Well, Sean, I just got the deal breaker over the phone, unless you can do SOMETHING to get my box's channels re-mapped. I was just told (after my 4TH call to VOOM's customer service) that they have no way of adding the missing channels that SHOULD be there (according to zap2it). According to them, no channel map exists for my zip code that will give me the NBC affiliate in Baton Rouge (33.1 WVLA-DT), which would be within range of my OTA antenna, and they have no way of adding it. The installer that installed my system even told me that he has no trouble WVLA-DT with his HD OTA receiver, and he lives very close by.
I mean, after all, the OTA stuff is one of the main reasons that I went with VOOM---to save the extra expense of having to buy an OTA HD receiver to get my network HD. Bearing that in mind, I am now better off buying the HD receiver through DirecTV and getting a lower monthly rate in addition to 2 extra receivers for my non-HDTV's. I know by doing this that I'll miss out on the VOOM exclusives, but that's not the point. If VOOM's box had a channel scan capability, these problems just wouldn't exist. As an additional note, the CSR told me that the channel scan capability will not be available through a software update for these boxes, that would only be available with the new boxes later in the year that includes DVR.
I hope you can help me out before I make my decision---
Thanks again for all your help---
Ferdy