[VOOM] Re: Directv to expand HD offering
To this news, I say "so what". D* satts don't usually launch on schedule. If I recall correctly
7s was about 2-3 months later than target launch date. So "april" becomes June or July if
they follow historical norms. Then, there is all this set up, testing, and moving existing
channels around which adds 2-3+ months before there are channels to actually see.
That's Sept-Oct. So, if this all pans out, D* may add a lot of bandwith (that might get
allocated to HD) a little more than 1 year from today. In the meantime, I'm watching lots
and lots of HD on Voom now and until then.
D* loyalists (I used to be one of them) waited more than a year to get CBS-HD E & W, Bravo
HD (and they will probably see FOX HD soon). Big deal. Now they'll wait and wait and wait
some more.
Relative to Voom, the best thing about this news is that it will push Voom to be even more
aggressive with HD channel additions, and the new hardware. Voom needs to keep
pushing the (HD) envelope to make it harder and harder for D* to "catch up".
Lastly, D* seems to have a big focus on repeating their "locals" (channel) strategy, so a lot
of this HD bandwith is going to go toward serving local channels to individual cities. For
those that can't get over the air signals, this is a great thing. But for many who can, who
really cares (compressed locals or less compressed over the air locals?).
D* needs to deliver in a big way. And Voom needs to make it hard for D* to negate its lead
in HD offerings. Either way, the winners of the race will probably be the viewers.
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VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "Eric" <etoop@h...> wrote:
> AVS yes, Voom Forum NO.... so yes it is new news!!!!
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> From: vurbano [mailto:vurbano.1cbd8w@n...]
> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 6:33 AM
> To: VOOM@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [VOOM] Directv to expand HD offering
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> Not in the yahoo forum, but on AVS, Sat guys and a few months during the
> last D* conference call, they indicated 2 launches in 2005 and 2006. Its
> not new news.
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> vurbano
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