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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion
« on: September 13, 2011, 07:48:30 PM »
I never knew a lot of the artists on TWC until their songs premiered on the LF.
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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion
« on: September 13, 2011, 08:11:58 AM »
If one of the two actually happened (1: XL's, 4000's, Jr's are all replaced by IStar) or (2: Support for L-Bar would be added for XL), I wouldn't mind the L-Bar every now and then. I would definitely miss the music, but I'd at least get a LOCAL forecast.
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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion
« on: September 12, 2011, 06:08:44 PM »TWC sure loves to recycle old stock footage, this looks like the same stock footage they used of the lady waiting in the rain for a taxi from the "Live By It" era decade ago.
Why, oh why, couldn't we see said era again? This was their best, always will have been.
I'm feeling nostalgic now.
I really miss Evening Edition. I think it is still a load of trash they knocked it off air.
| Stephen Arnold - The Weather Channel Evening Edition | |
| Stephen Arnold - The Weather Channel Montage | |
| Weather Channel Cable/Satellite Station ID Backgrounds 2004-2011 | |
| The Weather Channel's Show Openers (2003 -2005) | |
| Evening Edition 2003-2005 Music Segment | |
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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion
« on: September 12, 2011, 04:29:54 PM »TWC sure loves to recycle old stock footage, this looks like the same stock footage they used of the lady waiting in the rain for a taxi from the "Live By It" era decade ago.
Why, oh why, couldn't we see said era again? This was their best, always will have been.
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Local Forecast / Re: Lack of Local Forecast for Non-Intellistar systems
« on: September 10, 2011, 09:31:40 PM »You must have edited that part out, because i dont see a post of you asking for a video of the original squeezeback
As for your rant about the XL, simply put, the XL and IS have their pros and cons. The XL cannot do fading, the IS can. The XL doesnt render its own animations, the IS does. So, I think that the IS is better in terms of processing.
The result of the Intellistar rendering its own animations can mean complete or partial graphical failure if it ever were to mess up. That is like saving a movie in After Effects but not rendering it. You don't have anything there. With this being the case, I will assume the XL has the pre-made/pre-rendered graphics and icons.
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Local Forecast / Re: Lack of Local Forecast for Non-Intellistar systems
« on: September 10, 2011, 08:59:30 PM »I'm confused.. you were ranting about the XL, yet you posted a video of the IS..
I originally asked for a video of the old squeezeback. I found it and posted it instead. End of story.
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Local Forecast / Re: Lack of Local Forecast for Non-Intellistar systems
« on: September 10, 2011, 08:15:34 PM »
I know it is the Intellistar. I did not say it was the XL.
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Local Forecast / Re: Lack of Local Forecast for Non-Intellistar systems
« on: September 10, 2011, 05:13:45 PM »I dont know if the Jr should be retired, but based on reading Eric's post, I will definitely agree that the 4000 should be retired.. it's hard for the STAR Team to make changes to the platform anyways (and the Junior), but the major reason I think the 4000 should be put into retirement because of it's video hardware.. eventually all 4000s will suffer through degradation (as us "fans" know it to be) if they haven't already, and it's sorta like Microsoft putting OS platforms into retirement.
As for the XL, though, I think it should stay.. unlike the 4000/Junior, the XL is not that hard to make remote changes to because of it's ethernet port (?), but it is also OS-ran, just like the IS. Though it does not display anything except an LF and ID anymore, it can at least do an LDL like the IS with having part of the LDL chopped off for the LDL ads, but without the fancy flares and animation..And as for the squeezeback, I cannot see that being implemented, sadly..
The original sqeeuzeback seen from 2006-2009 (with the sunny background) never displayed local information on the XL, so why should the current one?
The XL is the SGI O2 system, in all reality. This system has even more graphical capabilities and hardware capabilities than the Intellistar has. I don't see the current icons to fit the XL, but they would work. Nearly everything, perhaps more, could work on the XL if it were given just a chance. TWC needs to get off their
and work on this thing for once. The squeezeback would work. The LDL would work. It all would work if it were given a chance.(Nevermind, I found it)
| TWC IntelliStar - Jan 14 2006 8:28 pm et | |
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The Game Room / Re: The NWS Game
« on: September 10, 2011, 11:42:13 AM »
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1036 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* CIRCLE SCRATCH WARNING FOR...
ALL XBOX 360 AND PRECIOUS GAME DISK-THAT-COST-A-LOT-OF-MONEY OWNERS...
* UNTIL EVERYTHING IS DLC, VIRTUAL, DISKS ARE ELIMINATED, OR THE CONSOLE ITSELF IS ELIMINATED.
* AT 1030 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
PLAYING A VIDEO GAME ON THEIR XBOX 360 CONSOLE WHEN ONE
ACCIDENTALLY NUDGED THE CONSOLE. THE DISK INSIDE BEGAN TO SOUND
LIKE A GARBAGE DISPOSAL AND WHEN REMOVED HAD A LARGE SCRATCH ON
ITS SURFACE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
TO REPORT DISK SCRATCHES, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3, OR YOU MAY CONTACT THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1036 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A
* CIRCLE SCRATCH WARNING FOR...
ALL XBOX 360 AND PRECIOUS GAME DISK-THAT-COST-A-LOT-OF-MONEY OWNERS...
* UNTIL EVERYTHING IS DLC, VIRTUAL, DISKS ARE ELIMINATED, OR THE CONSOLE ITSELF IS ELIMINATED.
* AT 1030 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
PLAYING A VIDEO GAME ON THEIR XBOX 360 CONSOLE WHEN ONE
ACCIDENTALLY NUDGED THE CONSOLE. THE DISK INSIDE BEGAN TO SOUND
LIKE A GARBAGE DISPOSAL AND WHEN REMOVED HAD A LARGE SCRATCH ON
ITS SURFACE.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.
TO REPORT DISK SCRATCHES, CONTACT YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT (8 5 0) 9 4 2 8 8 3 3, OR YOU MAY CONTACT THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICES. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$
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General Discussion / SKYWARNAL Offices (Applications are OPEN)
« on: September 09, 2011, 10:16:51 PM »
Hey everyone, I thought I'd come in to say that I now have my new server up and ready but I have a base image online for the index.html until I can get the new one ready. I have decided to allow up to 100 offices to be opened. If you send me a message or reply to this with the following information, I will have it ready and finished within three days of confirmation.
Information needed to be included:
Local area or regional area (etc., AL/FL/GA TriState)
Location of site (subdomain of skywarnal.com, six characters or less)
Your email (and the email of anyone else part of that office)
Your name and forecast signatures
For a sample of our office layout, please visit our tropics.skywarnal.com. You will have the choice of any background you would like (with the exception of copyrighted backgrounds).
Thanks!
Information needed to be included:
Local area or regional area (etc., AL/FL/GA TriState)
Location of site (subdomain of skywarnal.com, six characters or less)
Your email (and the email of anyone else part of that office)
Your name and forecast signatures
For a sample of our office layout, please visit our tropics.skywarnal.com. You will have the choice of any background you would like (with the exception of copyrighted backgrounds).
Thanks!
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Local Forecast / Re: Weatherstar 4000 Locations that remain
« on: September 09, 2011, 04:18:36 PM »I dont see any degradation...
Notice other 4000's, how the text and icons are usually smoothed at the edges, these aren't. They're pixelated.
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Local Forecast / Re: Weatherstar 4000 Locations that remain
« on: September 09, 2011, 07:48:51 AM »Troy Cable is based out of Troy, AL (which is about 30-45mi away from us) and they have just opened another headend in Ozark, so my thoughts are (just a thought, no need for anybody to jump all over me, correct me if I am wrong) are that they are buying an Intellistar for Ozark, while they are using a plain 4000 that is not programmed for any specific cable company (hence CITY CABLEVISION on the ID screen).
The STAR is experiencing text degradation.
| Local Forecast July 7 2:08pm (4000) | |
May I also ask, does anybody else experience those variation speckles across the screen before and after the STAR on the SD feed?
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General Discussion / Re: Taiganet Down?
« on: September 09, 2011, 07:24:50 AM »
Maybe your IP was wrongly classified as a spambot or other and blacklisted?
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: September 09, 2011, 07:23:27 AM »
Speaking of Tron Legacy, I am now listening to End of Line. Haha!
What was the outage associated with? I never could find out from anybody.
What was the outage associated with? I never could find out from anybody.
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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion
« on: September 07, 2011, 10:02:25 PM »
I wish I could find an XL already. The only ones I have come across are broken, the harddrives are out, or the system refuses to boot. Besides, I'd like to know how the people who have one connect to their television. Coaxial cable?