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4951

Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 14, 2009, 04:53:04 PM »

Well, 'False'point (as I like to call it) is now guessing I have received 2.58" of precipitation this month, when it said 2.63" just a few minutes ago.

How often does 'False'point update? Once a day around midnight like the legitament observations are done, or is it instaneous?

4952

Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 14, 2009, 04:42:11 PM »

Speaking of ad crawls, I've seen IntelliStars in the area (pretty much all along interior South Jersey) showing ads about a cigar shop in the area, and has for years. Isn't it illegal to advertise tobacco products?

Well, it must not be if it has been allowed to be on the ad crawl for all those years. Unfortuately, there is nothing you can do about the ad crawls 

4953

Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 14, 2009, 03:51:45 PM »

1) The text was never enlarged.

2) Missing ad crawls aren't a problem. It may of been your headend's decision to pull them (for whatever reason).

Okay. It was just one of those feelings where something seems off and I am not sure what is not normal or out of place.

Well, it is still a mystery to me as to why the ad crawl was pulled then. Perhaps I should call and ask them why, but then again, I most likely won't reach my actal cable office and it is not a problem to me anyway.

4954

Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 14, 2009, 03:16:25 PM »

Well, I have made a strange discovery today. The ad crawl is STILL missing on my Intellistar, but at school today (I go to school at Haslett, which gets the East Lansing headend), I noticed the ad crawl displayed there, so I assumed it came back. However, it is still missing in Lansing. I wonder if any other Intellistar units are doing this, or if it is just mine acting up again? 

I also saw two new LF intros today.  One of them was a modified version of an intro from last year I was looking for!   
I will edit my montage and re-upload it as soon as I see another new one, since my rule is to update it once I get 3 new intros to add to it

4955

General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch

« on: April 14, 2009, 07:38:26 AM »

Discuss...

Hmm, not sure I want to.......   

I would be a lot more careful of something like that if I had a laptop.......

4956

Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: April 14, 2009, 06:50:02 AM »

It appears as though there is yet another new intro. It is the same one going through the clouds as we saw last fall and again in March, but set to different music. I just saw a part of it, but not the whole thing since it was cut off.

4957

Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 13, 2009, 08:44:47 PM »

Notice the size of the text expecially in the CC.

You talking about the domestic Istar?

Yes I am. I have been scanning the LF for changes, and the text on the front page CC as well as the 8 city 'guesses' page (both city and temp) and the text on the text based forecast seem larger to me.

4958

Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 13, 2009, 05:51:03 PM »

...and at the same time, they launched this new logo for the satellite STARs:

http://g.imagehost.org/0615/0413091639.jpg

Hmm, interesting, I think I like that one 
So, did they actually enlarge all the text? And why isn't the ad crawl displaying (not that that is a hue problem to me, but it is strange and there must be a reason behind its lack of presence)

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: April 13, 2009, 05:41:55 PM »

I think I have an idea as to what happened.......

It seems to me as though the text in the LF was enlarged as an update was made to the Intellistar. Notice the size of the text expecially in the CC.

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: April 13, 2009, 05:40:13 PM »

Well, the IntelliStar is back, but with no ad crawl

4961

Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: April 13, 2009, 05:38:11 PM »

WTF, now the LDL just died and regenerated mid-segment.

Hmm, just dissappeared 30 second ago and has not reappeared.......

4962

Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: April 13, 2009, 05:28:58 PM »

The satellite situation continues at 5:28 PM EDT with LDL.......

4963

Everything Else TWC / Re: Another Green is Universal Week next week

« on: April 13, 2009, 05:28:03 PM »

Well, one thing is for sure:
TWC is going crazy with the advertisements for it, with, I counted, 7 times that the Green is Universal Week ad appeared on my Local Forecast. They have also doled out a new intro for it, which is playing almost non-stop LF after LF.

I sure hope they still end up playing those Earth Day promos like they did in 2007 and 2008, as I want to catch another one (I already hav the 2007 one though).

4964

Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: April 13, 2009, 05:19:41 PM »

Satellite marathon continues with LDL at 5:18 PM EDT, with "Margarita Dance" by Vince Madison! 

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Local Forecast / Re: Satellite LF Sightings

« on: April 13, 2009, 05:09:36 PM »

Satellite LF at 5:08 PM EDT with LDL