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    buying used voom system any problems?

    I'll be telling my bank i lost my card so i will get a new number and voom won't be able to charge me when i cancel. Easy solution.
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    Install question

    Yah i'll do that. I'll also remember not to use the voom flyers that i am sure will come in the mail when i cancel.
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    Install question

    SWEET! I'LL MAKE SURE TO USE THE STB TO TRY AND DEFLECT THAT LASER. PERHAPS IT'LL BE GOOD FOR SOMETHING! LOL VOOM WAS GOOD TO ME BUT THE BILLING ISSUE IS A PAIN IN MY ASS!
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    Install question

    OK no not really...I just gotta have my NY Giants fix in Chicago......love the city but the Bears are not my team. Reciever and Dish are on the way. Besides I don't watch any of the Voom exclusives at this point so I don't know why I pay for them.
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    Install question

    I could loose them, but then, this is only a hypothetical question. are we sure that this can be done? It sure sounds like a great way to avoid some extra work, but is it safe? sturdy? and most of all functional?
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    Install question

    I know this is the VOOM forum but i figured more people hang out here and would be able to answer my question faster. Can the mast for my voom dish be used (hypothetically of course) as the mast for a D* phase III dish? Meaning, can i simply remove the lnb and reflector and Mount a D* phase III...
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    Espnhd

    Is your box set to output native or 1080i? perhaps your tV can't handle 720p (ESPNHD is 720p)....try setting the box to 1080i
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    TIP: channel surfing for the lazy

    This is news? I thought we all would have known this by now. I am all for extra laziness!
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    VOOM & CVC Q2 Report

    The important part first- source - http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040809/95421_1.html Rainbow DBS - VOOM As of June 30, 2004, Rainbow DBS had approximately 25,000 activated VOOM customers. For the second quarter of 2004, Rainbow DBS reported net revenues of $2.7 million, consisting...
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    VOOM & TIVO...???

    Have you checked your TIVO stock price? Not doing so well lately....Tivo is trying to stay alive but it's and going to be tough.
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    VOOM Reaches Important Distribution Milestone With

    JERICHO, N.Y., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- VOOM, the first comprehensive high-definition (HD) satellite television service, announced today a partnership with Crutchfield Corporation, the leading online and catalog electronics retailer. Beginning this week, home entertainment enthusiasts will...
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    Rainbow Filed form 10 yesterday....big news!

    why would there be no superbowl on Voom? if you can get your locals you will have it.
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    Rainbow Filed form 10 yesterday....big news!

    We should see people on the Extreme Home Makeover show picking out Voom systems to install in hte houses.
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    Rainbow Filed form 10 yesterday....big news!

    The MVDDS signal is transmitted from local, ground based, microwave towers, with enough bandwidth for hundreds of channels and high-speed Internet service. We believe that MVDDS frequencies could be used in conjunction with our satellite business to provide local broadcast signals or two-way...
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    Rainbow Filed form 10 yesterday....big news!

    more great news " Dish. Subscribers to our service receive the satellite signal from an 18" dish antenna and, for local digital broadcast signals, through an off-air antenna. In order to take advantage of our VOOM programming from both our owned satellite, Rainbow 1, and our leased...
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    Rainbow Filed form 10 yesterday....big news!

    No LIL via Sat for those of you wondering - "We currently provide all subscribers access to off-air digital television broadcast signals through a tuner in our set top box combined with a professionally installed off-air antenna. We will not be providing subscribers access to any...
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    Rainbow Filed form 10 yesterday....big news!

    Thanks, Spent all day trying to find this. I wasn't even sure that they had filed yet, but I knew it was coming before the end of the week. Also the ticker for the stock will be RM.
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    Rainbow Filed form 10 yesterday....big news!

    More from the form 10 - We Could be Adversely Affected by Hardware and Software Problems Following the launch of our VOOM(SM) service in October 2003, we encountered operational problems with our satellite receivers. We believe that most of these problems have been eliminated...
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    Rainbow Filed form 10 yesterday....big news!

    here is an interesting quote from the SEC document "As of April 30, 2004, we had approximately 8,000 activated customers and an additional 3,400 customers awaiting installation." here is the link http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289606/000095012304006138/y97206e10v12b.txt...
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    TVPredictions.com says "Voom Is Still Doomed"

    I believe that there are quite a few who had Cablevision, and still they decided to give voom a shot. Tell me, is there any other service that can give you ALL the HD movie channels that are currently out there? Voom does, and that doesn't even count a single "exclusive"! Subrate STB box, first...
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    TVPredictions.com says "Voom Is Still Doomed"

    Rainbow (aka Voom) will file for an IPO next month and after the 60 SEC period they will begin to sell stock in the form of an IPO - -only you may not be able to get a piece of the action. If you have a large account with a broker involved in the deal, then yes you may buy some stock for the IPO.
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    VOOM STB Version 00.05.5C: Features/Bugs/Requests

    Tranparents menu's to help avoid burn in
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    Voom to add Encore HD

    Ok I am done with this topic. We'll see how things go next monday on the "new date of launch"....... the good news is that I did get the SW update, but on only one of my boxes. (strange) It was on my secondary (SD) Tv so i moved it to the HD display......big improvement in speed....way to go...