I bought my wife a hd plasma TV for her birthday (yeah right, for her b-day), and the Circuit City guy told me that Direct TV bought Voom.
I think that Direct TV won't be kind enough to give it's loyal subscribers those HD Channels for free. What do you think?

Did they actually BUY Voom! is the question...I haven't heard anything about that.

heath

It's actually Dish Network, which is who I went with after waiting for Voom! to do an install last summer (2 weeks, then I'm told their satellite is to the Southeast, which was the front of my condo--a big no-no to put a dish onto). Man, Dish has such a great deal, I WISH I had Voom! just for that deal!

www.dishnetwork.com

heath

I think the Circuit City guy may have been mixed up. It appears that DISH picked up VOOM's channels, not DirecTV. It isn't gonna be free...
See the following press release:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor.../prweb236294_1

Also this cryptic message on Voom's website: http://www.voom.com

Just called Dish Network, if you aren't a former Voom! customer, you need to pay $99 to get the special dish to actually watch the Voom! programming. And that's $99 upfront.

heath

What do you know, it is Dish Net. who bought Voom.
Not free anyway.
I wonder how much the want for the HD programing after those three months are up.
Might be worth the switch from Direct TV.