New Graphics coming to TWC

[gt1racerlHDl]

The best thing that could be added to the IntelliStar instead of a welcome message could be the Metro Map!

[Evan2015]

Since I kind of like the jokes (sometimes) here's how I would do it. Remove the entire slide and cue the CC screen earlier, thus giving more time for the ad crawl to run. Just before the local ad begins to crawl, you insert the small joke there. Only for about 2 or 3 seconds and it should be short enough to fit within the limitations of the ad crawl.

Just a thought. 

[WeatherWitness]

For some reason, my SD feed has fewer cities on the LDL than the HD feed.  The SD only has three, whereas the HD has six or seven.

Also, as Steve-O said, the IS2 does not have the animations for the alert screen.  Another example of how inconsistent they were.

The Welcome page does get old after awhile, and honestly, the Summary page goes by so darn fast that they could probably remove that too.  Also, as far as the backgrounds, I wish they could somehow program them to show certain ones for a certain time of day.  Seeing a sunrise background at 10:00 at night just didn't seem fitting...

[toxictwister00]

The welcome screen doesn't really bother me, probably because it flies by so fast. It's only up for like 2 or 3 seconds. A couple of times I wasn't able to read it fast enough.

[GEAUXmedic]

Just extend the LF to 1:30 add a headlines screen to the beginning, metro map, extended forecast. When there is an alert, replace the headlines screen. This way everyone gets what they want.

[Tyler]

I'd personally like to see the clock/joke screen gone, and have a local headlines screen added (like on the satellite LF), similar to how local stations do wx headlines. They could come up with hundreds, and create rules so that the IntelliStar knowns which ones to display based on the immediate forecast.

[twcclassics]

I'd personally like to see the clock/joke screen gone, and have a local headlines screen added (like on the satellite LF), similar to how local stations do wx headlines. They could come up with hundreds, and create rules so that the IntelliStar knowns which ones to display based on the immediate forecast.

Agreed. The current welcome page is pretty lame. Replacing it with weather headlines is a great idea. They did something similar in the early days of the WeatherSTAR 3000.

http://www.twcclassics.com/watch/482/unk

[weatherfan_2013]

An update about local on the 8s music.
As localonthe8s said the current music is temporary and they are working on bringing real music back. But there is no set date. Also they are working on putting the title and artist on screen too.

[Tyler]

To be honest, I'd rather keep the current music than go back to Taylor Swift and Nickelback.

[gt1racerlHDl]

To be honest, I'd rather keep the current music than go back to Taylor Swift and Nickelback.

Agreed! even though it's 2 production tunes it's way better than the recent vocals.

Another idea would be having a NWS Short Term Forecast at the beginning of each LF or even a Regional Outlook by TWC.

[twcclassics]

...Also they are working on putting the title and artist on screen too.

Holy cow! That's something I suggested in the early 90s!

[Eric]

To be honest, I'd rather keep the current music than go back to Taylor Swift and Nickelback.

Agreed! even though it's 2 production tunes it's way better than the recent vocals.

Another idea would be having a NWS Short Term Forecast at the beginning of each LF or even a Regional Outlook by TWC.

Like the "Local Update" from the WeatherStar 4000?  How will that get squeezed into a one-minute forecast, though?

[twcfan68]

If there's ever a time that TWC would revert away from the Taylor Swift type of music, it'd be real soon after this transition. I'll be quite content if the music they add in addition to what's playing now is similar to each other. I'm a fan of displaying the song title and artist on screen; however, this kind of hints to me that the music selections will be similar to what we've been hearing lately.

[Localonthe8s]

If there's ever a time that TWC would revert away from the Taylor Swift type of music, it'd be real soon after this transition. I'll be quite content if the music they add in addition to what's playing now is similar to each other. I'm a fan of displaying the song title and artist on screen; however, this kind of hints to me that the music selections will be similar to what we've been hearing lately.

Me too, I'm kinda surprised they decided it was worthy enough to add the song title and artist on the screen. If that's the case, it's likely they won't use production music any further. I hope they don't revert back to vocals. After all the money they spent on the transition, and higher royalties associated with licensing vocals, it wouldn't make sense (especially after all the complaints over the years).  TWC has been keeping quiet about the type of music they'd be reusing too which makes me further suspicious.

[Steve-O]

The Wintry Mix icon looks like a snowflake with a beard. I kinda like it.