"Groundhog Day" (The Movie) on EVERY V* movie channel (EXCEPT for Monster HD...THANK YOU MONSTER HD!!!!) for the next 24 HOURS!!!! starting at 5:00 AM.

I am speechless.

And that's not GOOD speechless.

That is DUMBFOUNDED speechless. :shocked

!sadroll

(This CANNOT be a good sign.) Cute....maybe. Clever....maybe??? Lack of programming?...yeppers!!

Do I still love Voom?? You betcha!!!

It is intended to be this way. Why? Don't know... I can't answer that. That's what I've got when I asked the question.

It is intended to be this way. Why? Don't know... I can't answer that. That's what I've got when I asked the question.

Yeah, I get it. It's kind of like showing "The Christmas Story" on Christmas day on TNT all day Christmas day but why on 10 STATIONS??

Oh well, I won't lose any sleep over it...just weird!!

Hope the groundhog sees...or doesn't see....his shadow. Otherwise it's the end of the world as we know it. (REM)

I think it meant to make fun of most of the posts lately. The same stuff over and over and over....

OMG I just saw this thread. Is this for real? I mean I love that movie, but on every channel?

OMG I just saw this thread. Is this for real? I mean I love that movie, but on every channel?
Check your PG for tomorrow. That's what mine shows.

101-110

In case you ask: It has nothing to do with not having enough movies... This is just the intention... a bad idea (IMO) but it is what it is. Monters hd will be (or it looks like 24/7 without repeats tomorrow).

But at least it's a movie I could actually watch 24/7 :D

Maybe they can crank up the bandwidth since it's only using 2 time schedules ;)

Well I think I am getting it now. You watch the movie...think it is over...switch channels...same movie....watch it again...switch channels...watch it again...etc., etc., etc.......

Clever? Maybe. At least it is daring and gutsy. Kind of like that new satellite service...what was that now??....Oh, yeah.....VOOM!!!!!

Well if you were looking for a reason to quit this would be a good one. Voom should give everyone a 2 dollar credit for today.

I like the move, and I certainly don't mind it being shown repeatedly on one of the channels, but 10 channels of Groundhog Day is highly annoying.

Wow. Bad idea. One, or even two channels, woulda been plenty to get the point across (assuming there is a point). Ugh. Now I'm gonna have to post, like a hundred reviews of this in the reviews thread (just kidding). :p

Pretty funny really - maybe they are trying to give us a break - maybe they will surprize with a lot of new programming when they are finished with there 24/7. Maybe they are doing some sort of test .... who knows. No complaints from me.

Pretty funny really - maybe they are trying to give us a break - maybe they will surprize with a lot of new programming when they are finished with there 24/7. Maybe they are doing some sort of test .... who knows. No complaints from me.

Pretty funny really - maybe they are trying to give us a break - maybe they will surprize with a lot of new programming when they are finished with there 24/7. Maybe they are doing some sort of test .... who knows. No complaints from me.

Glad you like it, Gross67. Enjoy it.

For those of you who don't appreciate having Voom waste nine channels for a stupid joke, please e-mail a complaint to them letting them know you don't like it. Or call. Or send smoke signals. Anything that will help them make the decision never to do this again. I, for one, feel cheated, not amused. I look forward to the choices I get to make on the HDCinemas each day. Today it's simple. One movie. Then after I've watched, ten channels are dead to me for the rest of the day. No sir, I don't like it. :no

Glad you like it, Gross67. Enjoy it.

For those of you who don't appreciate having Voom waste nine channels for a stupid joke, please e-mail a complaint to them letting them know you don't like it. Or call. Or send smoke signals. Anything that will help them make the decision never to do this again. I, for one, feel cheated, not amused. I look forward to the choices I get to make on the HDCinemas each day. Today it's simple. One movie. Then after I've watched, ten channels are dead to me for the rest of the day. No sir, I don't like it. :no
How would you like to be a new subscriber, anxiously awaiting your install this morning, everything gets hooked up, picture looks great, you click on the PG to see what's instore for the day and....."WTF? #@#*?!!!!"

To quote Richard Hatch, "I've been BAMBOOZLED!!" :shocked

I watched the beginning of the movie like 5 times this morning in less than 20 minutes. For a minute I thought I was waking up on the same date and there was no tomorrow but at around 7:30am ET it hit me that I had to go to work unless I wanted to accumulate another lateness on my records. I wish the groundhog day stuff was real. I wouldn't mind living the same few hour all over again. :D

I watched the beginning of the movie like 5 times this morning in less than 20 minutes. For a minute I thought I was waking up on the same date and there was no tomorrow but at around 7:30am ET it hit me that I had to go to work unless I wanted to accumulate another lateness on my records. I wish the groundhog day stuff was real. I wouldn't mind living the same few hour all over again. :D

Is this happenning again? :D anybody knows what happened with the groundhog prediction. Long or short winter?

I watched the beginning of the movie like 5 times this morning in less than 20 minutes. For a minute I thought I was waking up on the same date and there was no tomorrow but at around 7:30am ET it hit me that I had to go to work unless I wanted to accumulate another lateness on my records. I wish the groundhog day stuff was real. I wouldn't mind living the same few hour all over again. :D

Is this happenning again? :D anybody knows what happened with the groundhog prediction. Long or short winter?
Groundhog predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Pennsylvania’s famous Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow

Groundhog predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Pennsylvania’s famous Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow

Damn... :no

This was just a bad idea. One channel all day okay, but not all 10 movie channel exclusives.

I agree, it is a little over the top.

Hate to see what they got planned for April Fools day (maybe all 10 channels show a Charlie Chat with Charlie repeating "No compelling content" over and over again.)

Oh, well. A lot of people will watch Equator and Gallery today. ;)

Glad I have the premium channels! :D

This will be a good chance to check the individual PQ of each channel with the same show playing. If I get a chance to fire up the pj today, I'll report back.

FWIW, I watched Hellboy on StarzHD last night and the picture was the best I have ever seen from a Voom HD channel. It suffered from pixelation during the most intense motion, but overall it was really nice. :D Free, too. ;)

I thouht it was fun and show their programers have a sense of humor. I hope their press office made hay out of it as well.

I thought the connotation was a laugh riot...of course I'm not yet back on VOOM, and don't have to live with it today. !sadroll

Now that I've gotten back up off the floor, I will agree it's not a particularly great move, but Darryl's idea about it being a good opportunity to make comparisons salvages the endeavor somewhat in my eyes! :)

Just as long as we don't see Voom 999 on all channels...!

I think it is a great press stunt to get attention. I just hope they get some press. One day is not going to kill us for 10 channels. At least they knew enough to let Monsters alone although they showed Rayon who eats a giant Groundhog. (or is it a hedgehog?)

Maybe they gonna change Cinema 10 to Cinema 1, who knows? But the good news is Lab, Ultra, Auction, Gallery, and Inside Voom are still running. :D :D

I wish, before Voom goes black, if they would cut half cinema channels and those above and then pump up bandwidth to remaining HD channels just to see what's real HD like. :no

Gosh, I'm gonna miss Voom. Can't even think going back to Dish and DirecTV after almost a year and they still have the same number of HD channels.

I think it is a great press stunt to get attention. I just hope they get some press. One day is not going to kill us for 10 channels. At least they knew enough to let Monsters alone although they showed Rayon who eats a giant Groundhog. (or is it a hedgehog?)
I thought Rayon ate Nylon. Or was it Orlon? :confused:

There has been no annoucement VOOM is going off.

AHahah its like an April Fool's Joke... on groundhog day?

we are not amused

I am!

I agree, it is a little over the top.

Hate to see what they got planned for April Fools day (maybe all 10 channels show a Charlie Chat with Charlie repeating "No compelling content" over and over again.)


:D :D :clap http://www.satelliteguys.us/motasea/smile/lol.gif :D :D

doesn't anyone have a sense of humor anymore

people should really chill

I posted this elsewhere but this is really funny, I love voom and it's great to get a laugh after all the worry about them pulling the plug Feb 1st. I don't care for the movie that much seen it once don't want to watch it again but at Christmas my daughter has to live through hour after hour of the Christmas story because my son-in law loves it,so I guess 1 day of Groundhog Day isn't to bad......
1st post; Hey my husband is so excited about Ground Hog Day being shown in High Def. He said he is going to watch it over and over and over. :yikes LOL I guess I be at the pc tonight.

Perhaps it's a test to see how much we miss Cinema 10 channels! ;)
This three-page thread proves that we miss those channels a lot.
Otherwise, why would we care?!! :D

By the way, it's good to see this movie on VOOM! If I'd have to be stuck with one movie for the entire day, this one would make a good choice!

Welcome to the forum nanaberry, and everyone else who joined us recently!
I am amazed how many people joined this forum over the past few days! Welcome aboard!

Add me into the group of people who think this is really funny. I haven't checked the program guide, but I would think it would be best if each channel was 10-15 minutes apart so that you can relive the same scene over and over again if you want.

All day on all Cinema channels. Hahaha.

I do see some humor in it, but as a certified HDCinema junkie I feel it's a disservice to Voomers. A funny one, yes, but a disservice nonetheless. And they might have been able to get the joke across with just two or three channels -- or by running it on HaHa for two or three straight days. At least that way they'd only screw up one channel.

Oh, well. Not the end of the world. It is a great movie. And I'll just watch StarzHD and Monsters(someone recommended The Wicker Man -- I think I'll give it a chance) until the prime time shows start.

Would someone see if James Dolan in the damn control room again, please?

So someone there actually thought this would be funny?...and that we'd all LAUGH about it?

Wow.

Lob

I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

Laugh, because it breaks the rules of being a stiff and (too) serious corporation that would never risk being irreverent.

Cry, because not being stiff/serious but willing to be very risky is why VOOM is so vulnerable.

Regardless, I love Voom more for it.

we are not amused
Overboard? Probably...

I think it's funny as hell though. If it was just any old movie, not so much. But the fact that they're playing a movie whose premise is everything keeps repeating itself everywhere he turns, and the movie keeps repeating itself on every channel we turn - I think that's brilliant! :haha

Just wait till April Fools Day! (hey, we can dream, can't we?)

I think it's great that someone at Voom can have fun in these times of uncertainty... (unless the same person(s) knows something, and isn't so uncertain)

I thought that it was hilarious. C'mon it's Groundhog's Day lets have a little fun, lighten up spring is around the corner.

...spring is around the corner.Not according to Phil: 6 more weeks of winter! ;)

I thought that it was hilarious. C'mon it's Groundhog's Day lets have a little fun, lighten up spring is around the corner.

I have to agree - I understand folks not being happy, but my wife and I laughed so hard when we saw the PG, it was worth it :) Somehow I overlooked this thread earlier today, so I was genuinely surprised...glad I missed it! :D

from ddlsmith:


How would you like to be a new subscriber, anxiously awaiting your install this morning, everything gets hooked up, picture looks great, you click on the PG to see what's instore for the day and....."WTF? #@#*?!!!!"

I'd bet they'd be pretty confused. I'd be. :)

Ground Hog Day on all Cinemia Channels not a good sign

Read here: http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=46808&page=1&pp=15

Ground Hog Day on all Cinemia Channels not a good sign

Some people have no sense of humor at all.

Some people have no sense of humor at all.
You're absolutely right when you say I have no sense of humor. When I pay $79.90 a month for programming, I don't expect to have 10 of 39 HD channels with the same movie on all 10 of those channels all day long.

The Movie Groundhogs Day HD on this Feb 2nd is most approproaite :)

and perhaps having it on not one but two channels would really place emphasis on our ability to watch it :p

But on Feb 2nd tonite Voom must really find Groundhogs Day the most imporant and special holiday of the year because Voom is showing it
in HD of course on ten (10 ) of it channels ;)

and to make sure no one misses it... all ten channels are playing two consecutive showings back to back stating at 9 PM :o

Just as long a Voom keeps it sense of humor and stays transmitting
I'll be a happy camper ! :yes

Long Live Voom ;)

Voomster :rainbow

zap2it shows the movie channels schedule back to normal tomorrow.

LIGHTEN UP. The variety is greatly improved on the cinema 10 channels, but are there any movies on Cinema 10 that you wanted to watch, but haven't seen yet, that won't be on tomorrow or the next day or the next day? Are you REALLY missing anything by this prank? It's one day. It's no big deal.

If you haven't seen Groundhog Day yet, then watch it. As much as you want.

Some people have no sense of humor at all.If the ground hog saw his shadow does that mean six more weeks of Voom?

JL

Threads merged.

thank you voom for having a sense of humor in this time of turmoil
a vote for funny!

Maybe it is a hint from above... read a book, talk to your wife, get a life...?

Or a great marketing ploy...?

Whatever it is, it is pretty funny. Now every time you think of Groundhog Day, you will think of Voom:-)

You're absolutely right when you say I have no sense of humor. When I pay $79.90 a month for programming, I don't expect to have 10 of 39 HD channels with the same movie on all 10 of those channels all day long.
Seriously (not what you may expect from me), I'm not just speaking through my rose colored glasses here. I acknowledge that the joke may not have been totally well thought out, because there are certainly downsides for many people. Also that not only subscribers, but everyone, deserves to hear something from VOOM. But, having been in work situations where it was imperative to maintain secrecy until the timing was right, I also understand why a veil of silence may exist...and am inclined to think, that innuendo of this sort may be an effort to inform us.

I think if you stand back a moment and let your anger over the initial shock subside, you might be able to agree that it is some sort of a funny statement! I felt that I immediately got the connotation, but I'm not yet back on VOOM. Those of you who have been there all along have a right to feel robbed of your choices today!

But, of course, I may be wrong, and VOOM could be saying “Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah…you idiots…for sticking with us all this time!! Here’s how much we appreciate it!” But I just don’t think anyone would go to that extent. Do you really?

The only thing I can say is that this looks to me like a grab for PR, and I think it may have succeeded!! If you were a non-VOOMER--wouldn't you think it was funny…and wouldn't you start following the events? PR!!...Free PR!! And don't forget that old saying…about even bad PR being good.

This little joke today was coupled with emails to people who had previously expressed interest, as well as former subscribers (like myself); it had been preceded by CSR statements (to any and all since the news broke about the sale of the satellite), that it is “business as usual”; it was preceded by increased advertising in the last week on non-VOOM channels; and was accompanied by new programming announcements.

I can’t help but think that the next joke (April Fools, perhaps?) might be candy, flowers and jewelry—Would you kiss and make up if that were the case? One day of (probably) slight inconvenience—in exchange for PR that may spread the word where it never existed before—versus many days without anything else as good as VOOM?

I truly am sorry (no joking at all!) this upset some of you, but being the ever-hopeful person I am, I just can’t help but think it’s part of a plan....Vicki

I was at work all day today, so I hadn't seen this until just now. My wife was flipping the channels, and came upon it. I immediately got it and start laughing so hard... so of course, now, I have to watch the movie.. but it's has got to be one of the finest groundhog day movies ever made! EVER!!!

I have to say I am impressed. I can't believe this movie is 12 years old and I never saw it before tonight. What creative writing and what a fun movie! Thanks, VOOM! Such an unexpected treat! :D

Well, did anyone find this to be the case? I checked in midafternoon yesterday and saw the program guide said "Groundhog Day" on all Cinema 10 channels. But when I surfed from 101 to 110, it seemed that maybe it was on every other channel. The Kung Fu Channel had a martial arts film on and there were a couple of other non GD movies as well. :confused:

Well, did anyone find this to be the case? I checked in midafternoon yesterday and saw the program guide said "Groundhog Day" on all Cinema 10 channels. But when I surfed from 101 to 110, it seemed that maybe it was on every other channel. The Kung Fu Channel had a martial arts film on and there were a couple of other non GD movies as well. :confused:
That's interesting. I didn't even bother to check, I was off all day yesterday but had no interest in watching GH Day so I didn't even go to any of those channels, made it a Monster HD day. Wonder why they went to the trouble of showing it in the PG for all but one movie channel and then not actually doing it. Strange goings on if you ask me. Who's running the ship up there and what are they smoking? :shocked

Every time I flipped to one of the HD Cinema channels (and I did so many, many times) it was showing Groundhog Day. :confused:

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Don't know what's really on today but Voom's online guide doesn't mention the aforementioned movie one time. All appears to be normal programming. Hmm :yes

Just in case some of you missed it, Groundhog Day is now playing on WE! :D