More Good News from VOOM
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Ok, it's Sunday afternoon and, on cue, the wife once again asked, "Where is The Lifetime Channel?" I give...What is the Good News from VOOM? Details please! 
Maybe the new DVR will be MPEG-4, and the installation will include a new dish and LNB. There will be an installation fee ($99) and either a monthly ($19) or purchase ($499) option. This way, strong adoption of the DVR helps pay for its own rollout as well as the satellite migration. I don't think fee increases are unlikely, either.Walter L. said:
Fry's won't sell it because they can't re-sell used equipment with Voom. 90% of stock at a given Fry's Electonics is open box / returns. They even have their own shrink wrapper to give the customer the warm fuzzy that they are buying new product.Indy said:
Frys is a great place to look at stuff that you're going to order on-line cheaper.
I buy at Fry's only as a last resort.
Shawn
The FCC?riffjim4069 said:Off-Topic: Can someone please tell me the location of VOOMs Ku licences? Too lazy to search for it at present.
FCC General Menu Reports -> Licensee
Enter Rainbow DBS and check the Wildcard Search so you get the full name.
I get 8 records with that search with three being active.
#1) E020248 is the SD Uplink Cablevision is selling to Echostar
#2) E030102 is the NY Uplink they use for the current service
The rest are satellites. I believe #8 (S2653) is Rainbow1, but there is little detail.
JL
Fry's is an electronics warehouse-style retailer here in the West. Lots of selection, some great prices (esp. on electronic components and other über-geeky items), but the return rate of products does tend to be high and the staff is legendarily uninformed and incompetent.Indy said:
Returned merchandise at Fry's is supposed to have a sticker identifying it as such, even if shrink-wrapped. I love shopping there, but do so with my head up and my eyes open, if you know what I mean.
Not my site, and a bit dated, but interesting reading: http://www.doofus.org/frys/
Indy said:
Maybe your Fry's is like this but not the one by me. Yes there are open boxes and returned items but they are clearly marked if you have your eyes open. At my store maybe 3-4% of the items are open boxes.
I've seen the way Fry's can handle returns. Once I got a bad motherboard from there and took it to the return line. The returns tech at first wouldn't accept it because it still powered up on the testing setup. I just said "Wait...." and kept her from disconnecting it (it took about 90 seconds to failure). Anyway- she marked it "RTS" (return to stock) and I asked her if that shouldn't be "Return to Vendor". The she scribbled it out- remarked it and approved the refund. I'll shop there once in a while but as mentioned in other posts you have to check things carefully to see if it's an unmarked repack without a "return" or open box label if it's full price. I've had other problems there but wont get into them here.
subdude212 said:I thought I was seeing things. Check out this message I had on my Voom guide tonight. Charles Dolan is OK by me...
That's very creative... (time for a laugh)
OH MIGOD!!!subdude212 said:I thought I was seeing things. Check out this message I had on my Voom guide tonight. Charles Dolan is OK by me...
Did I ever need that right now! Undoubtedly just a sweet dream...but I hope to see it in my waking hours...after 2/22! I've always liked a man with cajones...GO CHARLES!!
Way to go subdude212!
