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    VOOM21 PQ: Does it look better tonight?

    I watched Equator's Smart Travels "Florence" between 9-10CDT and it was as good as before the encoders. Best picture in some while. Just a few days left to sign off.....first Enterprise and now this.....what a disappointment.
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    Where is my Sound & Vision Magazine??

    Installed in Jan 05.....never received Magazine.
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    Dish Quality ?

    I always felt that D*'s SD channels is better than VoOms. I watch SCIFI a bunch and (i have said this before) on VoOm it was really soft and blocky. D* is sharper and brighter. I use a SIR-TS360 on D*so maybe that is the difference?
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    Where are all the VOOMERS Going?

    I kept my D* and its HD pack during my short but sweet experience with VoOm. I had planned to retain D* anyway because of the Sunday Ticket not because of me but my wife. Hopefully, D* will get something from the Voom package but if E* picks it up.....I am jumping ship. The only place I...
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    HD PQ: Voom VS. D*

    I have been wanting to ask about this from the start of my Voom service but have been reluctant. Even though I was Voom installed in Jan 05, I kept my D* system intact as it was just a week after the install that all this Voom end of service junk started. Anyway I do notice that even my OTA...
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    EncoreHD - Farewell

    I noticed last night that the listing for EncoreHD ends at 5:30am CT Friday morning. After that is shows "Sign Off". I know this is planned and talked about before, but I am sad to see it go. Hopefully it will be back after demand picks up.
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    Have WealthHD made it into your favorites?

    You'd think "Wealth" would mean a better PQ but I guess they didn't get it right on this new channel either. My answer is No.
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    Poll: Opinion of current VOOM Picture Quality with new Encoder?

    No where near as good as before the Harmonic migration and too sporadic .....one day a specific channel looks good....next day...mush. I wish we, as paid subs, could hear something straight and on the level from Voom....and not from the CSRs and direct from those actually working on this...
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    Thanks for listening VOOM! Amelie and Hidden Fortress ++++++

    Not so good with Hidden Fortress though.....I was annoyed with some of "micro-stutter" that occurred through the end of the movie when I watched it Friday night. At least that what I call it. Otherwise, a great great movie.
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    ****My rant against PQ on New Encoders****

    Gutter, I heartily agree. That is part of the problem here. If we heard SOMETHING from Voom officially (and not from the CSRs), I think this would be easier to accept and be patient with.
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    ****My rant against PQ on New Encoders****

    My install date was Jan 12, 2005. For almost 2 months, Voom was nearly perfect. After the beginning of March, it is now average. I have said before, this is what we are going to get. "Tweaking" ???? No way, either they know the software or they don't. And after a couple of weeks, they...
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    Harmonic Encoder Improvements? (Feedback Need it)

    I don't know if anyone is still looking seriously at the specific problems placed on this thread since it has gotten so long ... but ..... Is anyone watching KungFu right now? I am watching the "The Hidden Fortress" and for a awhile there the picture would do this weird stobe effect. For...
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    Harmonic Encoder Improvements? (Feedback Need it)

    While watching Equator last night,during the 9pm to 10pm CT time slot (Smart Travels) I noticed that the audio was slightly off sync with lip movement. It was slightly behind the movement and noticeable. PQ was great.
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    Harmonic Encoder Improvements? (Feedback Need it)

    Walter, I did catch part of Microcosmos doc (right after the Kestrel doc) and will agree that this transmission was top notch. The segment I did watch didn't have a lot of motion so I don't think the software was being taxed too much. However changing to Monster right before the start the...
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    Harmonic Encoder Improvements? (Feedback Need it)

    Wow, I am starting to think this may be true. A week since they brought the new encoders on line and these problems still aren't fixed. I am sorry, but it doesn't take this long to "tweak". Gosh I hate that word, it is such a copout. I won't let any of my staff use it. Sorry again I am...
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    Top THREE Pros and Cons of VOOM

    My interpetation is when the image freezes for a split-second and then continues. In the case I saw earlier this week, we were watching a "League of Their Own" on TMCHD. Towards the end of the movie, the picture would freeze or skip for just a fraction of a second, then continue. Audio...
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    Top THREE Pros and Cons of VOOM

    I agree about the PQ ...... when my VoOm was installed in January, it was breathtaking. Now it is just average. Last night the pixelation, micro-stutter, etc was very irritating. Now it has been over a week since the encoder changes...and frankly that is too long. I work in a technology...
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    Harmonic Encoder Improvements? (Feedback Need it)

    "Clearly" there is a difference in PQ. Example on Monsters HD, the flying saucer movie intro bit was tack sharp until a few days ago. Lots of noise in the graphics now. Checked on both of my monitors .... looks worse on my DLP than on the RPTV.
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    Poll: Do You Supplement Your Voom Service?

    I voted before I saw the option for "other" I have VoOm, DirectTv, OTA AND cable.