New Graphics coming to TWC

[Tyler]

Does anyone have a metro forecast map?

Also I noticed some cities on my radar are out of place or are missing their place marker (just a city name, no dot on the map).

[Tyler]

Also during long form the full LDL (SD) is on, not the compact and transparent LDL yet demoed in the video.

[TWCJim]

IMO, I thought that the new graphics looked neat on screen.    It's also nice to see local weather even during commercial breaks and long-form programming. One thing I've noticed, however, is that the local weather ID has disappeared.    The ID number is very helpful if one experienced a problem with their LOT8s and needed to report it to the STAR team. Other than that, the rest of the graphics are amazing.

Also, does Weatherscan have the new weather icons, or does it still use the 2010-2013 icons? 

[Spring Rubber]

During long form, SD feed on satellite is a blank LDL. Hopefully this is just a bug, and hopefully we'll actually get Weather All The Time.

What are people with an IS2 seeing since there's no squeezeback happening on the HD feed? Is Weather All The Time just running over the bottom of the screen and blocking part of the image?

[Localonthe8s]

Can someone confirm this with me? I just read a user's post on TWC's Facebook page:

I love the addition of the song and artist on the screen when going to local 8's. finally we don't have to rush to our device to Shazam it! The rest on the other hand..undecided.

Right before they go to a commercial break, they are showing a live cam shot of a skyline (is it Atlanta?) and playing a song to accompany it.  The name of the song and artist are on the bottom of the screen.

The city varies.  I saw Phoenix earlier this morning.

Really? I'm not seeing the song ID screen. Maybe it's because I have satellite?

[toxictwister00]

Does anyone have a metro forecast map?

Also I noticed some cities on my radar are out of place or are missing their place marker (just a city name, no dot on the map).

No, I haven't seen one yet. The screens move at a swift pace as it is, I wouldn't think there would be time for metro maps in 1 minute unless it's supposed to alternate with another forecast screen.

[Steve-O]

Overall, I like the new look. It's definitely better suited for HD however. On the SD version, things are a bit fuzzy and hard to read. The radar is OK but again, the text is somewhat cluttered.  The HD version is more crisp and the text is legible. There's also more info with the HD version with the sidebar. I had additional cities as well. I noticed record high and low info and I'm wondering what source they're using since my location doesn't have NWS record info. Maybe Weather Underground?  I also have an airport on Long Island - ISP. Seems out of place.

[WeatherWitness]

Long-form observations:

No LOT8s at :30 past the hour.   I thought someone said there were going to be locals on the half-hour during long-form.  There was certainly enough commercial space to have one.

On the HD feed, there is a transparent LDL running ALL the time.  The transparent TWC logo is in the bottom left-hand corner, and the show name is in the bottom right-hand corner.  When going to commercial, the blue box suddenly appears as a border around the commercial, but the compact LDL is still being used.

On the SD feed, the LDL is not transparent.  It has the blue box behind it, and if you notice at the top of the screen there is a little bit of blue to shrink the picture even more.  I don't think this looks good.   Why can't they just have the transparent LDL on the both SD and HD feeds?

[Geoffrey]

Really? I'm not seeing the song ID screen. Maybe it's because I have satellite?

It's just a normal lower-third graphic during the live broadcast when they go to a break. It's not identifying anything with the Local on the 8s or anything... I only noticed it twice (and once it was still on the screen when they came back from the break but they weren't playing that song for the rejoin!).

[jrhtwc]

The LDL just flashed up on DISH' s SD Channel for a second. Don't know about HD as SD is delayed by a second or two so maybe Their working on it?

[TWCJim]

No LOT8s at :30 past the hour.   I thought someone said there were going to be locals on the half-hour during long-form.  There was certainly enough commercial space to have one.

I did see a LOT8s at 11:18AM PT    so it looks like they do air the LFs every half-hour during long-form, but it's at :18/:48 past the hour as before with the squeezebacks.

[IceManNYR]

Long-form observations:
Why can't they just have the transparent LDL on the both SD and HD feeds?

I guess TWC wants the screen layout to stay the same no matter what is on the SD feed.
The HD video is letterboxed and moved to the top of the 4:3 frame leaving the bottom space for the LDL.

[twcclassics]

The graphics look like they were designed by the same team that designed Windows 8. Very boxy and boring.

[jrhtwc]

No LOT8s at :30 past the hour.   I thought someone said there were going to be locals on the half-hour during long-form.  There was certainly enough commercial space to have one.

I did see a LOT8s at 11:18AM PT    so it looks like they do air the LFs every half-hour during long-form, but it's at :18/:48 past the hour as before with the squeezebacks.

Would be nice if they throw in a Live Weather Update also.

Still no LDL yet. Should we let TWC know about DISH and maybe DTV?

Can anyone post a pic of the smaller LDL?

[jrhtwc]

Also no audio on the LO8 at 1:47PM CT and went to the Emer. feed at 2:20PM CT