update 12/29 12pm: no HD yet but they keep putting up a loop from the new open on the projector screen. Looks very blue with new font which has been used in recent promos and a little similar to the 1998-2001 tube open.
update 10:11pm: couple shots for those who didn’t see it. Sorry about the bad quality don’t have my firewire cable yet for better quality shots and video
see the new look after the jump
And udpated newsplex has just debuted.
They kept the cameras low since yesterday not showing the second floor
Going out for cell phones so I will have more later tonight
You can watch the live feed here to see the udpates
Just saw it on tv…I sort of like the old set better, hopefully I just have to adjust to it…
I don’t think we needed to have the 7 logo on every screen they have up there.
It’s very bright. While the old blue plex was nice, was very calm and dark. I smell HD coming Monday at noon or at 4pm. Most likely at noon. Don’t expect it during Today In Florida.
It’s too bright!! I feel bad for whoever is paying the electric bill! I mean, now we have flashy graphics, the crawl, the bright newsroom, and Belkys Nerey, so turns out that SVN isn’t our source for news? Were distracted!!!!
i really need new firewire cables
but from what i can see looks like too much neon …
and what’s with the columns?
who likes columns so much at 7?
alice jacobs?
whdh has 6 columns now 2 on each side near the projector screen!
i saw the drafts of the previous design and it looked way better than what came out. they didn’t do everything that was in the mockups.
maybe what happened here…
Alright Brandon
Lay off Belkys already
I can’t wait to see Ms. Nerey and Ms. Martinez in HD.
you guys ain’t seen nothing yet…there are still a bunch of those tacky neon columns that haven’t been placed yet…and I think they’re still going to add some more stuff upstairs (on the side walls) and downstairs they still need to upgrade the tv wall and feedbay (unless the set budget took a hit…)
Diego, I’m just messin’ around, I love Belkys! She’s a trip. I just like raggin’ on people. Now, Lynn is going to be fun watching in HD. Now we’ll be able to see her most recent plastic surgery job. Just last week my dad and I were watching 7 and her face was very shiney, and done yet ANOTHER surgery. I don’t know if any of you have seen Lynn back in the 90’s but what a transformation.
Sorry to sidetrack (:
dude.. havn’t you ever heard of a chemical peel? i get them done (achne) and my face is always shiney afterwords
Yeah, I have. My dad and his GF get them done all the time. I just like to make myself seem as a certified asshole. Sorry. “/ Hehe
just looked at the guide on tv, and seven news isn’t scheduled today until the 10pm show. Coincidence?
actually person the NFL scheduled a doubleheader on week 17 so no news on 4 or 7 until 10 & 11 respectfully.
if there’s no news until 10pm
and past remodels are any indication
they will probably be using the time
to make more changes to the plex
Brandon, I can’t wait to see Lynn’s new face job. Maybe she is having more done this week. If Iam not mistaken she said she will be off this entire week. I guess Lynn wants to go in HD with style and sophistication.
LOL
Loves me some Lynn and Belkys
It actually comes out really good on TV. The red banner on top looks good when the camera is zoomed in contrasting the blue desk top. I really hope they roll out the new graphic and HD stuff by New Year day.
They’re probably updating the anchordesk as well hence they’re not opening w/ the classic wide shot showing the 7 logo infront of it, i also noticed an updated gfx on the large rear projection screen on tonight’s night team.
Living in Boston, I like to check out this site every once and a while to see if there’s any news on WSVN and how it compares to WHDH. I think the new set here looks so ugly. Maybe I’m just not used to the Miami style or whatever, but it looks tacky. It looks like I’m walking into a night club.
Ah, yes! A possible end to the stretchovision appears to be nearing!
Even if/when they go local HD, they may still end up stretching the SD stuff (e.g., Matlock, commercials, etc.) – we’ll have to wait and see. It’s typical WSVN mentality to attempt to make something into more than it is.
I’ve noticed that when I watch SVN on HD, the quality seems worse than it used to. I think they turned off the so-called “Stretch-o-vision.” Also, they had an updated graphic of the Today in Florida on the projection screen. It’s nice. I like it. Let’s hope they debut today?
Stretch-O-Vision is unfortunately still alive and well on WSVN. As I’m writing this, Matlock is distorted and fuzzy – just like it always is on 7.
At least WFOR and WPLG had the sense to drop the stretching and broadcast SD content in its native 4:3 format. Too bad WSVN can’t/won’t do the same.
I think the banner above the anchors that is now red looked better in blue. I actually like columns, but if they are just placed for placing them sake, the will look quite inappropriate. Seem the just grabbed four of them and threw them at the top. I also agree that those two big ‘7’ logos on the screen aret really necessary
I saw some news open bump they did… made me want to seiz. The only thing they can do to make it flashier is to put a stobe light behind the anchors.
I assume WSVN may be getting about ready to convert the newscasts to HD. It may be early 2009 (if not before January 1st) when WSVN viewers get to see it. I believe 7 may be poised to become the 2nd English-language station in the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale market (behind WTVJ) to convert. Just my thought.
Im watching the 10 right now, yes I realize it’s late, and I noticed that the projection screen is bigger.
gaudy
–adjective, gaud?i?er, gaud?i?est.
1. brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
2. cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy.
3. ostentatiously ornamented; garish.
just like their newscasts…
That’s not a loop from the new open on the balcony projection screen. It was actually the loop used in the Voice Your Choice package created for WSVN/WHDH, we used it for on-screen election results. You’re correct on the font portion though, that is the new font.
WSVN will go in HD starting tomorrow
I like the new WSVN-HD! It’s amazingly red and shiney! Brings the extra pretty smile out of Belkys, Robin, and Craig! By the way, WSVN needs to get rid of Diane Diaz and replace her with Vanessa Medina or Robin Simmens, they are both more chipper and bubbly than that dried up chick! she makes me late for work every morning i wake up to today in florida, she puts me back to sleep! she’s wack, unlike the new plex at channel 7
Yuck! Did anyone see Diana’s face this morning. I’m sure she’s a nice woman but she looks a mess and I’ve got to agree with Ultimate put Medina in the mornings. She burps more personality then Dick, Cruz, & Diaz combined.
Just checked the 4pm news a minute ago – Ch 7 is NOT in HD. It’s the same, fuzzy, distorted pic we’ve been seeing all along.
new big shiny red columns now up in the lower level of the newsplex just like on the 2nd floor.
Maybe they just saw Ben Hur on Channel 2 and were inspired…
7 has new mic flags. Just plain sevens. Also, they added a blue light to the video wall.