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    There is an Epic on Epics

    Amazingly so, Battle of the Bulge per Sean's new Cinema postings.
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    Some Real News :): Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein

    :) My Favorite Frankenstein & one of my favorite A&C features. Most of the Universal Studios monster mash is there to mix it up with the boys. Good clean fun. Monsters-HD: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein ***+ (1948, Comedy) Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1 Summary: Universal...
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    VOOM Receives Prestigious CNET Editors' Choice Award

    HDTV News Releases via WSR link to BuyingHDTV.com VOOM Receives Prestigious CNET Editors' Choice Award JERICHO, N.Y., Jul 8, 2004 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- VOOM, the first comprehensive high- definition (HD) satellite service, announced today that it received a CNET...
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    New Sat Scheduled to Launch in Oct, x2 capacity

    With apologies for "new"s & any redundancies to prior posts. From http://electronichouse.com/default.asp?NodeId=2042 Voom to Zoom 06/01/04 — Voom, digital broadcast satellite service that launched last year and specializes in HDTV programming, has some aggressive expansion plans...
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    Charter Subscriber Money Back? Staying, Going Lease or Devoomification

    Devoomification. How will I live w/o Monsters & West Coast feeds? While on a delayed trip to Norfolk this evening (jinxed from the get go) I searched the Voom.com site and noted that the money back agreement from Voom lasted 30 days from 1 Feb 04 for charter members. I called to inquire on...
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    Voom management, please post status of Firewire

    Though I have Dish as a backup for missing Voom content, primarily for archiving until the 5000/HD was recently shut off, I have no current way (with a labotomized 921) to archive. What is the status of STBs with firewire? Has a policy been established for swapping? Will the capability be...
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    The good news & the bad news

    The good news on indefinite hold with Voom Tech Support is that supposedly software is being spooled & channels are being added. The bad news is my box is dead. Sat icon alternating red & green (but working fine, high signal connected to Dish 5000). I don't know if it is worth getting a...
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    OK, now I'm disappointed :(

    Roman Holiday on Cinemax (and no they are the repeatomatic that HBO and some of the others are) and we have no Max HD. Missed a few classics already. The DVD is a pretty good pressing and who knows about framing on an HBO derivative channel, but it sure would have been nice to see this one...
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    Dish 508 having sound & picture breakups.

    It appears that the disk must be corrupted. If I ditch a lot of stored programming it records fine then has the problem for all subsequent recordings. Is there a support phone I can call to get a replacement w/o trying a series of 20 inane and not working diagnostic step with an uniformed...
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    UPDATED 20 May NYC Home Ent Show:Voom at CES was best display/information of the show

    Here's my initial report, need to run, but wanted to get some info out quick (and hopefully more cogent when time to edit, etc.): Thursday 8 Jan, CES: Voom: The Voom booth was the best part of CES. The DVR (summer, price TBD) can be networked with the Ucentric boxes. PCs and audio only...
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    Ordered the fight (Free PVV) but getting strange message on

    STZHDP A PPV test message. Could understand on 281 by why Starz West Coast? Did I mess up something ordering the PPV? Tim
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    Zap2it Updated

    Update your custom guides, the Starz/Encore channels are now in the listings. Tim
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    Got my Voom Bill today

    Gotta' love $0, please don't pay :) Tim
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    Monsters-HD: Movies Reviews

    Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Tonight at 8PM If you are a fan of this stuff (this one scares the wits out of mew and I'm not usually phased by other bloodfests. Also The Vanishing (original is on Epics). Cool Thriller, if you liked the US version, you'll really like the original. Now a...
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    OK, so where is the "-" dash key on the remote

    Voom is generally very intuitive but this has me stumped. Tim
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    Dish 61.5 and VOOM from the same Dish

    Trying to get the following config from a single 61.5 Dual LNB Dish 1 Voom + 2 Dish receivers 2 Voom + 1 Dish receivers Tim Would appreciate any help. Cross posted here, but I think it will take someone with a dual VOOM setup to help...
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    Dish 61.5 and VOOM on the same Dish?

    Have my original original DirecTV dish (back in the single DLNB DSS days). This may be more appropriate for the Tech Support forum, but is there a way to split the 2 lines for 61.5 (or use a switch) to support both VOOM and Dish. I want to keep my 5000 (through a SW64) going for Sho &amp...