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VOOM-original capability ever to arrive? Remember Way back in the dark ages, when we had VOOM as a provider, and right before they went belly-up, they promised these really cool multi-room streaming DVR's, which I think DirecTV bought the rights/technology to? Well...here we have Active...

Short version: I had E* for 4 years, including 6000 + 921. Sold out and went to Voom. Voom died, went to cable, waiting for: 1) MPeg4 receiver deals for "new subscribers" 2) Whole-house DVR (or equivalent) 3) VOOM content to be bought (already had cable by time of E*/V* announcement -grrr)...

My bet - December 11, 2005 I know I'll be wrong based on historical evidence, but... Just like the 921, I believe they will release *SOMETHING*, whether it is ready or not in December of this year, for the Christmas season. I believe they will start advertising in September that it will be...

Video and equipment quality I had Dish for nearly 4 years, and although dismayed with unnecessary technology issues, and certain decisions Charlie made, I can honestly say the video quality was always excellent on the HD channels. SD often was poor, but HD was always excellent - on par or...

Ditto TimeWarner here...but more or less, same applies. Aggravated this was not announced in advance. Silver lining is, I guess, that MPEG4 is not yet in production/available, nor are the whole-house solutions (any of them)...so this gives time for both to deliver/mature before switching...

Ditto I left Time Warner 4+ years ago, due to no forward-looking HD. To show you how behind the times they are...in my area, they just got HBOHD. No SHOHD, CINHD, UHD, etc.,etc. But, considering the poor state of E* and D* HD options, seemed better to me to benefit from the ~$23/mo...

Looking for advice I had E* for about 4 years. Left in January for Voom, because not enough HD, and they put the screws to original 921 purchasers, and by my understanding, will put the screws to new 942 purchasers by end of year. Voom is great, and had the son not sold out the father, I...

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Mr. Dolan: Thank you for providing an additional DBS choice. For most of us, the real problem is lack of broadcaster choices. In my area, I can suffer with 6 local TV stations OTA, or 1 cable company (w/no OTA STB support). Previously, I could choose from 2 Satellite providers (dish...

I like your thinking I was wading through the complaining, thinking I would make this point at the bottom. Bottom line is that if there was no possibility, they would simply have said it was over. The fact that they are staying their comments implies that there is still a possibility...

Insightful and I agree More importantly, my ***WIFE*** likes Voom. She likes it better than Dish, and for the most part, she is technology agnostic. Sure, I love Voom, and I hoped my wife would put up with the move from Dish. I was so sad when about 1 week after I received installation...

Sadly, I just joined VOOM about 2 weeks ago, and I'm tied in for 6 months, or until death do us part... -NICK

Overstated Certainly there are plenty of people who may feel as strongly as to say "hate", but personally, I don't. I am *annoyed* with Dish ;) ... Like a burr under the saddle...I would say that I dislike companys that forget who the customer is, but the reality that I'm probably not their...

Basically, my feelings about E* service and product(s) matches the same comments as the "8 years E*, moving to D*" thread from a day or two ago, except that I really want HD, and want to give V* a try. However, if it fails to deliver the goods, or the business finally goes insolvent, or is...

What about the EPG from the OTA station itself? I hate to be dense, but I thought that the 811 received the capability a while ago to decode the Program Guide data transmitted as part of the OTA transmission? However, even with 284, I could not see that data, as of last night. I assume I...