June 3, 2008

The Weather Channel Goes HD, Take A Virtual Tour Of The $60 Million Studio

zlucas4(2).jpg We usually just focus on TV products here at TVSnob, but in a high-def world sometimes we have to move outside the boundaries and show you something a little different. The Weather Channel is in the midst of putting up a $60 million state-of-the art HD studio for their weather broadcasting which will totally change the way you look at weather. They've been working with Cisco over the past year to build an infrastructure capable of supporting a 24/7 HD broadcast, utilizing the company's Catalyst 6500 switches which play a big part in the backbone of the new network and security systems for keeping out would-be intruders. Not only will those with televisions supporting HD content see a big difference as of June 2, but so will those with standard definition sets. The Weather Channel and Cisco have put together a virtual tour of the new HD studio at Weather.com where you can visit 21 "points of interest" where you can find out more info including Cisco's tech role in putting the whole project together.