Cablevision moving Voom HD package to switched digital only
Cablevision is making the move to switched digital video, with its 15 Voom HD channels going SDV-only in April and May. Of course this means that CableCARD users won't be able to get them any more. There were around 14,000 such devices on Cablevision as of last December, most notably Tivos, so the company is offering a free HD set-top for a year. While not the most elegant of solutions, it should at least tide people over until the tuning resolver that fixes this gets sorted out. Of course, maybe the Voom HD channels aren't important to every viewer, but others will inevitably follow and the offer is set to expire June 30. Such is life on the way to 500 HD channels, we suppose.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
wireless.nemo @ Mar 19th 2008 1:40PM
Yet another useless decision by Cablevision. Give me Discovery HD for crying out loud!
longhairbilly @ Mar 19th 2008 2:09PM
I only use Cablevision for my internet access. Directv covers my TV needs.
lucyfan62 @ Mar 19th 2008 2:19PM
But when will DirecTV start carrying VOOM?!?!
Yankees368 @ Mar 19th 2008 2:33PM
Voom is notihng more than HD filler for Cablevision. These channels simply loop the same programs over and over and over, and most of it is several years old. Like World Sport HD, it shows Spanish Soccer games from like 3 years ago. These will not be missed by me.
Philip @ Mar 28th 2008 9:18AM
Thanks for covering this. I got a postcard in the mail about it and didn't know what the future held (I'm a long time tivo-user).
The voom channels - hurting for new content as they may be, are great to have on in the background while doing other things, and I'll miss them until I get them back.