[VOOM] re: WHY VOOM?
VOOM does not broadcast all movies as they were
originally made. 2.35:1 and 1.33:1 movies do not get
broadcast in their native aspect ration; everything is
either downsized or upsized to 1.78:1. This is a
point of contention with many home theater and movie
buffs. I guess VOOM was more worried about having
complaints regarding letterbox bars on widescreen sets
than delivering the content as the director intended.
Shubb
Wirtz, VA
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:24:11 -0000
From: "johnnywaco2000" <JohnnyWaco@aol.com>
Subject: WHY VOOM?
Having had DirecTV and HDTV programming for a few
years I am about to call it a bust and declare that
High Definition programming in America is dead.
DirecTV offers very little in HD programming. The HD
Discovery Channel is comprised of the same re-runs
over and over again. Their HD Net Movies are usually
pitiful examples of movie-making, with the same
re-runs over and over again. The other HD channels
seem to be nothing more than sports or trash
programming. Showtime HD is a joke, so I just
canceled it. HBO fairly good if you can get around
the sports and sex trash specials. VOOM supposedly
offers about 30 HD movie channels, even a horror movie
channel. But nobody seems to know much about VOOM and
cannot answer my questions. The Sears outlets near my
home have and sell VOOM but, so
far, don't even know how to set it up and can't even
receive it in their show rooms. I have called VOOM
outlets several times and, so far, nobody can even
answer one single question of mine, such as: DOES
VOOM BROADCAST LETTERBOXED PROGRAMMING, ESPECIALLY
WITH MOVIES? I am a letterboxing aficionado. I love
wide screen movies. Huh? Can anyone answer these
questions? How does VOOM work with TiVo -- or does
it? I currently have a Hughes DirecTV TiVo unit and
know that you ordinarily can't record HD on a DVR, but
I am at my wit's end with the failure known as High
Definition Programming.
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