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don't do us any favors ! good buy.........adios
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--- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Green" <cgreen@g...> wrote:
> The price of Voom puts it in the same ballpark as cable/sat
competition. It
> is not marketed as a place to get HD in addition to your other
provider. It
> is seriously lacking in the channels we watch. I kept it for five
months.
> I loved the pQ, and the OTA reception was great; however the
constant
> billing problems, empty promises of a DVR, and the lack of key
channels for
> us drove me away.
>
> To top it all off, Voom finally got the billing info straight and
hit my
> credit card for five months of service at once. Thanks a lot for
that one.
> The card has a $300 limit *rolleyes*.
>
> I'll consider coming back when they have stable equipment, a DVR,
and a real
> selection of channels. A bunch of HD channels playing old movies
I care
> nothing about isn't enough for me. I never watched any of the HD
original
> channels because there was never anything worth watching on them.
How many
> times can you watch "high definition" movies from the 50's and
60's?
>
> Chris Green
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Sexton [mailto:stanathomesell@c...]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 1:02 AM
> To: VOOM@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [VOOM] Cancelling VOOM/OTA
>
>
> I just go bananas when someone cancels VOOM because of OTA
problems.
> It means that your misdirected focus is on a minority of OTA
channels and
> not VOOM"s plethora of non-commercial HD channels.
> I told my installer to forget the OTA antenna. Last April, when I
had VOOM
> installed, I knew the OTA attempt was not optimum. Even here in
San Diego,
> I knew that I would need a mast, rotor and an above average
antenna. As
> critical as digital reception is, I knew the supplied antenna
could not
> perform adequately. Physical impossibility.
> I've since bought the biggest Wineguard HD-UHF with amp, a 20 ft
mast, and
> I have 3 rotors to play with. If I still have OTA problems, I'll
pick up a
> Samsung OTA Tuner I can program, since picking up Los Angeles HD
is my
> goal.
> But don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Besides Desperate
> Housewives and Boston Legal, I find OTA to be a turn-off because
of the
> commercials. I still take Digital Cable for all those "other
channels".
> VOOM was never meant to be all things to all people. The OTA part
was
> definitely problematic from the start.
> Don't take VOOM unless you are a non-commercial HD freak. OTA is
merely a
> possible gift if you live in the right spot. No guarantees.
> Live with it!
> Stan in San Diego
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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--- In VOOM@yahoogroups.com, "Chris Green" <cgreen@g...> wrote:
> The price of Voom puts it in the same ballpark as cable/sat
competition. It
> is not marketed as a place to get HD in addition to your other
provider. It
> is seriously lacking in the channels we watch. I kept it for five
months.
> I loved the pQ, and the OTA reception was great; however the
constant
> billing problems, empty promises of a DVR, and the lack of key
channels for
> us drove me away.
>
> To top it all off, Voom finally got the billing info straight and
hit my
> credit card for five months of service at once. Thanks a lot for
that one.
> The card has a $300 limit *rolleyes*.
>
> I'll consider coming back when they have stable equipment, a DVR,
and a real
> selection of channels. A bunch of HD channels playing old movies
I care
> nothing about isn't enough for me. I never watched any of the HD
original
> channels because there was never anything worth watching on them.
How many
> times can you watch "high definition" movies from the 50's and
60's?
>
> Chris Green
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Sexton [mailto:stanathomesell@c...]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 1:02 AM
> To: VOOM@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [VOOM] Cancelling VOOM/OTA
>
>
> I just go bananas when someone cancels VOOM because of OTA
problems.
> It means that your misdirected focus is on a minority of OTA
channels and
> not VOOM"s plethora of non-commercial HD channels.
> I told my installer to forget the OTA antenna. Last April, when I
had VOOM
> installed, I knew the OTA attempt was not optimum. Even here in
San Diego,
> I knew that I would need a mast, rotor and an above average
antenna. As
> critical as digital reception is, I knew the supplied antenna
could not
> perform adequately. Physical impossibility.
> I've since bought the biggest Wineguard HD-UHF with amp, a 20 ft
mast, and
> I have 3 rotors to play with. If I still have OTA problems, I'll
pick up a
> Samsung OTA Tuner I can program, since picking up Los Angeles HD
is my
> goal.
> But don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Besides Desperate
> Housewives and Boston Legal, I find OTA to be a turn-off because
of the
> commercials. I still take Digital Cable for all those "other
channels".
> VOOM was never meant to be all things to all people. The OTA part
was
> definitely problematic from the start.
> Don't take VOOM unless you are a non-commercial HD freak. OTA is
merely a
> possible gift if you live in the right spot. No guarantees.
> Live with it!
> Stan in San Diego
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
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