bcope9 I'm not happy that it may take that long, but it's better then D*. I would not be surprised if D* drags its feet until 2007 before we see any real national HDs.
My Ebay Dish 811 Should Be In My Hands By Friday. I Have To Keep D* For Another 6 Months Due To A New D*HD Receiver I Got 6 Months Ago. Hopefully Friday Night I Will Be Firing Up My Voom 18" 61.5 Dish & I Will Be Vooming Again.
Don't Bother Trying To Find Rainbow2 With Your Current Dish & LNB. The New Sat. Does Not Use The Same LNB That Dish, Directv Or Voom Uses. The New Elliptical Dish Will Have 2 LNBs (One That We Use Now For 61.5 & A Second Different One For The 72 Sat.)
When I Joined Voom In March 04 There Were 6,000 Subs. By June 36,000 & Now 26,000 Subs. That's Not Good.
No MPEG 4, No New East & West Coast Sat.s (Means No New Channels)
I Love The Channels They Have But Because Of Vooms Financial Proplems It Is An Incomplete Service.
Right Now I Have Voom...
The Funny Thing About Vertical Striping. On My LCD Proj. & VOOM I Get Vertical Striping On World Sports (Soccer/Euro. Football) & Rush. I Don't Get Any Noticeable Vertical Striping From DVDs Or Directv HD Channels.
I Think It May Be A Bandwidth Issue But I'm Not Sure.
It Is A Bandwith Issue.
The Problem Here Is People Making Generalized Statements About Something When All Our Displays Are Different & Each Display Has Different Issues.
LCD, DLP, CRT(Direct View or RPTV) & Plasma (EDTV & HD) All Show Potential Pixelation Differently.
It Must Have At Least Something To Do With It Because I Could Tell You Had An LCD Based System.
LCD Based Tend To Make A Sharper Image, Showing More Screen Door Effect, Potential For Vertical Striping & Potential For More Noticeable Pixelation.
The Only Real Drawbacks For DLP Systems, Some...
DarrellP You Must Have An LCD Based Projector. I Have 2 DLP Prpjectors & One LCD Projector & The DLP's Don't Show A Fraction Of The Pixelation.
Also D*'s NBCHD Feed Is A Tad Better Then KGW (NBC) HD Feed. They Have Really Let The Second Channel Go. If I Want To Watch SD NBC I Have To Use The...
Its Not A VOOM Problem. It Happens On My Digital Locals (D* stb), Digital Channels On VOOM & D*. Anytime They Use Digital Sound(5.1 or 2.0 Digital Stereo) It Can Happen. You Just Have To Hang In There Until The Sound Video Interface Gets Better.
VOOM Is Shooting Themselves In The Foot On This One. For The Last Couple Of Months I Have Watched VOOM & VOOM Only. But Since Friday Night I Have Been Watching D* Because I Can Get NBC HD on Channel 84.
Now I Have Signed Back Up With HBO & Showtime On D* So I Can Go Between NBC HD For The...
In Portland OR I Don't Get 321 or The SD's.. On D* Ch. 84 (Same As VOOMs 321) Comes In GREAAAATTTT. I Don't Know Why D* Gives Me The Olympics & Not V*.
FYI, I Got To Compare D*s Ch 84 To My Local NBC HD Feed & They Were Identical.
voomvoom I Believe Your Probably Right. I Would'nt Be Surprised If No Dish Upgrades Until The Second Sat. Is Online. I Bet They Dont Need The Extra Transponders Yet.
Yea Directv Says 6 Months Free HD Package If You Sign Up For 1 Year Of The HD Package.
What D* Is Really Sayings Is Sign Up For Total Choice Pkg. Or Above That Level For A Year & Pay Half Price For The HD Pkg.. Thats Not A Deal It's Another 1 Year Commitment For At Least $36.99 Plus 6 Months Of...
If Directv Does All The Mainstream HD Channels (SOON) and Puts Them At The 101 Sat. I Would Leave VOOM.
Yesterday We Got Some Rain & Yep Rain Fade. My D* Setup On 101 Sat. NEVER NEVER NEVER Has Rain Fade.
I HATE RAIN/CLOUD FADE!!!!!!!