tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 KGAN has also used the new weather graphics, but still using the old graphics as their main ones. Wow...even beating out WLOS and WEAR. Both stations STILL are on the old look with ALL of the old graphics and Daily News. What could be the holdup!?!?!?!? They were two of the first Sinclair stations to go HD back in 2008 while the others are either in close proximity to corporate's grasp (WBFF), recieved later HD upgrades (WCHS, KGME, WZTV, WTVC, etc....), or just well received in their graces (like WSYX). I could see WEAR and WPMI switching close to each other since they're in the same market, but WLOS's lack of change is a head scratcher..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 412 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 WDKY was the first in HD I believe, thanks to WKYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24994J 5269 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 KVII debuts the look today at 5... [yt]7l_wa96Z28g[/yt] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daybreak 269 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 KVII debuts the look today at 5... [yt]7l_wa96Z28g[/yt] I see that they changed to ABC 7 News now. Well I will give Sinclair props for investing in their new stations finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 This "next generation" of Devlin sets (are they really Devlins?) is noticeably stripped down from what their legacy stations have been getting. The cost of upgrading a lot smaller stations necessitated this. ...but compared to how they were treated by Barrington, it's a VAST improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viper550 268 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 They got the first 8 minutes up on their article about it http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=1187616 Although, I noticed they aren't using the "box" bugs like everyone else with these graphics, which doesn't look too bad, actually. In fact, the time/temp seems to be unchanged from the previous graphics, so its noticeably tacky looking (if they wanted to keep it like that, why didn't they at least make it use the same font?). But those animations on the L3's look pretty slick, which must mean they are using something with some level of sophistication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanewsguy 509 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 This "next generation" of Devlin sets (are they really Devlins?) is noticeably stripped down from what their legacy stations have been getting. The cost of upgrading a lot smaller stations necessitated this. ...but compared to how they were treated by Barrington, it's a VAST improvement. Well I can tell you that WOAI got a set like this not because of costs but because their new space is VERY small. In fact they don't even have an on-camera weather center like KVII does. I would guess KVII got a set like this because of costs. It's not all that surprising since WOAI's GM John Seabers oversees all of Sinclair's Texas stations in his role as group manager. I'm also curious about why KVII got the talent opens while KABB and WOAI still don't have them. They're very nice looking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 They got the first 8 minutes up on their article about it http://www.connectamarillo.com/news/story.aspx?id=1187616 Although, I noticed they aren't using the "box" bugs like everyone else with these graphics, which doesn't look too bad, actually. In fact, the time/temp seems to be unchanged from the previous graphics, so its noticeably tacky looking (if they wanted to keep it like that, why didn't they at least make it use the same font?). But those animations on the L3's look pretty slick, which must mean they are using something with some level of sophistication. I agree with you on the tacky looking bug. I'd rather they use the "box" bugs than...whatever the heck they're using now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country News 435 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 KEYE debuted Curves today, here's a screenshot of their open. They're also in full 16:9, so no SD safe graphics. http://i.imgur.com/Rdny5aN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 KEYE debuted Curves today, here's a screenshot of their open. They're also in full 16:9, so no SD safe graphics. http://i.imgur.com/Rdny5aN Just waiting for video... Are all the opens like, a spinning logo or a panning camera? Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djlynch 54 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 KEYE debuted Curves today, here's a screenshot of their open. They're also in full 16:9, so no SD safe graphics. http://i.imgur.com/Rdny5aN Beat me to it. I just saw the first use of the Sinclair look a few minutes ago on their Twitter feed and rushed over here. Interestingly, across town, KXAN appears to also be launching some graphics updates today (or, at least, the "upper third" identifying their VIPIR radar system is different now from what it was a few hours ago.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsMaster 226 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Looks like KGAN and KFXA [finally] got the new look today, and KGAN got a new logo: a near-direct copy of KBOI's logo. Ick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveKendall 29 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Looks like KGAN and KFXA [finally] got the new look today, and KGAN got a new logo: a near-direct copy of KBOI's logo. Ick. I agree on the "ick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrtraveler01 737 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Looks like KGAN and KFXA [finally] got the new look today, and KGAN got a new logo: a near-direct copy of KBOI's logo. Ick. Why did they do that? The "2" that KGAN had was perfectly fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliverolang 41 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I can take it or leave it. Thanks for the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexagonal10 84 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 The new KGAN logo is ugly. The 2 is HUGE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LexTVandRadio 412 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Yeah that 2 is way too big. It would be different it was an nbc station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRolyPoly 1843 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I wonder why that "2" reminds me of WBBH's "2" ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Why did they do that? The "2" that KGAN had was perfectly fine. Agreed. That new logo sucks, and the old one was way better. They should have used the same font WLOS used to make their "13", but they chose a wide 2 and squished and stretched it.....yeecccch! If they were looking for a "2" logo to rip off, they could have used KUTV's!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalnewsguy 11 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Here's a capture of the new KEYE look: [yt]2gi0JiK0v7M[/yt] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NewsHound Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I just realized something, could it be possible that these graphics were designed by the Gannett's G3? Note the similarities between this package and the current Gannett package, there's a few. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndoTVNewsFan 88 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nope, the Sinclair's graphic was designed by a company named Sitrus (based in Iceland). http://sitrus.is/en/projects/sbg/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NewsHound Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Nope, the Sinclair's graphic was designed by a company named Sitrus (based in Iceland).http://sitrus.is/en/projects/sbg/ I guess that would explain why it looks so... Not from this country. I wouldn't say euro but it looks like it was formatted for PAL instead of NTSC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1675 Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 I guess that would explain why it looks so... Not from this country. I wouldn't say euro but it looks like it was formatted for PAL instead of NTSC. What differences would there be for PAL vs ATSC other than different resolutions and frame rate? But would this matter given the fact everything's digital - even though there are two different standards ATSC vs DVB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrannical bastard 3442 Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 I guess in the digital realm, the PAL frame rate (25) would be about the same as a 24fps (23.997) frame rate, giving it more of a film-like look. This is because of the electrical system running at 50HZ in PAL countries instead of our 60HZ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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