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    To Voomers everywhere- What happened in parody

    HD-DVD probably won't make it this year. AACS seems to be dragging everyone. Hong.
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    Voom subs duped? 1280x1080i???????

    As much as I trust Ken H, he did not give any "evidence". The only "evidence" to the Voom's resolution was the TS decoder output that showed all unencrypted HD channels were 1440x1080i. But who knows... Hong.
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    Advantages of New MPEG4 Upgrade...

    MPEG-4 AVC HP (I am not sure if the Harmonic's encoder is AVC HP or AVC MP) will be able to match MPEG-2 with 60~70% of the bitrate, assuming the sources to both encoders are the same high bitrate (as in 45 Mbps MPEG-2 or better) ones. My guess is that most MPEG-4 AVC HP broadcaster will...
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    Big News: New VOOM HD LL Web Site (They are back! or Are they?) YES!

    > read what they do. Chuck obviously has them developing a new website for the new voom venture. I am uncertain about the "obviously" part. Can this contract between MC Squared and Chunk seen somewhere, or is it just your guess? Hong.
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    The (www.voom.com) page is back! (And back to shutdown mode)

    I don't think the "voomllc.com" guys have any control over "voom.com" (CVC, basically). They were using the images from voom.com, but now they are serving images from mcsqd.com. I am not sure who "voomllc.com" guys are really... Hong.
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    Big News: New VOOM HD LL Web Site (They are back! or Are they?) YES!

    www.voomllc.com is owned by "MC Squared Incorporated" (www.mcsqd.com). From the website, it does not seem to have any relationship with the Dolans or CVC... Hong.
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    Big News: New VOOM HD LL Web Site (They are back! or Are they?) YES!

    > Best entertainment I've had in weeks! What you mean "in weeks"! It's more like in this century! :p Hong.
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    The (www.voom.com) page is back! (And back to shutdown mode)

    I think the both parties are fighting, even on the website. Hong.
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    Someone please explain how Voom allocates bandwidth

    Still, I wouldn't say "nothing". Hong.
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    Pulling the Plug on Voom Subscribers

    At least, the deal has to go through the regulatory approvals, which may take some time. Hong.
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    MORE BREAKING NEWS: Cablevision files SEC Form 8-K

    > It seems to me to be a strange coincidence that FCC chairman Powell tenders his resignation just when Voom seems to be imploding. I think it's just a coincidence. Voom is so small that it mattered that much to Mr. Powell. He may think himself that he was a "strong proponent" of HD, but he...
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    The End of VOOM?

    > With voom gone there is really nothing pushing the other providers to add more HD. Personally, I don't agree. I really doubted, for example, DirecTV was that concerned with Voom stealing their customers seeing how Voom was doing. Even with Voom around, Echostar or DirecTV did not much to...
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    The End of VOOM?

    I wonder what would happen to all those "only on Voom" contents... Hong.
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    Cablevision Board To Debate Voom Fate

    > why haven't we gotten updated subscriber numbers lately? Because the quarterly report does not come out till February. The previous number was from the previous quarterly report. Hong.
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    Cablevision Board To Debate Voom Fate

    Someone could trace the IP although he/she could have used a different machine. I guess Charles (and Tom) has every intension to do it himself. Maybe he'll sell most of his Cablevision stocks to purchase Rainbow DBS. I guess that'll mean no Echostar purchase. Hong.
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    Voom no mpeg4 at CES 2005?????

    > The interesting part of the DirecTV announcement that was left out was how many boxes will be obsoleted, including the DirecTV HD-250-10s. They are going to simulcast MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 for HD locals and other added channels. And later phase out MPEG-2. Yes HR10-250 is going to get...
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    Rainbow Spin-off is dead

    Microsoft may invest in the Voom venture, but I doubt they will take over. They are very good and convervative about what they can and will do. Actually, I am not sure partnering with Microsoft is really a good thing because they make a very quick decision to pull out if things do not look...
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    VOOM orders five satellites to boost HD capacity to 5000 channels

    > whos paying for them? Voom, of course. They don't have to pay everything all at once. They have enough money to pay for the first year, at least. Also, $750M does not include launching costs, I hear. Hong.
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    Amendment #4 To Form 10: Rainbow Media Enterprises (all related articles posted here)

    > 1) Comcast - No DVR, tried before and PQ sucks in my area Alas... If you were a bit more north in WA, you could have tried the Motorola 6412 dual tuner DVR with MSTV FE 1.7... BTW... Voom does not have a DVR either. Hong.
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    WMV9 (VC-1) delayed as SMPTE Standard, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC touted as superior

    Technically, H.264 implements a bit more than VC-1. But because of that H.264 is a bit costlier (i.e., computing-wise) to implement than VC-1. Also, because of the same reason, H.264 has more room for encoder improvements in the future (as with MPEG-2). Initially, VC-1 showed better...
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    Mark Cuban and VOOM??

    That multiple satellite venture (whose name escapes me), last I heard, has gone kaput couple of years ago. I heard some are still trying though... Hong.
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    Good News And Bad News...wow!!! (All Coming from CSR. Take it as you will)

    I wonder who has the H.264 HD realtime encoder... The only H.264 realtime encoder (commercial) I've seen is for SD... Maybe, they'll just compress the SD? And H.264 at 7 Mbps would be a tad too little, IMO. It should be around 9 ~ 10 Mbps for good enough quality (some papers report that...
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    Stay Away From Voom!

    OT, but is this "ponder" the "ponder" that I know? :) Hong.
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