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10-20-2003, 07:02 PM
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Voom
Has anyone heard of this subscription service. I was at Sears and was interested but they want 750.00$ for the install ,reciever and parts . Sounds kind of steep and don't offer a discount if you want 2 recievers. I was wondering what you guys think about this.
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10-20-2003, 07:34 PM
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David, this section of the Forum is for discussions about specific TV shows.
Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt
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10-20-2003, 07:39 PM
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David,
My friend Gregg Loewen told me about this... Check out www.Voom.com ... It's a new Sat Tv service that provides tons of HD programming, as well as the usual standard channels....
I'm going to wait and here some reviews on this service before I invest good money. DirecTV is ok for now, but could use local HD feeds...
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10-20-2003, 08:08 PM
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Don't know about this, but think they could've picked a better name- first thing this makes me think of is "This thing wouldn't voom if you put 5000 volts through it!" 
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10-20-2003, 11:19 PM
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Sorry where should i post this topic?
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10-21-2003, 01:05 AM
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I'm also interested in Voom since I already have Cablevision's Digital IO Service and upgraded to HDTV will require upgraded TV service.
Voom may fit the bill for better HDTV.
JohnG
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10-21-2003, 08:38 AM
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Where this thread should go is sort of a slippery thing, but going with the forum area description, it slips in under "offerings of broadcasts and cable-casters". I see no harm is leaving it here for now.
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10-21-2003, 08:47 PM
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there is a lot of discussion on Voom over at AVS in the HDTV programming section.
For now it's only available at Sears, and most people haven't gotten a good demo of it at their Sears stores.
First consumer installs were scheduled for tomorrow (Oct. 22nd) but all have been delayed 2 weeks until Nov. 4th.
Nobody's actually got it in their homes yet and the Sears demos are almost universally poor, so the verdict will be out on this for about a month.
They have 21 proprietary HD channels including 10 that are rotations of mediocre movies. The other proprietary channels are mostly wallpaper/fluff and upconverted SD.
They have signed on with ShowtimeHD and the upcoming StarzHD, but so far not with HBOHD, HDNet, HDNet movies, ESPNHD, etc.
Steve S.
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10-23-2003, 07:22 PM
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Voom going Boom?
I promised I wouldn't say I told you so....
...so I won't.
Please note the following news from Reuters today:
Cable operator Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE:CVC - News) on Thursday said it would spin off its satellite TV platform as well as three television channels, just days after launching the satellite service and saying its costs were uncertain.
Cablevision said the spinoff of Rainbow DBS would also include Rainbow Media properties AMC, the Independent Film Channel and WE: Women's Entertainment. The channels, Cablevision said, would enter into new funding arrangements before the spin-off to operate the satellite business and repay Rainbow debt.
The company did not give a timetable for the spin-off other than to say it plans to begin filing the necessary paperwork "as early as possible in 2004."
Less than two hours after Cablevision announced its plans, Quadrangle Capital Partners, a private equity fund headed by media industry veteran Steven Rattner, said it was exercising its right to sell its preferred stake that it bought for $75 million nearly a year ago.
The company also said it would cancel a $450 million cash contribution to Rainbow DBS and not provide any investment or guarantees of debt to the spun-off businesses after the transaction is completed.
The satellite operation, which carries the commercial name VOOM and offers high-definition broadcasts, has faced skepticism since last spring, when Cablevision announced the service and analysts fretted about the impact it would have on Cablevision's bottom line.
"The amended spin-off plan reflects significantly higher company estimates regarding the funding amounts anticipated due, in part, to a more robust content and delivery strategy for the DBS business," Cablevision said in a statement.
IN A NUTSHELL - Cablevision apparently now realizes HDTV via satellite will cost far them more than expected, and they are separating themselves internally from the Voom and related businesses, with the potential to sell these assets.
This is particularly interesting, since they currently have NO VOOM subscribers or installed customers.
It further reinforces the skepticism many of us had about their business model. The fact that a major venture capitalist for this project is "cashing in his chips" upon the announcement should give us a good idea that Voom may not see the light of day at all.
So I guess we skeptics were not so far off after all....
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10-23-2003, 08:04 PM
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