pradike said:
Yeah, right....there are only 25,000 Voom subscribers after 17 months in business out of the 3+ million in the market - and I'm wrong?
Blah, blah, blah.... You probably don't even have a High Def monitor, since by your "logic", after almost a decade, HD sets are still a small minority of all TV sets sold in the US.
The bottom line is that I HAVE tried everything from cable to D* and E*, and IMHO VOOM is by far the best. I actually watch TV again (and yes, I watch mostly the VOOM HD exclusives, they are that good).
You, on the other hand, have been stuck in one place since '96 and will not budge. Nothing I can do about this, but it is your loss.
Not everyone has a need for Voom. I posted Voom info for those who have large HD monitors and may benefit from switching to Voom. The install is $1, so if you don't like it, you can turn it off and go back to D*. I still have my old dish on my roof, all I would have to do is reconnect the cables and call for activation (well, I am taking it down soon
). But in the meantime, I am enjoying my VOOM. As I said, if you see Voom on a large plasma, you would never want to go back. And the exclusive programming rocks.
I actually think Voom will stay in business. They just started advertising. I am a fairly recent convert, but the installer in my area said that lately more than half of the new installs he does are for Voom (he does D* and E* too). In 1996, I chose to go with E* over D* (at the time E* was doing less compression and PQ was a bit better), even though people like you kept saying E* was about to fold. Well, E* almost bought D* :lick I think Voom has fired up people in a way no other sat service has in a long time (look at me
, but also look at their forums). They are that good!
P.S. Oops, sorry, didn't mean to hijack the thread. I will shut up now
MPEG4 is a good thing, since it does save bandwidth, and everyone will be doing it (Voom earlier than others). What I was saying is that maybe D* adding local HD channels, which are easily accessible OTA anyway, is not the best way to utilize the extra bandwidth saved from going to MPEG4. Better PQ is important too, at least to some.
But I guess adding local HD feeds works for advertising purposes, hence the D* claim that they are adding 1000s of HD channels. Right :down
In fact, the movie channel selection is very good and has a broad range: from World Cinema channel (stuff like Fellini marathons) to channels for western, horror, comedy and even kung fu - all in HD! Equator (what the Travel Channel should be) and Gallery (HD documentaries about art, artists and art history) are unique and frequently fantastic, and I find myself watching them often and actually learning something in the process (you might want to try this...) Rave is also good: where else can you see Radiohead or DM's Band concerts in HD and DD sound? 
gee will u think that way after voom goes bye bye 
cause guess what 25k subs cant support it not even 50k can. also i was at my local sears today and i noticed the voom display was blocked by the bargin rack of open underwear :clap 
, and will for the foreseeable future (read the latest Voom news :neener 
And I get more HD content, much, much more! And I get better PQ on SD stuff!!! And I have invested a whole $1 in this happiness!!!!!
