Weatherscan Topic

[Zach]

Trevor, the time didn't change because the time change happens at 2 AM local time (meaning 1:59:59 to 3:00:00 ). As for the Weatherscan glitches you experienced, those were probably effects of the time change happening on TWC's end (seeing how they're in Eastern time)

[Trevor]

  That explains a lot...I fixed the title and description. Thanks.

[TWCJim]

It seems that the perfect time to see a Weatherscan glitch is at the start and at the end of DST. I wish my current cable headend had Weatherscan   

[gt1racerlHDl]

Here's what i wish the Radar/Satellite would look like on my local WeatherScan

[gt1racerlHDl]

WeatherScan Brockton, MA: Unusual Winter Storm in May

[TWCJim]

TWC Weatherscan- Spokane, WA- Sep. 23, 2013- 5:50PM PDT

My first Weatherscan video clip in over a year and a half, and this one hasn't changed a bit! 

[weatherscanner]

Back in ye old 2007, I loved listening to the music and I liked all the imagery. I don't know what it was, but it was so simple and nice. So I'm delighted there are other people who enjoy it.  Too bad I don't have cable anymore. What a freakin shame.

[Evan2015]

The annual time change "meltdown" occurred once again this year. No reboot, but this happened, total background failure. Video to come later.

EDIT: Included better screenshot than one taken with iPhone camera.

[Trevor]

Never gets old!

[Evan2015]

Snooping around on SiliconDust and found what appears to be a Weatherscan unit in Flint, MI.

[TWCJim]

According to Wikipedia, Weatherscan appears to be defunct as of February 2nd.    Is this true, or was I looking at a vandalized page?

[boyercam]

I'm sure TWC would have said something by now, or Comcast, or Time Warner Cable, or whoever has a weatherscan unit.

As for now, If there are no references, it might be vandalised. Is anyone experiencing down-time on their own weatherscan??

[gt1racerlHDl]

According to Wikipedia, Weatherscan appears to be defunct as of February 2nd.    Is this true, or was I looking at a vandalized page?

WeatherScan still works here in MA on channels 245/845

[Trevor]

Whoever edited that didn't do much of any research before editing. It sounds like Weatherscan was down on their end so they assumed it dead for everyone. It's still up, running just like normal. Edits have been reverted by me on Wikipedia.

[Evan2015]

For the first time, I had trouble with WS springing forward. Once the forecast segment at 1:59am ended, the quarter-hour segment (with town name) didn't cue right at 3am and the bottom portion of the L-bar failed. This was a cycle mostly repeated for the next almost ten minutes. I should have a video up by later today.

A more pertinent question would be, why does this happen at all? Why should losing an hour (on the system, the equivalent of skipping a number) affect the graphical presentation so much? Background glitches and graphical element resets... Is it just a problem of how it gets the signal from TWC?