Thread: Thank You letters to VOOM and Charles Dolan

Like most voOm subscribers, I tried the others. I had DirecTV just weeks after the service was available, then years later moved to DishNetwork. My HD inputs on my SONY 53" were unused for 3 years, and not appreciated until you "opened our eyes" with your dream - and a glorious one it was, indeed.



Those of us who joined early on can appreciate the responsiveness of you and your VOOM team. We saw the somewhat "buggy" system expand and improve to become the dream you had envisioned. When we talked - you listened. And gave us what we asked for.

You took us to places most of us will never visit (Equator), and gave us front-row seats for some of the best entertainment around (Rave). We watched sports, from the Athens Olympics (Bravo) to San Francisco Flugtag (WorldSport). Our kids saw cartoons with unbelievable clarity (Animania), and we saw all the old movies we remembered from our own childhood, but looking and sounding better than when they were in the local movie house (Cinema10).

VOOM was much, much more than HD. You put the "entertainment" back into the programming, and shared your dream with all of us that were willing to dream it with you.

Voom set the standard for what a service "can be".

Thank you, Charles Dolan.

Mr. Dolan,

This service "IS" the greatest! Make no mistake about it! We will treasure every minute of our viewing time right up until the end. You are vissionary. Thank you for providing us with truly the most satisfying HDtv experience ever. We know you gave us the best of yourself in offering this to us, and we truly appreciate it. Thank you so much!

Well it is just sad when the little guy is clearly superior and doesn't get the attention and acclaim it deserves. Voom is dying because it was ahead of its time. People don't know yet that they want it because they are brainwashed with the E* and D* mediocrity. I have never seen brand loyalty like with Voom. It showed me what is possible and now I am being forced to settle for what is available. But how can I do that when what is possible was, for a short time, available? Here is one subscriber hoping people soon realize that a service like Voom is what they are looking for and hoping their service was. Then, down the road, one of the big guys will add all kinds of HD content and will be hailed as innovators. But we Voom loyalists will snicker to ourselves and think about how it was done right already by one service before people knew what they had. In the meantime, thank you for bringing your (our) dream to the people and giving us what we want. Still watching my Voom untill it goes black...........

I joined by accident, E* never delivered the HD receiver that I had ordered, so I called VOOM. I was mostly interested in ESPN and Discovery, but what was that Monsters channel? Would anyone watch old monster movies in HD? I tried a few, then a few more and concerts on Rave that reminded me of the old friday nights at the beginning of MTV (no commercials). Equator came to be my favorite, but only after I had seen most of the monster movies. Then there's that Ultra, hours of style shows, why do I keep stopping there? It's like a window to an alien world, beautiful, skinny women wearing strange outfits that I will never see in Western NE. I have become a fan of American Chopper, now that's what reality TV should be! I like it when Sr. calls Mike "Taun-Taun" (spelling?) We don't get OTA channels here, our market might be in the top million... maybe. HD satellite is the way to go and it was nice to start out with the best. I hope E* takes note and grabs the 21 Voom channels, I mentioned it to them when I rejoined.

Bucky

Charles,

First thanks for creating VOOM. We've never watched so much great TV before and haven't been able to stop complaining to my wife since I heard it's going down. Take it from a musician who lived in Asbury Park, NJ for over 20 years that if Bruce Springsteen had VOOM before he wrote "67 Channels and Nothing On", the song would never have been written!

I would think with all the great programming that VOOM supplied, it must have had a significant impact on HDTV receiver sales. Even if it did not take off yet big time, the potential for the future is there for TV manufacturers. How come there is no support from Toshiba, Sony and all the other manufacturers?

Anyway, thanks for creating VOOM. The last 6 months or so since I got it have been awesome for me and everyone I've let see it. It 's like the word "wow" was reinvented by VOOM cause that's what everyone says when they see it and none of the competition comes close. Thanks!

Mark (the Lip Man)
Jethrotash2@adelphia.net

what a drag. VOOM was the best and the recent additional channels was just perfect!

BRING BACK VOOM!!

4/16/2005

Dear Mr. Dolan,


I want to thank you for your dedication to VOOM. I can speak for everyone here when I say you put up a fight well beyond what we expected. In so many circumstances, when a founding member goes way beyond stockholders and the bottom line, it is not looked at in a positive light...but YOU KNEW that HD is the future and the product you had HAD to be brought the the masses. You may not have had the subs you wanted in quantity, but you had quality in us and we were loyal and fought against ALL those OTHERS that could not see what you were doing or up against. I ASSURE you that the next time, we will flock to your product like bees to honey! Which leads me to the last thing I was to say...IF there is that 9th life, that last rabbit in that magical hat of yours....well....you know what I am trying to say.

Good luck sir, you deserve it!

Salsadancer7

"GO CHUCK GO!"

I do believe that Cablevision has made a bad judgement. It will be proven in the coming years as Satellite TV takes over the media. Not only will the satellite providers take over the media and entertainment it will also add the element of HDTV 3D. The first step in this process will be the transition to HDTV. VOOM had it already, now we take a step back for a while. The vision Charles had will become the prefered TV format of the near future, unfortunatly VOOM will not be a part of it. So to Charles I say thank you for this peek into the future, and as this new era unfolds and the land lines go by the wayside, so long to Cablevision. Thanks again Charles

I had a tremendous experience with VOOM the last year or so. VOOM'S 1080i content was amazing on my 42" Pioneer plasma tv. Nothing else even came close.

I'm sure that VOOM'S 21 HD channels will be picked up as an additional option by various providers. It makes a lot of sense. VOOM already has the programming in place and if they sell their service to other providers, they won't have any expenses dealing with installations, equipment, billing or support. I think their decision to stop operating as a stand-alone provider probably is a wise decision.

I have kept my DirecTV account active and I will probably will once again switch over to their HD content when VOOM goes dark. However, if the VOOM channels were to suddenly be available as a separate package from DirecTV, I would sign up for it in a heartbeat.

I cannot imagine that VOOM will simply go away. With all the money they've spent on programming, it seems likely that their service will be made available through other providers. It would be such an easy way to provide HD content for little or no cost as VOOM has already developed the channels and their programming.