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JohnH
03-10-04, 05:06 PM
Seemed strange for an ad other than Circcuit City to be there, so I looked twice. :)
DarrellP
03-10-04, 05:45 PM
I saw that too, and on Dish to boot!! Hilarious and well done.
dfergie
03-10-04, 06:09 PM
I saw that too, and on Dish to boot!! Hilarious and well done.
saw one yesterday... and yup :lol:
Nick
03-10-04, 06:18 PM
Hey, I saw a Bud spot on HDNet during "True Music".

Amazing! :rolleyes:
mini1
03-10-04, 07:06 PM
I saw an add for voom on one of SD digital discovery channels a few days ago.
junki
03-10-04, 08:19 PM
I have had contact with a Voom Rep. He told me the advertising was going to kick off hard and strong in the beginning of March. Well guess so, saw it also impresive adds and they dropped their prices.
Cant wait till the let retailers get involved.
mini1
03-11-04, 07:49 AM
Saw an other on USA yesterday, it was a new one, different then the one on Discovery a few days ago. very impressive!
DarrellP
03-11-04, 05:43 PM
Hey, I saw a Bud spot on HDNet during "True Music".

Amazing! :rolleyes:

I had a Bud while watching the VOOM spot! :D
dfergie
03-12-04, 11:14 AM
Now if only bud would replay the old frog and louie the lizard commercials in hd ;)
amit5roy5
03-22-04, 09:29 PM
I saw a voom add. They said, "A HDTV is just a TV without Voom". :)
Capmeister
03-22-04, 09:38 PM
I got VOOM installed today. Sweet HD channels. :)
Nick
03-23-04, 09:24 AM
Now if only bud would replay the old frog and louie the lizard commercials in hd ;)The Budfrog spots were great! I think Louie the lizard cut a new deal with Geico Insurance. I noticed he has his own parking space at Geico HQ. :)
dfergie
03-23-04, 10:00 AM
[QUOTE=Nick]The Budfrog spots were great! I think Louie the lizard cut a new deal with Geico Insurance. I noticed he has his own parking space at Geico HQ. :)[/QUOTE
at one time they were at the bud site. :) no ducks around(afflack) :lol:
mini1
03-23-04, 03:50 PM
Has anyone noticed the ad on Discovery HD theater was cut off to fit the widescreen feed. it was filmed in 4:3 for non-HD channels, and converted to 16:9 for discovery HD. a little stupid I would say, since you can't see 3/4 of the words on the bottom of the screen, which tells their phone number and website. I have had others who have watched the ad, telling me that they couldn't call to get the deal if they wanted to. why can't they make a 16:9 ad that could be down converted for the 4:3 stations?
DarrellP
03-24-04, 02:40 PM
I just saw the ad again since the above posting and nothing was cutoff, but my pj only has about 3% overscan. The numbers were well into the viewing area, it must have been stretched, zoomed or otherwise manipulated by the station or the viewers.
mini1
03-24-04, 03:31 PM
I didn't zoom or strech it and my TV doesn't have much overscan, as I have never noticed this on anything else. it is possible that Discovery HD theater is doing it, but why wouldn't you notice it? I have seen multiple times and every time it is cut off, and nothing else is. has anyone else noticed this?
DarrellP
03-24-04, 03:36 PM
I don't know. I recorded Arctic Mission but it was off E* and not V*, maybe that was the difference? Seems weird why it would be cut on one and not the other.
Wills77
03-26-04, 07:43 PM
I have had contact with a Voom Rep. He told me the advertising was going to kick off hard and strong in the beginning of March. Well guess so, saw it also impresive adds and they dropped their prices.
Cant wait till the let retailers get involved.


I also cannot wati until they let some retailers,other than SEARS ( of all places) get involved in trying to make this a HUGE success!