Is "local on the 8's" some kind of weather thing?
I've been on E* for nearly 9 years now, so I don't know what the Weather Channels offers on cable.
I haven't seen it in a few years now but when I had comcast, they offer a local on the 8's and it is a specific local forcast for you area, and goes into detail about tides, and sunset/sunrise, radar loop for just your state/area.. It is just a very detailed forcast for your area. It would be nice to have it back, but seriously in the world we live in there are so many different ways to get weather forcasts its not a huge issue anymoire. The local on the 8's program we see on Dish network is just like a national forcast that shows different things, these are commonly found in airports if they show the weather channel, and aren't as helpful as the detailed local on the 8s.![]()
I saw the same thing for "Hair Club." It's spreading....
Running the spell checker wouldn't find the errors. It's not that words were spelled incorrectly, but the wrong word was used. Your/you're, there/their/they're for example.
Some folks in here can be pretty vicious sometimes...
Saw something interesting that I hadn't seen before. A commercial for some drug (Ambien or something) and a little Dish select box...if you want a free brochure, press select.
Now, I've seen it on PPV fight promos, premium movie channel ads - stuff like that. That instance above was the first time I'd ever seen it on a regular ad and it made me wonder if Dish gets a fee for everytime someone presses select on an ad like that one?
Things that make you go "hmm..."
You want local weather, check this out. There is someone near you with the same setup. http://weather.horsecreek.net/
You want local weather, check this out. There is someone near you with the same setup. http://weather.horsecreek.net/
How do you customize that for your area? That's great!
It is obvious that you can just use the internet to get the weather forecast. However, there are actually some people, including me, that would love the ability to just flip to a channel while kicking back on the lazy boy and get a detailed radar map of what was going on outside rather then having to get up and power up the laptop.
Also, for those of us who have been using a dish to get television because it is the only option (remote/rural) pulling down a radar loop on the web via 1940's copper wire is like pulling teeth.......
Yes, it is true. Not everyone has high speed internet. Still waiting for broadband-over-power or 75,000' DSL![]()