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    NBC quits screwing PVR owners

    this is still going on. My tivo guide showed ER tonight starting at 9:59. When I try to get a season pass, it overlaps with my 9-10 recording of csi on cbs. So I have to do a manual repeating record every thursday from 10-11 on nbc with none of the benefits of a season pass. So NBC is still...
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    Last VOOM Statement

    I got charged 62.94 for the final month of va va voom with 2 receivers. My usual charge was 110.13. this was for April 11 - 30. Two equipment charges were part of that: 6.33 and 3.33. I'm fine with it. Just glad to finally get closure. I've looked a 1/2 dozen times at moving over to...
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    Why would I want a superdish........

    ok, I know I'm getting in on the middle of a contentious subject, but don't shoot the noob... Will I need to get the superdish if I just want the basic sd package, the hd package, and the voom package? Will I need more than one dish? I've read that voom is still at 61.5, and the rest of the...
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    Anyone recording for posterity? In hidef?

    I"m not going to be able to get any hidef, but I am recording several things on my Tivo at the nearly highest quality setting, which looks about dvd quality to me. I've recorded Iron Monkey from the Kung Fu channel. I've recorded a few concerts from Rave. I've recorded some HD News. I've...
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    May 1st where will you be? Dish, Cable or DirecTV?

    I'm going to refuse to pay anyone a huge monthly fee any more until we get an HD satelite service back equal or better than Voom. I'll live with OTA, and $10 limited basic cable until then.:no
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    April fools: Did anyone notice?

    900's! That's the DVR's channel range! :p Tell me you are beta testing the DVR! I'll beleive you, even if it is April 1st!
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    Apple’s working on a high-definition video network?

    Here's a brief article about apple's entry into the blu-ray association. Blu-ray burners will soon be a staple on apple computers. Dell and HP are also members (before apple) so expect the drives there too. I think apple is positioning themselves towards prosumers and the new hd cameras, as...
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    Apple’s working on a high-definition video network?

    So that's where those great bumpers come from on the HD exclusives! The kung fu and monster hd bumpers are great! Sorry if this was already posted, but here's a little blurb on topic: http://advancedmediacommittee.typepad.com/emmyadvancedmedia/2005/01/apple_tv_no_app.html
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    Apple’s working on a high-definition video network?

    It's quite possible that the "everybody should have just license their technology and been ass successful as Billy Boy" conventional wisdom may turn out to be short sighted. Billy's stock is down in the 20's while Apple's just split in the 80's (now doubles shares with prices in the 40's)...
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    Apple’s working on a high-definition video network?

    Out of sync? I didn't say they introduced the camera at MacWorld in Jan, just that sony president was there touting it along with Jobs HD announcements. The news is that apple is embracing HD in a big way this year, not that sony has the best camera on the planet. And since when is...
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    Apple’s working on a high-definition video network?

    Apple is making a big push for HD! The iMovie consumer movie editing software that comes with every mac and with the iLife suite software package for older macs, can now edit movies in HD! At the recent MacWorld convention last January, apple had Sony president on stage touting their prosumer...
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    Apple’s working on a high-definition video network?

    The projects that people are trying to work around the Mac Mini are many and wonderful! Check these sites: http://centerstageproject.com/ http://www.macvroom.com/ and check this site, and don't miss the Our Friends links on the left for even more sites: http://www.123macmini.com/ Apple...
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    SciFi channel volume

    Sci Fi Channel may be bad but there are variations on all channels. iTunes (of iPod fame) has this neat feature where it will normalize the volume of all songs in the library so they all sound the same loudness at the same volume setting. Can't they do that with sound on video channels as...
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    Pittsburgh-West (including Wheeling/Steubenville) Voomers

    almost all my channels call letters on sub 1 have changed to d1 suffix. 22 went to d1 and d2 instead of hd and sd, 53 still calls hd and sd but changed slightly to hd1 and -sd. I see the new guide info on 22-2 as well. Is that the stations, or a the voom box doing that?
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    New channels not on tivo guide

    The no answer is not quite accurate. One of the most impressive things a tivo box does is seamlesslessly combine two sources of channels (like cable and voom, or an ota antenna and voom). When you flip channles with the tivo, it seamlessly goes from the last channel on the cable or ant, to...
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    Voom Ces Dvr Demo Now Online!

    I have an airport basestation on the east corner of my house in the upstairs loft, and I have an airport express on the south east corner, downstairs in the media room. Together, they give me full coverage in the house (1600 sq ft on 2 floors). I have a tivo networked wirelessly by connecting...
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    Pittsburgh-West (including Wheeling/Steubenville) Voomers

    I beleive that all the channels from the super dma are now appearing in my local channles screen. Not receiving any of the newly added channels except 16(26) every now and then.
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    So what's gonna happen with all the HD Programming

    I'd sure like a copy of all the new HD channel bumper animations they did, on a new blue-ray HD DVD! Just for nostalgia sake, you know? Creatively, I really dig those bumpers! Maybe if Voom folds, the channels will survive and make it to multiple outlets. I'm hoping Voom HD, LLC succeeds...
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    Report channels missing from the Super-DMA

    I don't think I"m getting the super dma for pittsburgh. Nothing changed in the local channels menu item for me. I did start getting WQEX this am after a new scan. I now have 13 channels, counting all the sub channels. My scan pauses for 33, but does not pick it up as the signal seems to...
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    Pittsburgh-West (including Wheeling/Steubenville) Voomers

    Thanks Bryan, for the interesting writeup. I enjoyed getting more of the details. It's always fun to hear the history of a technical subject like this, and see what motivated the participants to follow a particular path vs another. As far as this round of choices goes, when is it due to wrap...
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    New Software version 7.37

    My upstairs stb, which sits in standby alot, was updated perfectly with out intervention. My downstairs stb, which is on all the time for tivo (630hrs since last standby) was locked up with a red led on. I held in the button to do a soft reset, and the downloaded started, and I switched to...
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    New Software version 7.37

    This is absolutely not true. My home theater Voom box is left on all the time so that my tivo can change channels on it to record scheduled shows. I have gotten several updates to this Voom box without ever having it in standby.
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    More Good News from VOOM

    VOOMHD, LLC!! Never Give up...Never Surrender!
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    Pittsburgh-West (including Wheeling/Steubenville) Voomers

    where do you get this info? Is it freely available on the web? Is there an easily digestible writeup (like yours!) out there, or do I have to wade through dozens of FCC docs to get up to date on this tech? Where is the 2-6 debate raging? Do you think they will make the tv band 7-51...
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    Pittsburgh-West (including Wheeling/Steubenville) Voomers

    I didn't look at my local channels menu, but isnt' this just the saved result of the scan inside the installer wizard menu's? I did the scan this am but did not get anything new. There was once a a long while ago, when they first added the scan feature that I got several additional channels...