New Graphics coming to TWC

[brandonmahaffey85]

I used to live in Cross City, FL and our cable head end had an XL. I'm curious to know what people with the XL are seeing? Do you guys see the new look of the locals or the old XL look?

[SamRichardson92]

I live near 3 Major cities in SC.. Which one do you think I will get the "severe weather coverage" on? Charelston, Savanah or Tampa, FL o.0

[brandonmahaffey85]

I'm pretty impressed by the new graphics. Very clean and modern.

Verizon FiOS on Long Island is not letterboxing the SD feed. I was hoping they would.

I'm not a huge fan of the Local on the 8s music... It's too bland and repetitive and easy to get tired of if you watch for a half hour or so. And I don't like the "welcome" text at the beginning... Here's a sample:

New York City, you did something to your hair, right?
New York City, we're from the future. (Not really, but we can predict it.)
New York City, now you can break the ice.
New York City, by the way, how'd that meeting go?
New York City, forget pork bellies, we've got weather futures.
New York City, we got you.
New York City, that's a great color on you.
New York City, we're going to make you an offer you can't refuse.

On the bottom of the screen, I keep getting forecasts for New York City and Hartsdale (Westchester County). I'm on Long Island. I think I used to get the NYC and Islip forecasts, which made more sense.

Can't make everyone happy. There is always something someone will not like...LOL 

[toxictwister00]

I used to live in Cross City, FL and our cable head end at an XL. I'm curious to know what people with the XL are seeing? Do you guys see the new look of the locals or the old XL look?

Anybody that didn't have the IS is still seeing their legacy STAR.

Here's a video for example

TWC "Weather All The Time" Debut + the Weatherstar XL lives on!

EDIT: I wanted to see if the afternoon edition of WCL is the same as the early morning edition (and it is). They had some major hiccups during the teaser and the opener completely froze.

[Charismatic Applesauce]

I really like how there's local info on the HD feed now. We didn't have the IS2 before. I like how much more weather info is shown now. They added a lot more cities to the LDL; in the Chicago area, they added Downers Grove, Elmhurst, Melrose Park, and Cicero from what I've seen so far. The airport delays section lists delays for ORD (O'Hare), and presumably MDW (Midway), but what surprised me is that it also tracks MKE: General Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee.


Overall, I'm really impressed with this update. I love the studio, and I really like that the whole look is coordinated. And weather during commercials is a big plus.

Just some quirks and minor issues: just before to the LF at 10:58 ET, the image (a city's skyline) was rotated 90° and was scrunched up in the right edge of the window surrounded by the LDL/sidebar, leaving most of the window just a a blank black space. Also, the background makes some of the small white text kinda hard to read on the 7-day.

[IceManNYR]

Why are some people saying its letterboxed?  The DISH SD channel is not letterboxed shouldn't all SD feeds be the same way?

The SD feed is letterboxed video. They simply took the 16:9 video and moved it to the top of the SD screen and the empty space at the bottom has the LDL.

[Zach]

I really like how there's local info on the HD feed now. We didn't have the IS2 before.

You have the IS2 now if you have local info on the HD feed 

[Localonthe8s]

Well it didn't take long for the playlists to become history but I suppose anything is better than vocals

[wxmediafan]

I've said this before, and I'll say it once more.  Simplicity is great.  So far, I'm impressed.

It seems like many of you don't like the Local on the 8s.  I love it!  Like I said, it's simple.  Hour-by-hour is nice.  I like the fact that there isn't a voice over, and I really like the music (although I'm glad to see that there will be some variation in the music, eventually).  I like the little joke at the beginning (but then again, I'm a cheeseball).

A couple things that will have to grow on me:  The white maps.  Not a fan, especially since the city backplates are also white.  I like the topo maps better. 

Also, the music playing during the OCM forecasts.  Too distracting.  I get it, trying to be like ESPN and such, but I just don't see the need for it.

Oh, and the new studio is nice.  Again, nothing too busy, which I like.

I just saw the 7 day planner...the maps/text are too small.

Overall I am impressed.  The graphics are fancy, and I like Weather Center Live's music.  The ticker at the bottom is nice!

[IceManNYR]

Also, the music playing during the OCM forecasts.  Too distracting.  I get it, trying to be like ESPN and such, but I just don't see the need for it.

Glad someone else agrees on the music during the forecasts. It's very annoying and should not be used.

Adding an agreement that the sayings at the start of the local forecast are not needed.
I want weather not lame stereo typical jokes based on my location.

[brandonmahaffey85]

HAHAHA Funny saying from the start of the LOT8's in Tallahassee, FL. It said "Tallahassee, You being a weather geek is kind of a big deal." LMAO 

[toxictwister00]

Well it didn't take long for the playlists to become history but I suppose anything is better than vocals

Martin said that production music is temporary. Who knows what kind of music they'll be playing when they change it.

I really like how there's local info on the HD feed now. We didn't have the IS2 before.

You have the IS2 now if you have local info on the HD feed 

I'm still stuck with the national feed on the HD feed. Which really sucks because I hate watching the SD feed for picture quality reasons, but I don't have a choice but to tune into it from time to time if I do need to see a LF.

[Charismatic Applesauce]

Some other hello text I've seen:
Hey Chicago, don't you just love the anticipation?
You've got plans. We've got forecasts.

So does TWC finally have a slogan again? It seems to be "It's Amazing Out There."

[WeatherStarXL]

I used to live in Cross City, FL and our cable head end at an XL. I'm curious to know what people with the XL are seeing? Do you guys see the new look of the locals or the old XL look?

Anybody that didn't have the IS is still seeing their legacy STAR.

Here's a video for example
TWC "Weather All The Time" Debut + the Weatherstar XL lives on!

Right, I was sort of disappointed when I was still seeing the XL this morning, when I was told on Oct 15 by Mediacom's area director that they had already submitted the order for new units.  Maybe they just haven't got everything set up yet, so I will be patient.
The XL in my area has had some issues with losing the feed and causing it to loop continuously this morning, so who knows.
Wish I knew someone in my area that had Consolidated Communications, since it uses a IS..
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/EcnWRXAIK3U" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/EcnWRXAIK3U</a>

[wxmediafan]

The music playing in the background just confused Mike Seidel during his live report.

I like the color table they use for the temperature maps.  Also, I don't see the point of showing a map while standing next to a monitor.  You can't see the city names, and can barely make out the temperatures because the text is so small.