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Emulator Videos / Re: Sky's Custom Emulations

« on: October 06, 2020, 01:31:57 AM »

Fantastic job, especially on that Hurricane Delta graphic! That header is pretty true to the real thing

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TWC Today News / Re: Some changes on the Forum

« on: April 20, 2020, 10:31:08 PM »

Definitely going to be worth it to update and bring some fresh air into the place! Can't wait to see the finished results

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General Emulator Discussion / Re: Searching for a good weather PP or emulator

« on: April 19, 2020, 12:15:08 PM »

A lot of the older ones that might not be available here may still be on authorSTREAM, so you might check over there. I know for a fact there was an IntelliStar 1 one over there for the longest time

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC New Graphics

« on: August 20, 2019, 06:31:05 PM »

i actually remember a few months ago they sent out an email survey asking about the types of maps and fonts did you like.. it looks like they took that feedback for this update

Interestingly, it seems like they've been working on this package since January according to a tweet from one of the meteorologists (https://twitter.com/jamessinko/status/1163786711819853826?s=21). At the time, I thought it would just be the maps getting changed—boy was I wrong! Either those surveyed mainly picked the new stuff or TWC is using that survey as a justification for the change regardless of the result (remember the LOT8s cuts, how they didn't care about people's opinions on the matter).

To be fair, I think the new graphics are fine—and a refresh was needed—but they strangely appear really rushed and have plenty of things that need to be fixed.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Andre's Artwork

« on: February 18, 2019, 10:58:35 PM »

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Emulator Videos / Re: Triple C TWC's Emulations

« on: September 03, 2018, 08:47:48 PM »

Here's a new one: marine forecast, tides, and satellite products all make their debut in my emulator series at once with an incoming hurricane! This is from Hurricane Lane two weeks ago. Hope all of you enjoy!

IntelliStar Emulator - Aug. 23, 2018 (Hurricane Lane Approaches Hawaii)

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Emulator Videos / Re: Triple C TWC's Emulations

« on: July 10, 2018, 06:07:13 PM »

I've been working a lot on getting the IntelliStar v2 completed for a while, but technical issues near the start of the summer really pushed it back. I'm happy to announce that I've completed it! Please go check it out and leave any feedback/suggestions you might have.

IntelliStar Emulator - July 8, 2018 (IntelliStar v2 Debut)

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Local on the 8s Major Change Beginning Tomorrow

« on: April 02, 2018, 10:05:24 PM »

Here's some clarification direct from TWC, as a reply to a tweet I sent them asking about the new update:

LO8s are not exactly being removed, just reimagined.  The same information you know and love will still be available!  Thank you for the feedback!

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Local on the 8s Major Change Beginning Tomorrow

« on: April 02, 2018, 09:07:31 PM »

This isn't a good idea for those of us with letterboxed HD feeds on SD. It's really difficult to read the LDL already, and now there won't be full-screen forecasts anymore? Seems like they neglected the fact that many cable companies have chosen to go down that path- even stranger is the fact that my cable headend had the i2jr for SD but switched to the xD only a week later, so I've barely tuned into TWC since. Unless tomorrow's results are surprisingly good, I won't be on board with this.

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Emulator Videos / Re: Triple C TWC's Emulations

« on: February 19, 2018, 05:32:51 PM »

Here's my latest IntelliStar emulation, finished and uploaded last night. The forecast is for January 16, when the second major snow event of the 2017-2018 winter season hit the South.
IntelliStar Emulator - Jan. 16, 2018 (Southern Snow, Part 2)

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: When will all Xfinity Weatherscan units be back?

« on: December 26, 2017, 09:14:43 PM »

Where did that date come from? I'm sure that definitely won't happen, but I'm also curious to know why you think it could happen on that specific day.

Also, Jonathon is right about what killed Weatherscan- it definitely wasn't Local Now. On a separate note, I'm still confused why Xfinity has yet to allow its subscribers to sign in with their accounts to use Local Now even after they pulled Weatherscan. I honestly don't see a point in not allowing that to happen already. Even though I haven't used it much since I started my trial, I would still at least want it as an option.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Live Retirement of Weatherscan Streaming on December 5

« on: December 05, 2017, 09:00:17 AM »

Weatherscan was officially retired at 7:57 am CT this morning here. After nearly 6-7 years of getting the channel, an era has come to an end.

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Weatherscan Discussion / Live Retirement of Weatherscan Streaming on December 5

« on: December 03, 2017, 11:59:22 PM »

Original post: I will be trying my best to keep my stream of Weatherscan up until the retirement day on December 5th. If you're interested in seeing the unit retired live on air as it happens (if you don't have Weatherscan being retired that day), stay tuned! I will also have the archive footage afterward.

See the archived footage from this event here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4OyO_20k6CmwJIKgCjAOJzY9bHMvSPQ2

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Weatherscan Discussion / Re: Weatherscan Topic

« on: October 24, 2017, 06:09:11 PM »

Apologies for the double post, but I just read that Xfinity is dropping Weatherscan from the rest of their systems towards the end of October. Can anybody verify this?

There are two cases of what could potentially be a retirement of Weatherscan on Xfinity on October 10, 2017. I am not sure if these are limited to these two users' headends or if this is a universal retirement. Still something to watch, this could be bad

http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Customer-Service/Weatherscan/td-p/2955481
http://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Customer-Service/Channel-lineup-update-WeatherScan/td-p/2947330

Thanks for those links. I read this on DSLReports originally, where a user posted a channel update and mentioned it'd be gone either on the 10th or the 30th. I wasn't thrilled about this when I read it, but looking at it from TWC's point of view - except for a few rare cases, ratings for it are in the toilet (why the hell do they measure ratings for it anyway? that's just moronic). Barely any revenue, lack of popularity, smartphones (big factor in this), people getting rid of cable, and of course, it being dropped practically everywhere - I wouldn't be shocked if it was killed off after this.

Looking at it from a nostalgic point of view - I'd be completely upset if Weatherscan was shut down. At least we have Brian's emulator to help fill the void.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if Xfinity is indeed getting rid of it. Truth be told, I haven't watched TWC (or even Weatherscan) that much until recently with the recent storms. However, Intelliguy (Mike) had said he called his Comcast representative, and they said that it would not be dropped in the Philadelphia area. I'm not sure if it'll be removed where I'm at, but from what is known right now, Detroit and Atlanta are definitely no longer going to have Weatherscan. The representative he spoke to confirmed this.

Well, I was right in my prediction that Weatherscan wouldn't last for much longer here. Weatherscan is being dropped from the lineup on December 5th.. the end is nigh!

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TWC Fan Art / Re: weatherfan_2013's TWC Fan Art

« on: October 15, 2017, 12:46:47 AM »

I have no words, those graphics are incredible! It looks like a lot of work was put into that, and it really paid off since that looks so close to the graphics at the time. Fantastic job!