South Florida Voom Zone!!!

[truqui]

Ok...Here we are in sunny sofla with our Voom HD!!!
I guess this is where we'll meet for everything VOOM and bikinis

I been a Voomer since 3/15 and loving it more everyday! It was a smooth install from a guy in Palm Beach but unfortunately did everything wrong (but I was able to see great SAT and OTA. Anyway someone who really knew his stuff came out yesterday, fixed it all and now it's just right!!! I have all my locals (14) and great Sat signal numbers...I'm happy!
Harold

[gtsmith]

Hey, South Florida Voomer here. I'm in Hobe Sound and I'll be damned but that little Stealth Master antenna is getting in all the Palm Beach OTA's and ABC and UPN a bit further north and west of me. Very happy with it. I've had mine in since the 17th of March, if I remember correctly. The installer knew enough to do it my way. He seemed knowledgeable and when I told him I'd handle the OTA antenna install and the cable running and the hook up to "my equipment", he was fine with it. I prefer to do this stuff myself anyways.

What's funny is as I drive around PB county I am always watching other homes and condo units for sat dishes and have yet to see a Voom! sat dish. Not a single one yet - well except for the one on my house :-)

What type of TV are you watching the Voom on?

-GT

[truqui]

Welcome GT...!!!
Same here...I haven't seen any Voom Dishes around although I know that a member of this forum lives in my neck of the woods...West Miramar! I'm trying to convince my friends to jump on the Voom offer...what can they lose?

Yes that little Stealth does seem to get good reception! Can't get the Palm Beach stations becsause I would have to point it further north and probably lose the Miami stations.

I'm enjoying Voom on a Mitsubishi 55413, wonderful PQ especially in HD!
What are you viewing?
H.

[gtsmith]

Hey truqui,

That Mitsu is a _very_ nice set. I have an InFocus X1 projected on to a DIY screen and frame at around 7.5 feet diagonal screen size, the main viewing area is about 13 feet back. The X1 does not have the image your Mitsu has but it works for me.

Good luck turning your friends on to Voom!. My friends and family are so behind the HD curve it's pathetic. Every time I speak with them about HDTV their eyes glaze over.

Good luck!

[truqui]

Yeah the Mits is very very nice...
Wow your screen size is measured in feet not inches!!! Must be nice...

I'm a little down today because I had to unplug the whole setup for a few days. I'm having the audio/video entertainment center built in and construction started today. I will have to live without HD for a few days...but when it's done it will be my pride and joy (uh, besides my kids!)
H.

[tvv]

Had my VOOM installed yesterday, 3/30. I'm trying to compare DT and VOOM as my 12 month contract w/DT expires in June. Picture quality seems comparable between DT HD and VOOM HD. My signal strength is 48%; is this good ? I'm used to 98% and higher with DT. Also, is there a built in timer in this Motorola receiver so I can record movies without having to perform "timer programming" on my DVD Recorder ?

Thanks

[truqui]

Welcome tvv...congrats on your Voom install.

I'm no expert but I can tell you that you still have the previous software installed in your new box. We all have had it like that until last week. A new firmware will download directly to your box soon. When this is done you will see your signal strength closer to 90's. They changed the scale to 0-100 like D*, so add another 50 to the 48 and you will probably see it at 98 48 is good for Voom!
The software download has a few fixes for the box including the program planner which will also work after the update, among other things like quicker channel changing. Don't know anything about the timer question though, sorry.

Do you know about the "magic" red button?
Open the door on the front panel where the card is located and you'll see a red button. That controls the boxes output scanning rate/resolution. With each press of the button the orange leds right above it will light up. The top one only means 1080i, the second 720p, the third 480p and the first is 480i with the next press all light up meaning it will output the original resolution of the broadcast. The default I believe is 480i. Change it to 1080i and you'll see a huge difference between D* and Voom.
Enjoy...!!!

[discodol]

Thanks for opening the South Florida thread! I live near Oakland and Federal and cannot receive 4.1 WFORDT CBS or 17.1 WLRNDT although they are mapped. Is anyone else having a problem with these two stations? If not I will have to start looking at my antenna. Also for those of you looking for a calibration Chuck Williams will be here the first week of April around the 6th. Otherwise I am glad I got Voom and have suspended by D* account while evaluating. I am pretty sure I will be keeping Voom and eliminating D*.

[truqui]

Welcome discodol...
4.1 is probably the best signal for me...I'm out in the Miramar/Pembroke Pines area.
17.1 I've been told, has not been up for several weeks due to tower repairs. My install was after they started repairing so I'm sure once they're working, we will get it.

How do you guys like Voom so far?

[pOiNTBLaNK]

I get everything but channel 7. I live in the south.. (South Kendall by Cutler Ridge)