Well, I must say install went very very well...
Installer called 650am, for a 8am appt; at first I was mad, because he sounded like he didnt have a clue..Turns out he lived near my house, but wasnt able to find my street on his map..
He was able to use my existing wiring, which is what I had wanted..he said he was having good success in my area, (25 mi SW of Chicago) using the normal OTA antenna, even though he had a much larger one on the truck, EXACTLY as I had requested when I called a few days prior to confirm my appt with ADANT..As always, I offered him and EVERYONE who does work at my house, coffee, juice, food, and anything else to make his feel good about working at my house, and I think his attention to detail was as good as any....
Turns out he had been doing Direct Tv installs for years, and Voom for about 6 months. Within 2 hours, he had the dish up, the OTA antenna up, and when he turned everything on, we had a "double picture"..he had an spare box on the truck, and since the CSR from Voom told him to replace the box, he did, and after a few min, we had perfect HD picture..
97 Sig strength on the Sat signal, 99 on the OTA channels, and even "impossible to get CBS" was getting a 87 signal..I was able to dial in over 20 OTA channels, most of which come in PERFECTLY most of the time!
the box had the 6.0 software on it, and over night the software updated to 6.1; initially I wasnt able to get my guide info, but after reading about the problem with that here, I unplugged the box, replugged it in, and within about 30 min the guide was back!
I will admit the HD stuff on DTV DOES have a sharper picture on its HD channels, but the SD stuff on VOOM BLOWS AWAY the PQ on DTV; plus the OTA channels now are spectacular, so overall, I will give my Voom viewing experience 3 1/2 stars at this point.
Plus I called the CSR folks to ask about the new pricing, my billing cycle, and more, and I must say the person was incredibly friendly, volunteering to answer ANY AND ALL questions in detail, and take as long as I needed to ask anything of concern...
I wasnt watching during the severe storms last night, so I dont know how the rain fade was, but its raining this morning, so I will find out shortly..
I was very nervous after reading about so many bad experiences, but mine has been anything but that..
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