I think the lack of sports programming is a significant problem for Voom - I subscribed specifically for TNT-HD during the NBA playoffs last year. This year NBA rolled around and I get TNT-HD, but there was no NBA TV in either HD or SDl, no regional sports channels, no NBA league pass. That...

if CVC shuts down voom instead of selling it off, aren't they left with all of that debt? So selling the company off gets them something back for their investment vs. getting nothing back.

so the board rejected the offer, so instead of changing the offer, they just changed the board?

then check it out yourself - call the number on the page http://www.voomllc.com/ and see who answers, what you can find out from them, and report back here.

yea, but what is that - if you call the number and try to sign up for Voom, will they let you?

what happens if you call 1-866-931-VOOM from the http://www.voomllc.com/ page?

I agree except the lack of a DVR continues to be a problem. When I signed up at the end of may, the DVR was projected for summer and new bandwidth for more channels was projected for October. I personally don't care how many subscribers there are. I do care that I'm now forced to watch...

the NFL doesn't get paid per subscriber and D* loses a lot of money on this deal - they pay a major premium because Sunday Ticket locks people into D*.

the thing that troubles me is that Voom has some holes in their current offering, and instead of fixing the holes to attract new customers, they leave the holes there and let the current customers leave. It's almost like they've reached the point where they intend to fail. They should be...

This is discouraging - how is Voom going to expand their offerings if they aren't doing MPEG-4 for a year and they don't know when they are putting the new bandwidth online. I'm still waiting for Fox Sports Ohio. I've also noticed there is no NBA channel on voom. I've been subscribing to...

I think he meant Nov 2004, not Nov 4th.

ok - the cavs games start Nov 3rd. Any chance they'll actually add the channel now - there hasn't been a lot of point in adding it until now. My account still says: FSNCLV: Active

I signed up for V* for 4 reasons - TNT-HD for the NBA - couldn't find a HD Tivo - they would fix my OTA reception problems - the additional HD premium channels - I was tired of only watching DVDs on my HD projector. The downsides were no fox sport ohio for the cavs, no DVR, and no cost...

I'm glad to see it's H.264 - I had wondered if they would go with that or the older H.263 that is also MPEG4. I'm all in favor of using the standard H.264 instead of the Microsoft proprietary WM9. I'd like to see one of the two bandwidth expansions go online soon - either the improved...

I never got it here - but only checked a couple of times. I think maybe they are just testing it right now?

I currently still have D* for fox sports ohio and for tivo. I'm going to be patient a while longer for V* to get their DVR out and for them to bump their bandwidth up with the new satellite space they leased and/or by adopting MPEG-4. I like the idea that V*, when they get Fox Sports Ohio...

cool - they do still need to add 50.1 and 50.2 to the guide, though.

funny story about the whole OAR issue - went to the store to pick up StarWars tonight after midnight. I'm standing in front of the display, a guy is holding the full screen edition. I said - didn't you want the widescreen version? He said - no, they cut the top and bottom off of your TV with...

why is it they added channel 25 to the guide, which isn't coming in yet, but didn't add channel 50.1 and 50.2, which are coming in?

so now you've spent more money for less HD and can't even get the games you wanted to get that prompted your switch? Is it too late to switch back? I was able to get a refund on a recently purchased D* HD receiver and remove the associated 1 year commitment when I decided to switch to Voom for HD.

that's actually one of the reasons I signed up for V* - because as part of the install, they fixed my OTA problems on NBC-HD.

doesn't DirecTV's announcement sound like a Microsoft type press release where they try to convince people not to use their competitors better product because in a year or two we'll offer what they offer already? How does D* promising 150 HD channels sometime in 2007 change the fact they only...

if ST was a must have, why did you sign up with Voom in the first place? You did realize that DirecTV has an exclusive on ST, didn't you? For me, it was the reverse situation. I don't really need ST, but I watch lots of NBA and the lack of TNT-HD on DirecTV is what prompted me to try Voom...

the difference is the Voom DVR doesn't have to encode HD on the fly. Instead it just stored the already encoded incoming data stream, which is far more cost effective than trying to record raw HD data.

cool - that's plenty of time for basketball season. Voom needs to make it known in the Cleveland area that they will now have Cavs (and indians) games in HD.