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Did I hear him say elsewhere something to the effect of "can access music (or pictures) from you PC's hard drive"? Will we be able to provide additional storage space for recording on our terabyte servers? That would be too good to be true.

Nice video, Scott! Or is this Ilya's work? This is basically the same demo I saw back in May at the HE 2004 show in New York, with a few minor added features. The big question that I'm sure is on everyone's mind is: WHEN?

BTW, I haven't been hanging around in this forum lately because I have been too busy watching the tons of HD material available to me on Voom and on my local OTA antenna. I just happened to come back because I read a rumor somewhere that Voom had added the SciFi channel, the only SD channel that...

If D*'s former success is measured by their delivery of SD LiL's, and they are planning on measuring their success in the HD market based on their SD model, then I for one have no interest in their future. D* has shown total disdain for PQ over and over again throughout the years as they upped...

Yeah, just map every channel within a 100 mile radius. That should take care of every possible scenario. :D

Wow, thanks Sean and Wasch_24...That was super quick!! :)

What good is that? Isn't that the point of channel scanning in the first place? I mean, the idea is to scan the available channels and then have them appear in your guide. I also have a rotor and point my antenna in 4 different directions (using a MyHD tuner card in my PC) to get various...

I really enjoy Voom as much as anyone here, but this situation is inexcusable! As Ilya and TvlMan correctly point out, call your credit card company, NOT VOOM, in order to straighten this out, unless your credit card company is as much of a disaster as Voom.

And if I understand correctly, the encoding process of H.264 requires a LOT more horsepower, therefore making it too slow to do in real time using current processing speeds. As such, I doubt highly that H.264 would be used for satellite transmissions, though it has been adopted as one of the...

Yes, the "card" I am talking about is an electronics card, not an access card. It has a little handle on it and a RF connector on the back panel. If it is properly installed, it needs to be WELL SEATED in the opening in the BACK (not the side) of the IRD and your antenna lead should be connected...

Please read my post way back on page 2. I have given you a step by step guide that won't take more than 5 minutes of your time and will give you the answer conclusively. That's why I mentioned using one of the strongest stations (in my guide). Although different sensitivities could be...

This problem is easy enough to troubleshoot. 1. With everything connected correctly :) , put up the guide and tune to one of the OTA channels that you normally get a very strong signal on. If your guide does not show your OTA channels correctly, then you are not properly mapped and that...

Using your version of the English language, "If the shoe fits, were it." :p

I have 2 boxes: The first never requires rebooting. The second needs to be rebooted at least once a day, and it must be unplugged. The soft reboot does not help. I figured I would just put up with the second box until the new firmware comes out to see if it helps.

Yes, it is quite incredible! But not nearly as incredible as people who believe that they can see a single dropped frame. Three frames makes sense, as I mentioned earlier that I have been able to spot as few as 3, and I consider my eyes to be at least somewhat trained. I would never say that it...

Darrell, so how many frames total are "incorrect" during a single stutter? Based on your description, it sounds like 3 incorrect frames, as you mentioned "it goes back to the frame where it first dropped". And what exactly do you mean by "still frame"? Do you mean it is a duplicate of the...

No one that you know, anyway. ANY access card be hacked...It's just a matter of will and greed on the part of the hacker. D* has done a so-so job of keeping one step up on the hackers, and since the "gray" Canadien laws have now sided with D*, the serious hackers have simply gone underground...

Vurbano is correct, and in my case Wilt and Peter had to intervene in order to remap my locals to Boston instead of Providence.

I agree that the problem is at the decoding end, not the encoding. How close did the first appearance of stutters coincide with the release of firmware 5.68? And was the stuttering there before the update?

Since a decoder has to "work harder" decoding some material than it does on others, all of the above statements could be true. If the decoder has to work very hard and isn't fast enough to perform in real time, the effect would be very obvious, but if the workload is less demanding and the...

The stutters ARE there, no doubt about it, or at least on my two boxes! It depends on how many frames are dropped. Even a very experienced person would have a difficult time spotting a single dropped frame, and a novice might not notice anything less than 15 or 20. Even after several years...

I've dealt with quite a few CSRs, and I have found every one of them to be friendly and helpful. They have tried their best within the constraints imposed by upper management and always seem to genuinely care and sympathize with the customers' concerns. I feel that the problem with Voom does...

Bummer...I guess I'll have to get out the old IR extender, heh? ;)

I noticed that there is a RF connector just above the RF out connector on the back panel. There is no reference to this connector in the manual. I think that it is for a RF remote, but can anyone verify this? And if so, how can I use it?

VideoGrabber, that was a virtually perfect post! Your points are all well taken and in my opinion extremely accurate. Unfortunately the creator of the poll simply wanted to hear nice things being said about Voom, and is not really interested in honest feedback. That's too bad, because the...