VOOM Goes BOOM - update Dish Drops all 15 VOOM Channels

[BaronVonHungster]

Wow, bummer... talk about sneaky... I'm glad MonstersHD and KungFuHD made it. If they retuned KungFuHD to like... AsianCinemaHD and showed all the Hong Kong, Korean & Japanese movies in original language with subtitles, that would be the coolest thing ever.

I know they kind of do the same thing right now, but they would have so many movies and so many genres to cover, they'd practically have an endless supply of content to go through!

Hey, I know there are international channels, but most of those don't have English subtitles, and I NEED my English subtitles!

 

[memo90061]

im just surprised that they got rid of the new voom channel.

i was so tempted to go back to HD ultimate because of the other channels + voom but now im not thinking about that anymore.

 

[kstuart]

The system won't pick it up since there are still slates running on the channels.

Not.

Tuning to 9478 (for example) no longer works.

 

[thorphin]

I just can't believe we lost vmov and filmfest plus hdnews. I can't even sleep now I'm so ticked off.

I hear that.

Why the &^%@# must they toy with our emotions? I've been looking forward to GameplayHD (I know, no one agrees with me) for two months, and now that my new TV is within 200 miles of my house, pffft, out the window.

I have been maintaining my own chart of DirecTV vs Dish (ignoring all the RSNs), and I was soooo excited this morning that Dish finally pulled ahead of Dish in HD content by 6 channels or so. Now, of course, Dish is back down under DirecTV by two channels. If your counts don't match mine, that's not the point. The point is that Dish can't even seem to get a good day right.

Today, they killed all the individual character that was Dish. Time to reevaluate (for the first time in two months) if DirecTV might not be a better choice.

BLAH!

 

[kstuart]

Now we know why the Voom Channels did not get map-downs to the 300 range.

 

[skierrob]

Hopefully the Voom channels that *are* left (Equator, Rave, etc.) *will* get mapdowns to the 300 range.

Robert

 

[TNGTony]

From John H, I just got this in the mail. I'm sure it's already posted elsewhere here:

Happened at 11:55 PM EDT.

4 ADD(S)

ADD 9472 HD MPEG4 SD Tp 10 EchoStar 3 61.5w AT100? PREV

ADD 9472 HD MPEG4 SD Tp 17 EchoStar 5 129w AT100? PREV ADD 9486 HD MPEG4 SD Tp 10 EchoStar 3 61.5w AT100? PREV

ADD 9486 HD MPEG4 SD Tp 17 EchoStar 5 129w AT100? PREV

20 DELETE(S)

DEL 9472 GLLRY MPEG4 HD Tp 24 Rainbow 1 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9472 GLLRY MPEG4 HD Tp 22 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

DEL 9473 TRESR MPEG4 HD Tp 20 EchoStar 3 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9473 TRESR MPEG4 HD Tp 23 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

DEL 9474 ANIMA MPEG4 HD Tp 20 EchoStar 3 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9474 ANIMA MPEG4 HD Tp 23 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

DEL 9475 VMOV MPEG4 HD Tp 24 Rainbow 1 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9475 VMOV MPEG4 HD Tp 22 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

DEL 9477 WSPOR MPEG4 HD Tp 19 Rainbow 1 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9477 WSPOR MPEG4 HD Tp 19 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

DEL 9478 ULTRA MPEG4 HD Tp 24 Rainbow 1 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9478 ULTRA MPEG4 HD Tp 22 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

DEL 9480 FILMF MPEG4 HD Tp 20 EchoStar 3 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9480 FILMF MPEG4 HD Tp 23 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

DEL 9482 HDNWS MPEG4 HD Tp 24 Rainbow 1 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9482 HDNWS MPEG4 HD Tp 22 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

DEL 9485 GAMEP MPEG4 HD Tp 24 Rainbow 1 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9485 GAMEP MPEG4 HD Tp 22 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

DEL 9486 FAMLY MPEG4 HD Tp 20 EchoStar 3 61.5w AVAIL

DEL 9486 FAMLY MPEG4 HD Tp 23 EchoStar 5 129w AVAIL

 

[larrykenney]

If they do get rid of some/most/all of the VOOM channels, they need to reduce the price of HD Ultimate by $5 or so.

If you compare the new HD Essential package to new HD Ultimate on the Dish website, you'll see that they've moved things around. Ultimate still has 10 more channels than the Essential package.

What looks like a real good deal now is the HD only package. You get ALL of the HD channels for just $29.99. I hardly ever watch the SD channels in my 100 package, so I'm paying extra for channels I don't watch.

Larry
SF

 

[capman]

I'm really upset that they dropped gameplay hd. That channel had new programmaing every Fri and Sat for cinemaddics and raw play. At least every week. So many good game walkthroughs. Plus, if you didn't want to play the game, you could watch the whole thing on raw play. So many good games I never seen until I watched the show. Yes, it was a LOT of 3 hour repeats, but when something new came on it was worth watching, especially the tourneys. Hope that dish will bring that one back. Now if G4 went HD, that would be different.

 

[mikelock]

Where do they get 95 channels? I only count a little over 50 in my guide. Oops, I forgot to count all the HD ALT channels I have locked out. Dish math, go figure.

BYE BYE VOOM

 

[Apologist]

At least they have Monsterhd. Pretty lame though that E* did this. They gave away the only advantage they had. I feel bad for the people that watched and liked the other Voom channels. Only E* could pull a shimsham like this and pretty much lie about it. If they mess around with the remaining Voom channels I will be gone.

 

[Sean Mota]

pathetic...

 

[rex_a]

Tonight was the first I realized what they have done. It has always ticked me off that there is nothing to watch on all channels after 1 AM and I have everything. Some of the missing Voom channels were about the only decent stuff on in the wee hours but now gone. The new "improvements" are a big net loss to me.

I just wrote an angry email to E*. I'm considering dropping my plan down or maybe going back to Directv.

 

[BFG]

i wish they would've kept the voom hd movies, never even got a chance to watch it

 

[Apologist]

With the addition of these new 22 channels and the loss of Voom we have actually lost more HD than gained. With the exception of a few of these new channels most show only a few hours of hd a week. I think this was a major mistake by E*. What should have been a great thing turned into a PR nightmare. I would imagine that E* will field a lot of compaints. To make matters worse they lied about the whole situation.

 

[OV_HDFan]

Bring on Eastern Arc. I think this is the answer for the two missing transponders at 61.5. We will hear more Friday.

 

[techweb]

Well Dish made my decision for me. Bye bye Dish.

 

[waltinvt]

http://www.satelliteguys.us/1347828-post103.html

Why are you so surprised? Do the math. Something had to go if Dish was going to make any kind of a splash for Team Summit. It just stinks the way they did it but is that really that unusual? Their concern is only: "Dish Adds 22 New HD Channels", "Dish Remains The HD Leader".
Not that some subs lost some of their favorite channels WITHOUT any warning.

 

[Bradp56]

I am ok with the switch right now but if they get rid of the rest of the voom channels I am leaving Dish aswell.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Lets face it, the majority prob wont miss voom(I wont with what channels I have now)

I bet Monsters is gone once ChillerHD is up.(ill miss that one)