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TWC Fan Art / Re: Jonathon's Artwork
« on: July 04, 2011, 12:42:30 PM »
Nice job on your recent pieces!
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TWC Fan Art / Re: Nick's artwork
« on: July 04, 2011, 12:38:42 PM »Intellistar 2 HD Radar. Applied a slight Gaussian Blur since the lines appeared rigidly. Inspired by Donovan. Radar image courtesy of Google Maps.
Nice work neighbor!!
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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Charter Communications Discussion
« on: July 04, 2011, 12:27:54 PM »
I have a friend in Fort Worth, TX who subscribes to Charter. Hope they stay afloat for years to come.
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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Who here gets TWC HD?
« on: July 04, 2011, 12:22:21 PM »
The Dallas/Fort Worth area does have TWC HD on Time Warner Cable (Ch. 738) and Verizon FiOS (Ch. 619). Unfortunately, neither have the IntelliStar 2 (The HD Star) at this time...at least to my knowledge.
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Everything Else TWC / Re: New Weather Channel Slogan
« on: July 04, 2011, 02:05:26 AM »
Shouldn't that slogan be used during the Winter Time?
If they're gonna go that direction, then they should do a fill in the blank kind of slogan, like "Because You Might Just Need _______________."
Choices:
- A Sweater
- A Jacket
- An Umbrella
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
- A Face Mask (for Dust Storms and Smoke)
- A Drink
- An Air Conditioner
- A Heater
- A Baseball or Football Helmet (for hailstorms)
- Snowshoes
- A Camera
Any more choices, feel free to respond.
If they're gonna go that direction, then they should do a fill in the blank kind of slogan, like "Because You Might Just Need _______________."
Choices:
- A Sweater
- A Jacket
- An Umbrella
- Sunscreen
- Sunglasses
- A Face Mask (for Dust Storms and Smoke)
- A Drink
- An Air Conditioner
- A Heater
- A Baseball or Football Helmet (for hailstorms)
- Snowshoes
- A Camera
Any more choices, feel free to respond.
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TWC Fan Art / Re: Billy's Artwork
« on: July 04, 2011, 01:52:26 AM »
Dish Weatherscan? After the whole Dish dropping TWC for a day controversy and TWC then agreeing to provide Dish users with a Weatherscan-like channel, I thought it could look like this, with Dish having a say and forcing TWC to make use of their corporate colors.
If only cable companies have that kind of power.
Great job!!
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TWC Fan Art / Re: Taylors Artwork
« on: July 04, 2011, 01:49:49 AM »
If you keep it up, you'll be part of the graphics dept. for a local TV station or a cable news channel. Great job!!
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TWC Fan Art / Re: TWCZach's Emulations and Drawings
« on: July 04, 2011, 01:48:17 AM »
I do agree, it's awesome!
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TWC Fan Art / Re: wxgatlin's artwork
« on: July 04, 2011, 01:47:37 AM »
Greatjob on your recent TWC drawings...especially your last one.
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TWC Fan Art / Re: Trevor's Artwork
« on: July 04, 2011, 01:46:37 AM »
Loved your Weatherscan artwork
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TWC Fan Art / Re: Nick's artwork
« on: July 04, 2011, 01:45:14 AM »Radar. Inspired by Jonathan. Radar Image courtesy of intellicast.
Not a bad piece of artwork Nick!! Good job!
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TWC and your Cable Company / Re: Is cable TV going downhill?
« on: July 04, 2011, 01:17:47 AM »
I loved the Disney Channel back then when they were showing some classic cartoons. It has been mutilated by today's teen/tween shows since then. Nickelodeon was heading the same direction.
I'm not complaining much about ABC Family's schedule, because they air "America's Funniest Home Videos" and "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". By the time they show their originals, I usually watch something else in Primetime.
Cartoon Network promised they'd stay on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days, forever and ever and ever and ever and ever...until the end of time. THEY LIED!!! Or was the introduction of the Adult Swim block the end of time? I'm guessing they're trying to get the parents to put the kids to bed. Not that I was complaining back then, because I found a few more favorites on that particular block.
TV Land has shifted to a more current-based programming on 50% of their schedule. 'Nuff said.
Animal Planet has shifted direction to attracted a much older audience 18 and older with some of their much suspenseful programming. While Animal Planet is still within their prime format, there's one show on their schedule I could do without, and that's "I Shouldn't Be Alive". It's a show about survival and does not talk about animals, let alone involve them. They should've kept it on Discovery Channel or at least move it to TLC. Next thing you know, they're gonna air "Cheaters" on there as well. (Not really, but "Cheaters" on Animal Planet? NO WAY!!!
)
I think the main reason for The Weather Channel, MTV, VH1, and CMT to go their current directions is because of the internet. But not everybody can afford the internet, let alone dial-up. Many have to use their local Public Library's internet system to do all that, but they have a limited window of 2 hours max...maybe a little more if nobody's waiting on/or reserved a computer (at least that's how my local library's system works).
Although truTV shows some programs that are reenactments to reality (like "Operation Repo" and a few others), the real reality shows on there I liked are "World's Dumbest" and "Disorder in the Court".
Bravo went from Arts & Performances to....the way MTV's going. I shouldn't say too much about it, because I have a friend who still likes Bravo even to this very day.
AMC was one of my favorite channels when they were airing classic movies and "The Three Stooges". Now they're airing movies, mostly from 2000 on-wards, original shows, and since last year, Paid Programming. It's just not the same!! Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is the only one holding true to its format, and I hope it stays that way.
Sci-Fi...now Syfy - Now I know they're trying to expand their horizons, but adding wrestling on there just ain't it. Not to mention some of the corniest current made-for-TV monster movies I've ever seen (via "The Soup").
I never really cared much for the C-SPANs, HSN, QVC, ShopNBC, Oxygen, The Golf Channel, and Lifetime.
All in all, cable TV has gone downhill for half the time, but sometimes, they may air a great TV show in my favor. There's also TV online if we want to go that direction. We also have cable companies like Time Warner Cable and Comcast going through with their digital migration processes. Once analog cable is wiped off completely, hotels that run TV service through cable TV may have no choice but to install digital cable converters in each room or switch back to using DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) as their source. We are often reminded by the said cable companies that there are more choices, but we have to pay out the wazoo for them.
I'm not complaining much about ABC Family's schedule, because they air "America's Funniest Home Videos" and "Whose Line Is It Anyway?". By the time they show their originals, I usually watch something else in Primetime.
Cartoon Network promised they'd stay on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days, forever and ever and ever and ever and ever...until the end of time. THEY LIED!!! Or was the introduction of the Adult Swim block the end of time? I'm guessing they're trying to get the parents to put the kids to bed. Not that I was complaining back then, because I found a few more favorites on that particular block.
TV Land has shifted to a more current-based programming on 50% of their schedule. 'Nuff said.
Animal Planet has shifted direction to attracted a much older audience 18 and older with some of their much suspenseful programming. While Animal Planet is still within their prime format, there's one show on their schedule I could do without, and that's "I Shouldn't Be Alive". It's a show about survival and does not talk about animals, let alone involve them. They should've kept it on Discovery Channel or at least move it to TLC. Next thing you know, they're gonna air "Cheaters" on there as well. (Not really, but "Cheaters" on Animal Planet? NO WAY!!!
)I think the main reason for The Weather Channel, MTV, VH1, and CMT to go their current directions is because of the internet. But not everybody can afford the internet, let alone dial-up. Many have to use their local Public Library's internet system to do all that, but they have a limited window of 2 hours max...maybe a little more if nobody's waiting on/or reserved a computer (at least that's how my local library's system works).
Although truTV shows some programs that are reenactments to reality (like "Operation Repo" and a few others), the real reality shows on there I liked are "World's Dumbest" and "Disorder in the Court".
Bravo went from Arts & Performances to....the way MTV's going. I shouldn't say too much about it, because I have a friend who still likes Bravo even to this very day.
AMC was one of my favorite channels when they were airing classic movies and "The Three Stooges". Now they're airing movies, mostly from 2000 on-wards, original shows, and since last year, Paid Programming. It's just not the same!! Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is the only one holding true to its format, and I hope it stays that way.
Sci-Fi...now Syfy - Now I know they're trying to expand their horizons, but adding wrestling on there just ain't it. Not to mention some of the corniest current made-for-TV monster movies I've ever seen (via "The Soup").
I never really cared much for the C-SPANs, HSN, QVC, ShopNBC, Oxygen, The Golf Channel, and Lifetime.
All in all, cable TV has gone downhill for half the time, but sometimes, they may air a great TV show in my favor. There's also TV online if we want to go that direction. We also have cable companies like Time Warner Cable and Comcast going through with their digital migration processes. Once analog cable is wiped off completely, hotels that run TV service through cable TV may have no choice but to install digital cable converters in each room or switch back to using DBS (Direct Broadcast Satellite) as their source. We are often reminded by the said cable companies that there are more choices, but we have to pay out the wazoo for them.
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Local Forecast / Re: TWC Songs you've heard in other places
« on: July 03, 2011, 12:51:12 PM »Grazing in the Grass on The Strip radio.Nice! You must be listening to their online stream where you live. 100.3 HD-2 The Strip in DFW has played a few LF favorites.