VOOM anybody?

[Sadoun]

Anyone here have tried VOOM yet? What do you think of their service and offers? Pros or Cons? :roll:

[jcarva]

Yeah, I have it. Whay I don't like ab it is that most of the channels have very old remastered movies, 1960's and 70's, and I even have the VaVaVoom- which is the best package.

What I like ab it is that is has many more HD channels than Dtv or Dish, and HD looks beautiful!!!!

I have it connected to my hometheater projector unto a 120" screen, yes 10 feet.

Another thing is that their customer service is VERY good and professional.

[kvasho]

Another thing to be pointed out is that Directv plans to have 500 channels in hd by the end of 2005. They will put up a couple new birds early 2005.

After that voom may not be so lucky with their 35 hd channels. No pun intended.

[vj9999]

Those channels will be locals in HD and not 500 HD channels available to everybody to watch. That is alot of wasted bandwidth in my opinion.

I am perfectly happy with my HDTV service from comcast where I get all major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, WB) and ESPN-HD, INHD1&2, SHO-HD, HBO-HD, Starz-HD, CinemaxHD, Discovery HD. Also there is a special events channel that shows all the local sports home games in HD (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) and NFL game of the week.

We miss TNT, Bravo and HDNet.

I really doubt there will be too many new HD channels in next year or so. ESPN2 is announced in january.

Plus they just added HDTV Video on demand section (with no listings yet).

Also I have a HD DVR for $9.95 a month (which includes box rental and service).

All I can say is, competition is a good thing and we will all benefit from it, but 500 channels that Directv plans to add is not a big deal. It is a big deal for those who cant receive their local networks in HD over the air.

My 2 cents.

[thecableguy]

don't beleive everything direct says. They have a tendency to exaggerate.

[DruzeTito]

Who needs locals in HD anyway? I mean come on, do you REALLY need it to be in HD?

Id prefer locals to be 4:3 and standard definition 3 ccd dv and beta sp cameras give really good quality anyway.

[vj9999]

I watch my locals in HD the most (unles by locals you mean local programming on your ABC, NBCm, CBS or FOX station).

Considering that the most primetime programming is in HD nowdays (except for most reality shows), that is plenty HD to watch. IT is all more so convinent with my dual tuner DVR from Comcast. Let's me record 2 HD programs at the same time while I can watch a 3rd one that I previously recorded.

[pasor]

Originally Posted by vj9999

Those channels will be locals in HD and not 500 HD channels available to everybody to watch. That is alot of wasted bandwidth in my opinion.

I am perfectly happy with my HDTV service from comcast where I get all major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, PBS, WB) and ESPN-HD, INHD1&2, SHO-HD, HBO-HD, Starz-HD, CinemaxHD, Discovery HD. Also there is a special events channel that shows all the local sports home games in HD (Comcast SportsNet Chicago) and NFL game of the week.

We miss TNT, Bravo and HDNet.

I really doubt there will be too many new HD channels in next year or so. ESPN2 is announced in january. Comcast hd and Dishnetwork Hd is a big different on the image quality, Dish has a much better quality than comcast.

Plus they just added HDTV Video on demand section (with no listings yet).

Also I have a HD DVR for $9.95 a month (which includes box rental and service).

All I can say is, competition is a good thing and we will all benefit from it, but 500 channels that Directv plans to add is not a big deal. It is a big deal for those who cant receive their local networks in HD over the air.

My 2 cents.

[vj9999]

Since you brought it up again I want take back my statement that it is alot of wasted bandwidth. They will be using mpeg4 and their new ka band satellites so there should be plenty of bandwitdth to use.

[tdti1]

Well Voom is gone now sold to dish network...