Whoa! Folks, the comment of "vurbano" nothwithstanding, I am far from "trashing" VOOM movies! I'm likely to watch "Invasion of the Saucer Men" at practically any quality level and be grateful. But my hope is that I'm seeing these films in the best quality possible. To my eyes, some of VOOM's older films don't seem as crisp as I would expect on a high def service. I absolutely understand that aging, low-budget, b&w classics seldom will compare visually with modern products. But I'm convinced that the resolution on some of those I've seen on VOOM could look a little better. For example, it has been my experience that when a major studio releases an oldie on DVD, the quality generally is very impressive. The image is sharp, clear and dramatically better than, say, public domain versions heretofore available. I would assume this is because the studio has access to orginal film elements. So far, VOOM versions including "Invasion of the Saucer Men", "The Flesh and the Fiends", "The Amazing Colossal Man" and "Earth vs. the Spider" look - on my high def 64-inch Pioneer 720 Elite - softer and with less contrast than material of the same vintage issued by the copyright owners on DVD. (I wish now that I had caught "Fiend Without a Face" on VOOM so that I could directly compare it with the Criterion disk. Perhaps it will roll around again.) Furthermore, one or two appear to be 4:3 but "zoomed" to accommodate 16:9. For the record, I'm delighted that I can get VOOM and regard $5 as a real deal for 10 channels of HD. I'm also very pleased with a non-commercial monster and sci-fi channel that's in high def, to boot. But I have yet to see on VOOM a 50's b&w example that doesn't look inferior to studio DVD releases of similar material. I've been collecting movies on video since the 70's and have an embarrassing number of DVDs. I'm discriminating when it comes to quality but always allow for the age and original budget of a film. I am overjoyed that many of old sci-fi/horror shows are showing up in surprisingly good quality on DVD but find VOOM's examples visually a notch below what I was expecting. In fairness, most everything else I've seen on the channels looks terrific. Anyway, viva VOOM!