Recent content by PhilipF

Didn't Chuck reduce the number of board members to 12. The article says: "The 15-member board, including Dolan, voted unanimously" If he is incorrect on the number of members on the board, then there very likely could be some other misinformation in there. Maybe the board voted by...

Good info! Thanks

I agree it is VOOM's choice to try the less expensive equitpment, but how much more expensive can the 24" dish be? When I ordered VOOM, the CSR told me they were sending the 24" dish because of my location(South Louisiana) without me even mentioning it. However the installer showed up with the...

I would like to see them market an SD-only service using the SD boxes shown at CES-2005. Give people without an HDTV set the oppurtunity to subscribe to an SD service at a discounted rate. Market the SD-only service at a cheaper rate than the other providers.

I agree with your logic, but VOOM's failure shouldn't be looked at as a failure for HD but as a failure of a company that was in over it's head. But as you said, it will be turned around and pointed to as proof that there isn't enough interest in HDTV. Unfortunately for us and VOOM, the only...

I planned on dropping Dish soon but continued to use it for additional content and for the DVR. Dish as a backup was only till the VOOM install was complete and I saw VOOM as being reliable enough to be a replacement. The negative tone on this forum made me skeptical about trusting VOOM as a...

Maybe someone should point out the huge number of us who were subscribed to two or more services(i.e. VOOM for HD content and Dish as a backup for VOOM failure)? That is more than enough proof that there are people interested in paying for HD. Also, we should count the huge number of subs...

How about an official announcement from VOOM or Charles Dolan? And what do you mean about the Super Bowl deadline?

How cool would it be for VOOM to have an interactive poll channel where we could vote on what available movies we would like to see? It could work something like a PPV channel, only instead of transferring billing info, it could transfer movie/channel/feature request to the home office. VOOM...

So does this mean there is no chance of seeing movies/events that played 2 months ago before I was a subscriber? I was really wanting to see Led Zepplin on Rave, and the wife would be much less bitchy about VOOM if she saw Benny & Joon in HD. Not that she has a say in the cable/sat decision...

VOOM opened my eyes to the possibility of HDTV. Before VOOM came along there just wasn't enough HD content available to warrant the price of an HD television. It will be sad for all of us if they don't make it, but I think they have at least temporarily given a push to the other providers...

They may have leased the satellite space and ordered 5K dishes, but to add channels using this new space would have to require a software updgrade. I don't see a clear plan of action on any front from VOOM. Installing new dishes and bringing a new Sat online seems too far reaching. The current...

I am real interested in adding VOOM for the HD, but don't think it is worth the $40/50 it will cost plus the install charges etc... They need to make some drastic changes. How can we make suggestions about what we would like to see from VOOM, or do they even want to here from the customers...

Maybe so, but are they listening at all? It looks like all this talk is just venting frustration over the possibility of losing VOOM and being stuck with E*/D* forever. I'm just hoping they survive to provide some sort of alternative to what's currently available so we have a choice.

Good point about the HD channels. Just wishfull thinking. I don't mind the rental fee for the STB. It's the charge for hooking up additional TV's. I OWN an old receiver from E* that sits in a closet because they want to charge 5$ for additional TVs. If I own the equipment or pay a rental fee...