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  1. DIRECTV General Discussion
    While 15 channels may be too many, only having 1 Voom channel woudnt cut it. Could reasonably cut it from 6 to 8. If D* did start carrying 6 to 8 (or all 15), I'd have to switch from E* to D*.
  2. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    I dont have the brand that my friend used, but he attempted to use an HDMI spiltter he got from Fry's for a little over $100, and it was totally unstable (sometimes it would work, sometimes not). I know he exchanged it thinking it was defective, but the 2nd one did the same thing. He ultimately...
  3. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    This is how I see it.. there are going to be two Bronze, two Silver, two Gold and two Platinum offerings starting 8/1. Essentials will be called HD Bronze, HD Silver, HD and HD Gold, and cost $10 and will correspond to the HD Level of programming that is in the AT packages. HD Ultimate will be...
  4. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    That's just priceless...
  5. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    Dish called me on Thursday in response to an email I sent the CEO address expressing my displeasure about the removal of the Voom channels. I was informed that E* and 'Cablevision' (rather than Voom or Rainbow Media) were working to come to an agreement that might very well result in the...
  6. General DISH™ Discussion
    You might consider if the HD Only package meets your needs. ($29.99 + $5 for locals + $5.98 DVR fee = $40.97). Also E* has announced a new 1 dish solution supposedly in September. Link to HD Only package : http://www.dishnetwork.com/content/our_products/dish_hd/programming/index3.shtml
  7. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    I cant say that DLBs are exactly the same as Tivo, since i've never had Tivo, but I use E* DLBs all day, every day. In single mode on 622s/722s, you can swap back and forth between the two sat tuners and up to 60 minutes is buffered on each tuner. They added sticky pause last year, so that you...
  8. General DISH™ Discussion
    It is my understanding that the injunction to prevent E* placing Voom into the HD Ultimate tier was denied, rather than stopping E* from ending the contract. Do I have this wrong?
  9. ViP612/622/722/722K DVR Support Forum
    Yeah, Menu -> Guide and selecting the channel off the guide is the best route. Something to keep in mind though, is that if you get a power failure and the receiver has to reboot, you won't have guide info available (receiver wont be able to retrieve new guide data if acquiring signal), and...
  10. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    I completely agree! FX, Speed and AMC are useless to me. Bring back Voom!
  11. General DISH™ Discussion
    5-Star Max is, in fact, airing HD content. It was not for the first few days, but has been ever since then.
  12. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    I'm disappointed to see a small amount of advertising on Smithsonian, and I fear more is coming. Any commercials (except promos about upcoming programs) bugs the heck out of me. The other problem with Smithsonian, perversely, is their library of material, or lack thereof. I've already watched...
  13. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    Just because a company like D* bashes a service like Voom that E* offers, in no way means that D* would never carry Voom. D* may have no interest whatsoever in Voom, but D*'s advertising/PR statement of "Dish has HD channels you've never heard of" in no way precludes D* from adding Voom. Flip...
  14. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    Voom.
  15. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    Yep. they dropped 10 at midnight EDT (roughly) Tuesday morning, and dropped the last five 24 hours later.
  16. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    I dont believe, at all, that the same schedule was repeated 6 days later. Generally, a different episode # of the same show may have aired 6 days later, but not generally the same episodes of the same shows.
  17. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    Voom!
  18. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    I sent an email tuesday morning after the first 10 went dark. I sent a 2nd email wednesday morning after the last 5 went dark. I got 2 replies yesterday at the same exact time. I bet E* is just a little behind on replying, hopefully due to a flood of emails on the topic.
  19. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    The channels you listed are repeating THE HELL out of their programming, too. They just repeat it differently than Voom. Voom does a daily repetitive 3-6 hour blocks/loops. After 24 hours, the Voom channels are on to other programming in 3-6 hour blocks/loops. The channels you listed spread...
  20. DISH™ High Definition Discussion
    Voom.com has put up a message to Dish Network customers about the removal, and is urging us to contact E*. I just got an email response from Voom regarding my email to Voom about my displeasure about the removal: Dear Viewer: Thank you for contacting us about the VOOM HD channels. We truly...
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