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TWC New Graphics
« on: August 20, 2019, 07:59:38 AM »
The L Bar is gone!!! Now the LDL looks like the Watch TWC App. AMHQ looks to have new graphics as well.

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2019, 08:15:07 AM »
considering they stopped actually using the L bar outside of the radar and ads, not surprising..

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2019, 09:54:14 AM »
I notice that too when I just turned to TWC today. Who ever have TWC that have an HD Feed on a SD Feed, it's a lot of worse and can't see everything unless if they have the HD channel. Some TVs can see the whole thing, some TVs can't. I'm not sure if anyone here still have the SD version of TWC.

I think the Local On the 8's is still fine.
« Last Edit: August 20, 2019, 10:10:59 AM by TWC Fan »

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2019, 09:59:20 AM »
Guess it's technically still Weather All The Time as the LDL stays on during the commerical breaks, and it's not stupidly labeled LOT8.

Glad they ditched the L Bar, it became pretty worthless in recent years.

New graphics look pretty good, in my opinion. Fullscreen LOT8 bit of a letdown - exactly the same except for the new font used.
« Last Edit: August 20, 2019, 10:20:30 AM by mightynine »

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2019, 10:41:28 AM »
If you're away from a TV, here's what they look like. With the absence of the "Local on the 8s LDL", ad crawls (black text on a white background) just run over the LDL when the LDL starts a new cycle. Seems without an ad crawl, you get a promo (white on the black/dark gray background) as shown in the first screenshot. The typeface appears to have changed from Akko to Roboto and Roboto Condensed. Frankly, I like the color scheme...the font could use work. It looks kind of...cheap.

For those who haven't seen the "new" LOT8s look. ("New" because the only thing changed is the typeface)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj2kSv6wuCg
« Last Edit: August 20, 2019, 10:58:57 AM by Evan2015 »

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2019, 11:02:39 AM »
I caught a quick video of it this morning. https://youtu.be/2XFIgUfbFAY

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2019, 11:03:45 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36s7peooSG8

For the SD and IS2 Jr viewers, the LDL is larger in size and what we get is essentially a letterboxed version of the HD feed. Honestly, I kinda like these updated graphics compared to the old ones.  :yes:
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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2019, 03:14:05 PM »
Another "feature" that I find annoying is that the entire LDL is taken up by a crawl. There's a Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect for 1 county of the 4 that this unit "serves" (despite the cable company basically only serving one county, and it's not the one under the watch). So, no forecasts, no current conditions, not even the advertising crawl...so we can see "A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for Shelby County until 9:00 PM."

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2019, 03:50:34 PM »
Honestly, it's about time! TWC had the same graphics for almost 6 years, it was time for a new look

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2019, 04:51:28 PM »
 i actually remember a few months ago they sent out an email survey asking about the types of maps and fonts did you like.. it looks like they took that feedback for this update

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2019, 06:31:05 PM »
i actually remember a few months ago they sent out an email survey asking about the types of maps and fonts did you like.. it looks like they took that feedback for this update
Interestingly, it seems like they've been working on this package since January according to a tweet from one of the meteorologists (https://twitter.com/jamessinko/status/1163786711819853826?s=21). At the time, I thought it would just be the maps getting changed—boy was I wrong! Either those surveyed mainly picked the new stuff or TWC is using that survey as a justification for the change regardless of the result (remember the LOT8s cuts, how they didn't care about people's opinions on the matter).

To be fair, I think the new graphics are fine—and a refresh was needed—but they strangely appear really rushed and have plenty of things that need to be fixed.
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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2019, 08:04:20 PM »
The new LDL is being used during the long-form shows.

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2019, 11:16:01 PM »
Guess it's technically still Weather All The Time as the LDL stays on during the commerical breaks, and it's not stupidly labeled LOT8.

Glad they ditched the L Bar, it became pretty worthless in recent years.

New graphics look pretty good, in my opinion. Fullscreen LOT8 bit of a letdown - exactly the same except for the new font used.
Glad the L Bar fearuing longform ads are gone!! Rolleyes!

However wonder what they'll do if the US gets a landfall? The L Bar was handy then. WeatherNation even uses the L Bar for landfalls. 

WeatherNation still has their L Bar and graphics.

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2019, 12:37:35 AM »
The lower third has an empty space to the right of it. That area is for severe weather information and other random info they throw there. Should be interesting to see in action.

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Re: TWC New Graphics
« Reply #14 on: August 21, 2019, 08:57:11 AM »
the survey i mentioned showed you a few different types of maps, some more detailed than others, some real clean and basic, some in between.. which did you like best,

then each map with a different location  nameplate if you will, in different font and formats, asking which combination you liked..

i dont remember what some of the other questions were though