VOOM Moves Target For DVR to Nov 04 or Earlier (?)
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Server Issues. We are very aware that there have been system issues the past few days. In troubleshooting the system, it has been determined that the issue is at our provider and is hardware related. The provider was going to move us to a new server, however we are now told by the provider the issue is at the data center in St. Louis. They have offered to move us to a different datacenter on the East Coast or West Coast, however at this time we have declined the move to a different data center as it would affect the speed of connecting to about half our members.
We are waiting for more information from our provider, however we are trying to ride this out to stay in the same data center, so that when the server is fixed all users in the US will get the fastest connection possible.
If after some time the issue is not resolved we will be forced to move to another data center, if this happens there will be down time, as they will need to transfer everything to the new server and we will need to update the DNS and other settings for the new IP address of the new server. If we have to do this, the time it will take to move will be out of our hands.
We are going to try our best to weather through this, so we thank you in advance if you encounter any issues.
Sorry for the issue!
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vurbano said:
OMG VOOM is coming out with a hd dvr??!?
damn i need to sign up back again.
just kiddin!
Scott Greczkowski said:Ilya and I shall find out Tommorow as we will be meeting with VOOM.
Awesome. Hopefully they'll offer info on their pricing plans for it as well. Rental? Sale? DVR? OH MY!
I sure hope they have a lease option... I will not purchase one. I've been holding out to see what Voom is going to do. If it's purchase only I'm going to build a pc based HD-DVR.
Voom is all about renting equipment. I'm sure the DVR will follow the same principle. The questions is will they make the monthly rental so ridiculously high that we beg them to buy it?
Right now to add Voom to one TV is $15. I'd imagine when the DVR is released to add a Thin Client would cost more than a standard box so say $25/TV. That can get very expensive.
But I'm paying for Dish and Voom right now so I'd still probably end up saving money regardless
Right now to add Voom to one TV is $15. I'd imagine when the DVR is released to add a Thin Client would cost more than a standard box so say $25/TV. That can get very expensive.
But I'm paying for Dish and Voom right now so I'd still probably end up saving money regardless
They have to have a lease option, or a rent to own option. That's a must.
The only other alternative would be to give a huge subsidy with a 1 year contract to cut the overall price in half. If VOOM would just tell us what their plans are for the Regional Sports Networks (especially Comcast Sports Chicago), I'd feel 100% happy about staying with them now.
The only other alternative would be to give a huge subsidy with a 1 year contract to cut the overall price in half. If VOOM would just tell us what their plans are for the Regional Sports Networks (especially Comcast Sports Chicago), I'd feel 100% happy about staying with them now.
I think if Voom offers their DVR for $600 with their current unknown future no one would buy it. If they offer a lease option at a reasonable price ($5-$15 over the usual rental price of $10, + $5 per whole house unit for the additional TV's) they'll have no problems getting orders and getting new customers.
As far as Chicago fans, e-mail Voom daily, get on their case.. I doubt though that they will solve this problem immediately as they are still trying to get Fox Cleveland and Cinci off the ground.
As far as Chicago fans, e-mail Voom daily, get on their case.. I doubt though that they will solve this problem immediately as they are still trying to get Fox Cleveland and Cinci off the ground.
You know, Walter, you are not too far off the mark. When I was talking to an HD engineer at Dish, he told me they helped Voom get off the ground with some technical advice and he is sure hoping that E* or D* picks up Voom soon.Walter L. said:Nothing to worry. Worst case scenario: E* buys V* and send us a new E* sticker to affix on top of the existing DVR V* logo
txdude said:
I would've already done this if I could find a PC capture card that works with the Voom receiver (DVI or component input). All that I've seen for PC only work with an OTA antenna.
sixy said:
Exactly! I haven't found a Component video capture card or for that matter any HD capture card under $2000! I too would have a HTPC DVR but I can not find a good way to get the signal (in HD) from the Voom STB to the computer. I would love to capture using Windows Media 9 encoder ( a free download to boot! ) and then playback from DVI out on the computer. As cheap as 100gb+ hard drives have become you could record just about as much content as you would want.
If anyone has any information about a HD capture card (no, not the OTA HD tuner cards, those are not usable in this case) please post it up!
It would need to be component, since the STB DVI output has HDCP (content protection).sixy said:
