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General Discussion / Re: So, we've got the ALCS and the NLCS in full force right now

« on: October 13, 2008, 03:12:31 AM »

Boston Red Sox will win the ALCS, Philadelphia Phillies will win the NLCS, I can't predict who will win the World Series though.

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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork

« on: October 13, 2008, 12:01:26 AM »

Emulated DirecTV local forecast:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNxZBQ1vGmo

Not bad, Billy, not bad 

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General Discussion / Re: NBC WEATHERPLUS SHUTTING DOWN

« on: October 12, 2008, 04:42:38 PM »

What will happen to Wx+ meteorologists?

my guess is either they'll work at NBC's forecast centers, work at MSNBC, or they'll receive a pink slip and have to find a job in this crazy financial crisis of a job market we live in today...

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General Discussion / Re: NBC WEATHERPLUS SHUTTING DOWN

« on: October 12, 2008, 01:38:15 AM »

1 down, 1 to go, we have to figure out a way to get the AccuWeather channel canceled now.... I kid, I kid, TWC's best, but AccuWeather's a viable competitor....

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General Discussion / Re: What kind of DVR/PVR (Digital/Personal Video Recorder) do you own/use?

« on: October 11, 2008, 09:19:57 PM »

Can you consider a tuner as a "DVR"?

i dont have a DVR but i have a pretty darn good Sony VCR

Yes. "tuners" count as DVRs under the "other" option.

Me, personally, I own a TiVo HD (Series3) that has 2 CableCARDs, which is essentially 2 cable boxes. I've loved it since day one I upgraded the drive in it from 160GB to 500GB, thus now I get 70 HD/607 SD hours of programming

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General Discussion / What kind of DVR/PVR (Digital/Personal Video Recorder) do you own/use?

« on: October 11, 2008, 06:15:27 PM »

I figured we have a fairly large community here at TWC Today, and some, if not all, have and utilize at least one DVR in their homes so I figured I would poll the community -- What kind of DVR do you have? I will answer and elaborate on my DVR in a bit once things get flowing. If possible, mention make and model numbers...

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: October 11, 2008, 04:10:08 PM »

I haven't seen Lemke in ages.

She was on this morning for Weekend Outlook

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Comcast Sucks.

« on: October 11, 2008, 04:05:32 PM »

AMC, Cartoon Network, some leased access channel, and Style is switching to digital here on 10/20. I watch AMC a lot, as well as GSN which was removed about a year or so ago, so I should probably get a converter box.

GSN went digital over a year ago, which pissed me off because I had to get a cablebox then because it was my absolute favorite channel (besides TWC) and I wanted to keep it... the Cablebox still has it as channel 37, however that's a QAM redirect to 179.

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Comcast Sucks.

« on: October 11, 2008, 04:00:10 PM »

Also be proud your area isn't getting affected by Switched Digital Video yet... My area's gonna roll it out sometime in November or December, and I had to pick up a tuning adapter dongle thingy for my TiVo to continue getting those channels since TiVo's are not capable of 2 way RF comminucations, so the adapter does it for me. Luckily, TWC isn't on that list of affected channels.

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Local Forecast / Re: This is..... new

« on: October 11, 2008, 03:56:37 PM »

I never ever ever really noticed

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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Comcast Sucks.

« on: October 11, 2008, 03:51:49 PM »

It says that effective November 1, a digital converter is included in my current standard cable level. Does this mean they'll automatically send one to my house, or do I still have to call ahead? Also, would I have to pay extra to buy additional boxes for my four TVs?

You need to call ahead to have one set up via truck roll, or you could go down to a Payment center and pick one up. make sure you bring the documentation that says it's free so they don't try to throw hidden charges at you.

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Local Forecast / This is..... new

« on: October 11, 2008, 03:43:31 PM »

Do Local Forecast Getaway forecasts now have sponsors? See image for details.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: What's your favorite show or segment?

« on: October 11, 2008, 02:05:13 PM »

EE is better now, yes, but I miss the graphics package and theme...

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Programming and Graphics / Re: New Show on The Weather Channel?

« on: October 11, 2008, 04:34:55 AM »

It seems they changed the theme for Sunrise Weather yet again...

EDIT (4:41am): They just played the music for First Outlook as a segment opener for Sunrise Weather 

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Everything Else TWC / Re: So, what does the back of the studio look like during EE?

« on: October 10, 2008, 12:47:28 AM »

There did used to be a couch.... it's in the interactive tour that's on weather.com as the interview area...