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OCMs & Personalities / Re: Favorite OCM who is no longer at TWC

« on: February 19, 2012, 02:49:18 AM »

Dave is working as a shoe salesman? That's too bad, and sad. Hope he can find work. 

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 29, 2012, 05:16:45 PM »

I don't know, TWC introduces a new STAR every five years or so, and the Intellistar is from 2006 (6 years ago).

Even if that could be termed "conventional wisdom," it can basically be thrown out the window. Every STAR unit was developed under the previous ownership, with the exception of the IS 2. And just because something seems to have an apparent "pattern" does NOT mean that is why it is being done.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: January 28, 2012, 05:27:44 PM »

it's nice to know a new platform is coming out, now there is something to look forward to in 2012 

Wouldn't hold my breath on that. If they are developing a new platform-and it's not the squeezeback, big if-it probably won't come out this year. Look how much time was spent developing the IS 2.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 27, 2012, 02:23:07 AM »

This is nothing new with TWC but I don't get why they don't adjust the lighting when it's very dark.
Tonight is the second night the area of the HD studio they are using is very dark.

Just seems odd the lighting is always different. Sometimes the lighting is good then other times it's very dark and they don't seem to adjust the lighting or camera.

Update, they used the HD studio for some of WCL and it's lit very dark tonight.
I hope they fix it for Friday.


The other thing I've noticed since the work on the HD studio started on Wednesday is,
on Weather Center Live they do almost no forecast segments from the green screen.
No 60 second or 7 Day Forecast. 
I wonder if this is just a temporary change in format and when the HD studio is back to normal use they will return.

The thing that hurts this image's composition (that being the Travel Troubles image of Crystal) is the large, bright "mass"-aka the light element of the studio-encroaching on the shadow. It throws balance, contrast, and composition way out of balance. And it doesn't help that the lighting on her isn't great

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: January 18, 2012, 04:36:34 PM »

I've been noticing lately that on WUWA, they are no longer using orange title bars and they started using the dark blue title bars that other shows are using. I think these should use orange title bars on morning shows and use dark blue in evenings.

WUWA has pretty much lost its individuality ever since they got rid of vocals.

...which I think is a shame.   OK, so news stories on TWC aren't really appropriate, and Al Roker isn't the greatest, but originality is what made the show good.  I feel like WUWA is going the rounds of Weekend View...just like any other show.

I'm still a bigger fan of First Outlook taking over that hour (like it used to) from WUWA. I liked the format and professionalism a lot better. Plus, Nick and Kim made a great team.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: December 24, 2011, 11:12:03 PM »

But no new TWC lot8's holiday opener could beat the ones like this:

TWC Local Forecast Christmas 2004

Ahh, how I miss the "Live By It" openers. Good memories.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: Studio Upgrade/Revamp

« on: December 21, 2011, 08:44:53 PM »

Changes have been made to the walls at the expert desk.

Adds a nice touch. And some depth.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: December 08, 2011, 05:57:51 PM »

I don't care what the forecast is going to be in NYC, Buffalo, or Pittsburgh... I want the forecast for MY area! What's going on?

These forecast videos, if I recall, have always been based off of the closest major/major regional city.

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Everything Else TWC / Re: General TWC Discussion

« on: December 08, 2011, 12:12:00 AM »

The weather.com local forecasts now use TruVu Max instead of Vizrt

Not all of them. Buffalo's has not changed as of yet.

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WeatherSTAR Tech Support / Re: Bozeman, Montana Intellistar still M.I.A.

« on: November 29, 2011, 02:33:03 PM »

Sorry to bump this thread, but the Bozeman Intellistar has been having an issue today (and late last night). As soon as it reaches the text-based 36 hour forecast, the unit cuts out (black screen for a second) and the satellite feed comes on. Other than that, the unit seems to be operating normally. The LDL is cuing correctly, the correct information is showing up on the station ID, and the local forecast begins normally.

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Local Forecast / Re: General LF Discussion

« on: November 14, 2011, 01:08:28 PM »

Unrelated, but who else hates that LF intro in that video?

The intro production is sucky, but it's the music that kills it for me. I'm not against country, but that is absolutely the worst application of it I have heard/seen.

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General Discussion / Re: 5.6m Oklahoma Earthquake

« on: November 14, 2011, 02:22:58 AM »

Well, if I feel any decent shocks from the faults up here, then we're ALL screwed. 

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General Discussion / Re: 5.6m Oklahoma Earthquake

« on: November 08, 2011, 12:06:41 PM »

Aftershocks of progressively decreasing magnitude (in general, there are exceptions) are normal with this type of seismic event. They'll be around for a few days, most likely,  as that was a relatively large rupture for that fault.

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IntelliStar 2 Discussion / Re: IntelliStar 2 Beta Launch

« on: November 07, 2011, 01:02:50 PM »

I'm not sure how much different (internally) the IS2 is from the IS, but it doesn't seem like it should be this problematic. To me, it seems like it's very unstable or some of the units are defective.

Think of it like Microsoft deciding that instead of building Windows 7 on top of Vista that they would start from scratch and use no code from Vista. The hardware and software are completely new here. Not to mention this is the first product of its kind to do this in HD. With the XL and IS at least there were some similarities. I would imagine the XL and first IS versions were just as problematic

And if I recall, Frank Batten mentioned the numerous headaches and "growing pains" with the XL. Just give them some time to work it out, guys.

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General Discussion / Re: 5.6m Oklahoma Earthquake

« on: November 07, 2011, 01:34:11 AM »

Andy and Max, the Richter scale is a logarithmic scale based on the amplitude of the shaking, which gets recorded on a seismograph.  Since it's a logarithmic scale, every number up in magnitude means it's 10 times larger in amplitude of shaking.  Thus, a 8.0 quake will be 10 times more amplitude of shaking than a 7.0, 100 times more than a 6.0, and so forth.

However, energy is not the same relationship.  It works out that every two magnitudes up is 1,000 times more energy.  Thus, a 8.0 quake generates 1,000 times more energy than a 6.0, one million times more energy than a 4.0, and so forth.  Hope that helps!  I used Wikipedia to make sure I had the numbers in my head correct before quoting them here.

Thanks for the clarification, Patrick. I knew that it increased by a factor of 10, I just couldn't remember exactly how much.