Thought this might interest you. I bought a Samsung 50 DLP TV not too long ago, love the picture on DVD, sucked on cable. I just got a Voom satellite system, what a difference.
Gard - how much HD content on Voom? I HATE grabbing my ankles every month for Time Warner, but the SAT alternatives here have much less HD. Nice box btw, I'd take that DLP over plasma and pocket the change any day.
2004 | 6MTs | Diamond Graphite/Graphite
Upstate NY
The best thing I can say to do is go their website, http://www.voom.com. They have about 30 channels that play HD, altough most of the old movies on the cinema10 channels a not filmed in HD. The fashion model channel is awesome, women all day walking up and down the runway.
Overall, I am very happy with the service, give it a try for 1 month and if not happy cancel, no contracts. I rent the box from them for $10 a month plus service.
For someone as interested in technology as myself, I am quite embarrassed to say that I still have not upgraded to satellite. I'm still using good old Time Warner cable, but the main reason is, I don't really watch that much television. I spend all my time watching DVDs, so I've had a hard time justifying the cost of an HD dish and receivers. Obviously, I could go with regular satellite for about the same cost as cable, but again, since I don't watch much TV, it hasn't been a priority for me.
The Discovery HD channel is awesoom, I watched the firework show and it was amazing. The thing about HD is every part of the screen is in focus. A regular movie you watch the depth of field is set by the director to make you train your eyes to what he feels is important. On HD, you can look anywhere and it is in focus. Items up close or far away, there is an unlimited depth of field.
True. However, regardless of how much artistry went into the filming of the material, the fact remains that HD is higher resolution and captures more detail. I would hardly say that newscasts in HD are the most creative things on television, but when you can see the pores and makeup on their faces, it's pretty damn impressive.
HD is simply stunning, particulary Discovery and sports content. Unfortunately, the slow growth of HD broadcast content is frustrating as hell. I think TW cable added maybe 3 HD channels here last year, and one is local that hardly ever broadcasts HD or 4:3 content. So, while we wait, most of our viewing is DVD's as well. Funny how, after getting HD and high-end HT audio, it's almost painful to watch regular TV programming. Anyways, Dish is running a promotion to "celebrate" the addition of local channels here. $29.95/mo basic but, by the time you spend up for the HD recvr/TIVO, HD service and a level or two of content so you can actually get a half dozen HD channels, it's right back up to $75/mo - the equivalant of 5 DVD's a month. And that's without subscribing to 50+ SHO or HBO channels just to get their one HD premium channel. They repeat programs so damn frequently now I'm not sure I will even continue subscribing to them anymore. Anyways, it's just amazing how many people are shelling out $1,000+/yr for TV content. See the latest earnings report out of Time Warner? I own shares of Time Warner and our local utility...the least the bastards can do is subsidize their services with a dividend or cap gain.
2004 | 6MTs | Diamond Graphite/Graphite
Upstate NY
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