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    ALL VOOM TO GO MPEG4 AUGUST 15th

    Problems with VIP211 receiver I have had VOOM since VOOM started, and my 211 is receiving VOOM, and it's worse than with my old 811. On my new VIP211, OTA HD looks like SD, maybe 5% better, but really awful. My 211 setup is 720p, the same as my tv (Samsung HLN437W). My picture looks...
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    ALL VOOM TO GO MPEG4 AUGUST 15th

    I got upgraded today--from an 811 to a 211. The pq (resolution ) if horrible. If VOOM became HDlite when it migrated to Dish, it is now just plain old tv in widescreen. M Nystrand
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    Dish messing with Voom, All are now HD-Lite 1280x1080i: Discuss this issue HERE!

    Perhaps the changes are being made to make room for 5 more VOOM channels: January 5, 2006 (Episode five): Satellite rival EchoStar today said it was adding five new Voom high-def channels, bringing its Voom total to 15. http://www.tvpredictions.com/episodefive010606.htm
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    Dish messing with Voom, All are now HD-Lite 1280x1080i: Discuss this issue HERE!

    The Voom signal for me became downgraded once Voom migrated to Dish: washed out colors, video noise, etc.), but I haven't noticed any more recent shift. Does anyone have screenshots comparing pre-Dish Voom images with the ones we received after the migration? Apologies for entering this...
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    Quality of VOOM on Dish Network

    I have the same problems with my 811 receiver (on my 42" Samsung DLP).
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    ****My rant against PQ on New Encoders****

    Has anyone tried adding an iScan box to their systems to compensate for PQ losses we are experiencing? Which of their boxes can help? Thanks.
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    Quality of VOOM on Dish Network

    I still think PQ was better for me before the migration of VOOM to DISH, even after having my Samsung DLP calibrated. And I'm sure Equator HD was better before the switch; I don't recall any video noise then, and I remember being stunned by the level of detail in aerial shots of people in...
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    Problems with OTA Signal - Weird

    My OTA reception problems (problems with Dish but not previously with Voom; weak to nonexistent signals; within 3.7 miles of transmitters) are solved. The installer returned and reconnected the OTA antenna previously used when I had DirecTv (before I switched to Voom). The old DirecTv antenna...
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    Problems with OTA Signal - Weird

    Re: Efbrune’s recommendation of telephone wire and Kevinw’s rec of UHF loop If I substitute a telephone wire or UHF loop for the OTA coax from my roof antenna, will my Dish 811 receiver still be able to manage both satellite and OTA signals? Can I use my Voom box for OTA signals and the...
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    Problems with OTA Signal - Weird

    I switched from Voom to Dish a week ago and am experiencing problems with OTA reception. I've gone from 95% signal strength with Voom to 75% on most local signals with Dish; CBS has dropped to 60%; and PBS doesn't make it all (my 811 receiver doesn't even scan it). I live no more than 3.7...
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    Picture Quality AWESOME ON NEW VOOM TIER !

    Ultra+ Equator- My reception of Ultra is fine, but Equator has lots of problems:washed out colors, lack of detail, haloed edges.
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    Picture Quality AWESOME ON NEW VOOM TIER !

    You describe my problems exactly.
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    Picture Quality AWESOME ON NEW VOOM TIER !

    (1) I'm using the 811. (2) 1080i (definitely better than either 480p or 720p (3) Signal strength is not displayed for Voom channel screens on my setup (it's in the upper right corner for OTA locals. (4) My TV is a Samsung 43" DLP Thanks
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    Picture Quality AWESOME ON NEW VOOM TIER !

    PQ for me has declined significantly (and unevenly) in the move to Dish. Ultra HD still looks about the same, but Equator is degraded: resolution is reduced, edges of images are less crisp, and color is washed out. I judge the loss to be about 10%--it's like a veil has been pulled over the...
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    Picture quality of Voom on Dish

    I'm a new Dish subscriber trying to get VoomPQ on Dish to match VoomPQ on Voom. My Samsung DLP processes everything at 480p, which is the setting I used with Voom on Voom. Now that I've switched to Dish, I've found that I need to set the 811 Dish HD Receiver at 1080i. The result isn't...
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    VOOMERS already switched to another Satellite service (not Cable), happy with HD?

    Picture quality My Samsung DLP processes everything at 480p, which is the setting I used with Voom. Now that I've switched to Dish, I've found that I need to set the 811 Dish HD Receiver at 1080i. The result isn't perfect, but I estimate that the picture quality of the Voom channels on...
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    FCC: Joint Petition Filed to Deny Assignment of Licenses (Charles F Dolan)

    Chaos Rules Cablevision: from Variety Chaos rules Cablevision: Uncertain future unravels at confab By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK, JILL GOLDSMITH The combustible drama at Cablevision continued unabated Wednesday as one of the company's top execs did little to douse speculation that the cabler...
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    Cablevision Enters into Interim Agreement Regarding VOOM

    Cablevision: Voom Won't Die By TSC Staff 3/8/2005 6:27 PM EST URL: http://www.thestreet.com/stocks/media/10212241.html The boardroom coup threatned at Cablevision (CVC:NYSE) last week by Chairman Charles Dolan paid its first dividend Tuesday when the company agreed to keep the troubled...
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    Flash!!!! There will be no official statement on Monday

    The Denver Post Voom fate may rest with EchoStar Cablevision's chairman wants to keep its high- definition service despite a pending satellite sale. By Kimberly S. Johnson Denver Post Staff Writer Tuesday, March 08, 2005 - EchoStar Communications Corp. chief executive Charlie Ergen...
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    multiswitch question

    Manual switch I have a Samsung DLP with 1 DVI output, and 2 units feeding it: Voom Box and a Bravo D2 DVD player. After being stunned at the price of switch boxes, I decided to do the switching manually. To do this, I purchased a DVI gender changer and connected it to the DVI cable coming...
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    Breaking News: Flash From Voom Website: VOOM ceasing Operation by end of March

    From Newday, 3/2/05 The dueling Dolans: Feud over Voom reveals fractious family relations, clouds Cablevision’s future BY HARRY BERKOWITZ STAFF WRITER March 2, 2005 An intense feud among members of the Dolan family continues to rage following the decision by Cablevision's board of...
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    Breaking News: Flash From Voom Website: VOOM ceasing Operation by end of March

    It ain't over till it's over! from Yahoo post: " Despite the apparently definitive [3/1/05] decision from Cablevision to shut down the Voom service, Tom and Charles Dolan released a separate statement through an entity they control saying they were still interested in completing the acquisition...
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    Breaking News: Flash From Voom Website: VOOM ceasing Operation by end of March

    I'm sure I'm not the only one who has noticed but: The Voom menu is announcing, "Technical upgrades completed. Voom has been adding capaciy." So far I have not discovered any new channels in the lineup.
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    Breaking News: Flash From Voom Website: VOOM ceasing Operation by end of March

    Voom local service visited my house this afternoon to replace a defective DVI cable.