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General Discussion / Re: What is the last thing you bought?

« on: June 07, 2008, 02:47:49 PM »

Bought more VHS tapes today. This time, Wal-Mart actually had them. 6 Sony cassettes for $5.97.

That's odd. I remember reading an article several years back that Walmart was going to phase out VHS tapes in their stores in 2006. Guess that was just a rumor. 

I never heard that before. I had heard that either Circuit City or Best Buy was going to discontinue VHS a while back, but never Wal-Mart.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: Blooper Thread

« on: June 07, 2008, 02:22:09 PM »

Is it just me, or was Jorma's 10:30 update completely audioless for us, but had clear audio for the OCM's?

Probably. I believe Jorma's mic was going bad during one of his other live reports earlier in the morning.

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General Discussion / Re: What is the last thing you bought?

« on: June 07, 2008, 07:46:27 AM »

a bag of sugar, and a mountain dew 

Can you say sugar high?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: New Graphics for all shows

« on: June 07, 2008, 07:43:58 AM »

I was still pretty much asleep at the time, but I think I might have seen the Weekend View live tag in use at 7:10-7:14 AM ET, thought it might have been an allusion because the new map banners have that same blue triangular look to them.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: June 06, 2008, 10:17:51 PM »

Is anyone else's LDL not appearing during the national broadcast?

Yes. Mine's not been on since about 7 PM ET.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork

« on: June 06, 2008, 09:31:31 PM »

With heat engulfing the eastern half of the United States this weekend, I thought this would be appropriate.

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: June 06, 2008, 09:15:10 PM »

Windows 2000.

Charcoal or propane cooking?

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Al's Art

« on: June 06, 2008, 08:35:43 PM »

I really like that concept, Al. Great job.  :sunglasses:

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General Discussion / Re: What is the last thing you bought?

« on: June 06, 2008, 08:29:49 PM »

Bought more VHS tapes today. This time, Wal-Mart actually had them. 6 Sony cassettes for $5.97.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: June 06, 2008, 07:59:35 AM »

The recorded portions of EEWC last night were once again shown in letterboxed HD for the SD channel. The lone exception was any live weather updates they did, like at 1:10 AM ET, which were not letterboxed.

That also makes me wonder... if my STAR would've failed last night, which satellite LF would I have seen? SD or HD?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: June 06, 2008, 12:15:07 AM »

At 11:14 PM ET, they showed a Road Crew segment that what was filmed in HD, and shown in HD, too. The sticking point was that all the graphics were cutoff the screen. These segments were designed to be shown letterboxed on the SD channel, methinks.

When they re-aired this segment at 12:14 AM ET, it was letterboxed on the SD channel.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: June 06, 2008, 12:07:37 AM »

When they're using the video wall, they really need to make sure the map titlebars fit on the screen for SD viewers. I can't count how many times this week I've seen things like "IDAY'S FORECAST" or "UNDERSTORM FORECAST."

Either (a) they need to set up a preset range that the camera can safely operate inside, or (b) they need to move the map titlebars closer to the center of the graphic.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: The Weather Channel | HD Discussion

« on: June 05, 2008, 11:17:11 PM »

At 11:14 PM ET, they showed a Road Crew segment that what was filmed in HD, and shown in HD, too. The sticking point was that all the graphics were cutoff the screen. These segments were designed to be shown letterboxed on the SD channel, methinks.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork

« on: June 05, 2008, 11:07:03 PM »

Back from the dead...

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General Discussion / Re: Question Regarding Video Editing Programs

« on: June 05, 2008, 10:46:45 PM »

I believe Adobe Premiere Elements can do this.