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TWC Today News / Re: Site News

« on: March 11, 2009, 06:59:54 PM »

Just to forewarn, that the release of SMF 2.0 rc2 may (will?) be getting a new default theme for the forum software. I'm reading Simple Machines' website and I have to say, I'm on the fence about it. There is no set release date yet, but why not take a gander at the previews now.

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=293556.0

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General Discussion / Re: Nearest Creek/River Observation Site

« on: March 11, 2009, 06:54:34 PM »

I don't see the Delaware River overflowing into flood stage any time soon, lol..

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General Discussion / Re: Nearest Creek/River Observation Site

« on: March 11, 2009, 05:56:53 PM »

~Delaware River

^ what Victor said.

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Weather Center With Abrams and Bettes!

« on: March 11, 2009, 05:08:51 PM »

So they denied it again, and threw out my PM... No big deal. I'm not going to get sore over it. I will get angry, though, if I find out I got barred from their twitter account, seeing as how I did mention my twitter name in the PM.

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: March 11, 2009, 04:17:08 PM »

$330 on my parent's comcast monthly bill 

4 HD-DVR Box rentals, Digital Premier Tier on all boxes, HD Tier (43 bland Channels) and On-Demand.

the HD-DVR boxes alone are almost $20 a month each... Maybe you should drop your package down if you really don't need all of those premium channels.... the package for just one premium package should be ~$90 a month. the HD tier in my area is about $6 a box, which for me, if I had 4 HD-DVR boxes, would be an extra $24 a month... I'm telling you, all of this adds up...

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General Discussion / Re: The Pot Belly Stove

« on: March 10, 2009, 10:38:57 PM »

some news stations never cease to amaze me...

back in February KSAT 12 claimed to be in HD, but became obvious to everyone that they were broadcasting in 16x9 SD, however they still claimed to be in HD.

KSAT gave no warning of their so called "HD" transition and thought it would be a great idea to just flip the switch on any random day. They're graphics didn't change much, and parts that were changed looked horrific. they didn't get a studio upgrade, something they've had for over 7 years...it's not even a studio! its a freakin' desk with an oversized chroma key wall behind it.

mind you, ever since they're little "transition" a lot of viewers have been complaining about KSAT's newscast being fuzzy on both SD and HD channels, ultimately leading viewers their huge competitor KENS 5 whom went HD many moons before KSAT. KSAT used to be San Antonio's number 1 newscast, claming the 5, 6, and 10 o'clock newscast. rumor has it, that they're ratings will not be as impressive as they use to be.

did mention i hate ksat?  competitor to both KSAT and KENS -- WOAI has plans to launch HD sometime this year -- the station turns 60 on Dec 11, and that is my forecast date of their full and complete HD transition. i honestly think i might be impressive if they're gonna do what I think they're gonna do. 

if WOAI does go HD this would be San Antonio's 2nd (or 3rd if you count the station "claiming" to be in HD) newscast to broadcast live in HD. KABB (FOX 29), not a competitor, does not have any plans to broadcast in HD in the near future, which is good cause their newscasts suck. lol

blahhh! that was my rant for today. lol

heh you have a Fox 29 too! Noticing they haven't transitioned to the newer Fox logo that most other stations have...

KABB current logo:


Old WTXF Fox 29 logo:


Current WTXF Fox 29 logo:

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The Game Room / Re: Word Association

« on: March 10, 2009, 10:02:27 PM »

udder

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Weather Center With Abrams and Bettes!

« on: March 10, 2009, 09:54:18 PM »

A&B deleted me from their Facebook page O_o... I hope it was an accident... I just re-added them.

EDIT: They denied it again. I'm not that surprised. I'm not gonna get bent out of shape over it. I'll just move on.

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« on: March 10, 2009, 09:23:55 PM »

Who the hell is lfman? can't make a proper choice.

Old studio, or HD Studio?

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: March 10, 2009, 09:19:51 PM »

They just did a nice wide shot angle of the studio where Mike and Forbes were standing.... I didn't realize there was that much space between the video wall and the desk(s)...

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: March 10, 2009, 08:29:18 PM »

Satellite Forecast at 8:28PM ET

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The Game Room / Re: Ban the Person above you

« on: March 10, 2009, 08:18:53 PM »

Banned for loving Fox 29.

Banned because I need to stop visiting all of these forums (at least often).

including this one?

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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Jeanetta Jones

« on: March 10, 2009, 07:59:07 PM »

Day Planner started September 29, 2003, Victor.

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General Discussion / Re: What's your HD Channel count?

« on: March 10, 2009, 06:18:04 PM »

For Comcast of Garden State:

200 Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia HD
202 ESPN HD
203 ESPN2 HD
204 TNT HD
205 HD Theatre
206 VS HD
207 Golf HD
208 Universal HD
209 Palladia HD
210 National Geographic Channel HD
211 A&E HD
214 In Demand HDPV (HD Events)
215 HBO HD
218 NFL Network HD
219 CineMAX HD
220 TBS HD
223 Showtime HD
225 TLC HD
227 STARZ 1 HD
231 WPVI-DT (6ABC HD)
232 WCAU-DT (NBC10 HD)
233 KYW-DT (CBS3 HD)
234 WTXF-DT (Fox29 HD)
235 WPHL-DT (MyPHL17 HD)
236 WPSG-DT (CW57 HD)
240 WHYY-DT (WHYY (PBS) HD)
300 HBO HD
319 CineMAX HD
339 Showtime HD
369 STARZ 1 HD

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: March 10, 2009, 04:33:43 PM »

Holy crap... New Weekly Planner maps! I like them!

I know! I just noticed them....TWC is finally starting to realize that flashy isnt always better. Sometimes the tried and true method is the best one. These maps look much much better. Just goes to show, less is more!

newweekyplanner.wmv (13 MB)