Thread: We Really Had It Great With Voom!!

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this question but since I'm a former voomer I will ask the experts. What are the resolution numbers for true HD? I see Ilya has 1280x1080 is HD lite. Are there any programs that are broadcast in true HD since Voom went down?

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In a nutshell: 1920x1080p, 1920x1080i, and 1280x720p at various frame rates.

The off-air stuff is as good as you can get aside from c-band 1st gen signals.

PBD HD is excellent here as well as NBC on some shows (Tonight show looks like you're in the audience). The local CBS claims to have the best picture in Phoenix. I haven't watched in a while but I've heard letterman looks good too.

Originally Posted by Ilya

Interesting! It will soon be a year since VOOM as a DBS provider ceased its existence. However, we still have 40 to 60 people browsing these VOOM DBS forums on any given hour on any given day. (More than in our HDTV Programming area!) Right now there are more than 20 people staring at the VOOM News and Developments forum alone, even though there have been no news and developments in the past few months...
I think it's ghosts! Lost soles of all those former VOOM customers who still can't find peace after losing their VOOM DBS...

It's Charlie's fault. ;-)
Maybe experiencing E* again with the poor equipment, HD Lite, constant software downgrades, abysmal customer service, screw-you attitude towards their existing customers, and apparently dysfunctional internal communications just made us Voomers wish for the old days.
(The sad thing is E* is still better than my local cable company!)
Bob

Discovery, PBS, NBC, CBS, HBo, Showtime, HDNET & HDMOVIES has true 1080 resolution. The rest are 1/2 HD (ABC, Fox, Espn, TNT)

Originally Posted by Shawn95GT

The off-air stuff is as good as you can get .

Then OTA is 1920 X 1080i?

Originally Posted by Kentstater72

Then OTA is 1920 X 1080i?

or 1280x720p usually. OTA broadcasters must adhere to ATSC standards. The kicker is the bitrate. If the affiliate multicasts then he's cutting down the bitrate of the HD channel to offer a subchannel. You know that. You are no newbie. LOL