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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: May 30, 2012, 09:19:37 AM »

So I tried turning on one of the iMacs in my schools TV production room just now to find it wasn't turning on.. Then I go to the backside of the cart it sits on and notice the surge protector strip is off.. So when I flip the switch to the reset position I hear some sort of static noise.. so I flipped it back off. Then seconds later I smell a foul electrical odor... no smoke was seen but had I have left the power strip on then a fire could've started.. I unplugged the strip from the wall to prevent any further damage. I'm not sure if that fried the machine though.

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General Weather Chat / Re: What's the weather in your area?

« on: May 29, 2012, 10:09:06 PM »

77° Mostly Cloudy/Breezy

The severe storms we were supposed to get dissipated once they reached here.

Blame it on the damn ocean 

He doesn't live that close to the coast though...

Anyways here it's 73°F and Fair.

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Help and Support / Re: WSXL won't open - disappears??

« on: May 29, 2012, 09:51:17 PM »

Mike, when you do this, have you made sure that no instances of wsxl.exe are running? Go into task manager and make sure that all instances of wsxl.exe are closed before reopening the program.

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General Discussion / Re: A Couple of Questions If You Guys Don't Mind...

« on: May 29, 2012, 07:27:00 PM »

You bet component is! In fact, each color represents the 3 different color streams (red, green and blue) that composite cables would have synthesized into one. Component video also has the capability of recording HD signals as well.

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Your Local Weather / Re: Tampa Bay Weather

« on: May 29, 2012, 05:50:13 AM »

Beryl's back side is moving through now.

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General Discussion / Re: A Couple of Questions If You Guys Don't Mind...

« on: May 29, 2012, 05:13:34 AM »

HD and cable do not match when it comes to a WinTV HVR 850

If you want HD from your cable box, you need an HD PVR at best. If you want HD from only unencrypted channels, upgrade to a WinTV HVR 950Q (ClearQAM). Also, the only reason your videos come out "grainy" is because of the 850's limitation: it does not have AV/S-Video capabilities.

Also, if you want to record off your cable box, and you have a desktop, use a TV tuner that has IR blaster capabilities, such as the WinTV HVR 1600 or HD PVR.

I'm not trying to be forceful, but those are just some suggestions. 

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Questions, Comments, Suggestions / Re: Pat Metheny

« on: May 28, 2012, 09:41:15 PM »

Would anyone happen to have his song, "Last Train Home", when it aired during the late 80s?

It's on TWC Classics.

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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: May 28, 2012, 08:24:55 PM »

Banned for living in a different state than that of the STAR that serves you.

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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: May 28, 2012, 07:34:11 PM »

Banned because you're using a retired on-air STAR platform.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: 2012 Tornado Hunt

« on: May 27, 2012, 09:05:42 PM »

Mark Elliot is joining the Tornado Hunt.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: May 27, 2012, 06:23:58 PM »

My Prediction for every live show by the end of 2012

2 Minute > 1:30 Minute > 1 Minute > L-Bar

Bold = Currently

I would give it some time. Maybe we'll see the restoration of 2:00 LFs at :28/:58 again, but for now we'll just have to deal with it.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: May 27, 2012, 06:07:55 PM »

Also, for the last couple of days, the OCM now says on WCL: "From the Weather Channel's Headquarters in Atlanta, your watching Weather Center Live". They originally said that on DP but now they are saying it on WCL.

That sounds like the producer's doing and whoever produces Day Planner could also be producing WCL right now

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: May 27, 2012, 04:17:08 PM »

Looks like the 90-second flavors started playing at :28 and :58 each hour as well during the Weekend Morning Hours.

So if these 90-second flavors are part of all weekend shows, DP, and WCL at :28/:58 now, when are they not used?  I thought someone said not all shows were like this.  I would have to guess YWT and WUWA by process of elimination.   (But that might not be right.)

They may have just expanded over to the morning shows this morning.

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General Discussion / Re: Where in the world have you been?

« on: May 27, 2012, 02:02:45 PM »

Would be mine

EDIT: seems kinda interesting to see how a lot of y'all have been to Florida as well

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The Game Room / Re: Lie your Butt Off

« on: May 27, 2012, 01:26:37 PM »

This is not my 7,500th post.