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: DirecTV Dropping TWC

« on: January 11, 2014, 10:24:08 PM »

Now they added an annoying countdown clock to the upper right of the screen.
They also keep complaining about DTV possibly dropping them going to every break.
I'm waiting for them to add it as a slide on the LOT8s.

Here's the graphic.

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: Update-Related Issues

« on: January 11, 2014, 10:16:38 PM »

9:08 CT: OKC IS2 was overlaid on top of the satellite feed.  Will need to check again to see if this was a one-time thing or not.  Has anyone else been having this issue recently?

I've seen that a few times on my IS2.

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Winter Weather / Re: Worst Arctic Outbreak in 20 Years Coming 1/5-8/2014

« on: January 04, 2014, 01:11:05 PM »

I do not want to be out on Monday at all. The high that day is just -9°, and the low Sunday night and Monday night is predicted between -10° and -15°. Wind chills will reach -50°!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: January 03, 2014, 01:56:32 PM »

Now that I think about it, this is the first time the IS LF has ever matched the current on-air look. I specifically say LF, since I'm aware the 2008 LDL matched the on-air look at the time.

Does anyone else think the emergency LF is kind of a downgrade? The transitions look really bare-bones. The look itself does too, but that part I don't mind, since it matches the current graphics, which I really like. It's just the transitions that make it look pretty basic.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: December 25, 2013, 01:19:21 PM »

Can someone say spellcheck?

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Graphics coming to TWC

« on: December 17, 2013, 02:37:36 PM »

Does anyone else's SD IS still have green basemaps and buzzing on the 7-day and summary screens?

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General Discussion / Re: My Scripted Series

« on: December 11, 2013, 01:08:40 AM »

Ooh, that sounds great! I can't wait to see the result. (Or maybe I can. You need time. )

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: Update-Related Issues

« on: December 01, 2013, 02:01:36 PM »

On the Xfinity Chicago SD IntelliStar (21813), the basemap is still green, and there is still buzzing on the 7-day forecast.