VOOM Goes BOOM - update Dish Drops all 15 VOOM Channels

**mstregamer** · 05-13-2008 12:31 AM

Those had 24-7 FULL HD PROGRAMMING at least they could've waited until they could replace them with other FULL HD PROGRAMMING. What a rip!

**yaz96** · 05-13-2008 12:40 AM

Originally Posted by Doppy

Good riddance, bring us more quality national HD. They sure as hell got the room for it now.

Tell us where this "quality national HD" is going to come from???? There is none. It's that simple.

They have taken away quality 24/7 HD programming away for what reason? To put up some some "national HD channel" that shows 2 hours of HD programming a night! You guys are f'in idiots!

I can't wait til your beloved series is over, kaput, finished, then what are you going to watch in HD on your "national HD channel"???????????

**dangue** · 05-13-2008 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Doppy

Good riddance, bring us more quality national HD. They sure as hell got the room for it now.

Quality? What like the Viacom channels that haven't shown any HD yet?

Originally Posted by spiegelj07

i think this will only upset a small percentage

And that makes it ok to substitute channels with little HD for commercial free channels with only HD?

And again, my biggest issue is the failure in communication. In fact, this wasn't a failure- this strikes me as calculated and deceptive on Dish's part. Each of our opinions about what makes for a better HD channel is subjective; fine, I can agree with that. So E* ultimately made a decision on what to carry; fine- they're the service provider. But to proclaim to the heavens that we added 22 HD channels today and not even throw in a little asterisk about removing another 10... THAT'S JUST PLAIN WRONG!

**Jim S.** · 05-13-2008 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by Doppy

Good riddance, bring us more quality national HD. They sure as hell got the room for it now.

What quality national HD is there that we don't have? The only thing I would want to see is Mojo, but it sounds like nobody else does. Fox channels apparently aren't coming soon for political reasons, and I'm told that the MTV channels don't air true HD.

I have a feeling that the space was freed for the Eastern Arc project since they didn't get AMC14. Eastern Arc will be a good thing if it results in better SD PQ, but who says it will? They could end up compressing the channels more to make room for more channels nobody wants. And one dish? Why should anyone care if their subscription requires more than one dish, and I have a feeling that the sort of person who does isn't going to be happy with the size of that one dish when they see it anyway.

**FitzAusTex** · 05-13-2008 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by Doppy

Good riddance, bring us more quality national HD. They sure as hell got the room for it now.

Like you'd know quality if quality jabbed you in the eyeball with a freshly sharpened pencil. What next? TV Land HD?

**Doppy** · 05-13-2008 12:54 AM

Admit that you were just watching VOOM because it was in HD. Even 1 or 2 hours of HD on other channels of shows that I actually watch is worth it over VOOM. And the shows yet to be shown or produced in HD still look tons better in non-compressed SD.

**tornado** · 05-13-2008 12:55 AM

The Voom channels were some of my favorite. I can already tell you I would give up all of the new channels launched today for the removed Voom channels or all five of the remaining Voom channels for the ten Voom that left. They did not consult me.

**yaz96** · 05-13-2008 12:56 AM

Originally Posted by azhagan

Um, I have the HD only package and I still have access to all the channels...

Um, no you don't. 10 VOOM channels are gone as of 12AM EST.

**kstuart** · 05-13-2008 12:58 AM

So where is the UPLINK CENTER entry removing the channels ??

**allargon** · 05-13-2008 12:58 AM

If I wanted Dish HD with no Voom, I would go to DirectTV and save money as I have AT250+3 premiums and the $20 HD ultimate package.

I am not paying $20 more for a fishing channel--period.

Ultra HD is one of my favorite channels--they actually talk about fashion unlike reality/wedding shows from hell Style Network.

They will be hearing from me tomorrow.