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Volunteers to Ease DTV Transition
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 02, 2009  | 
Volunteers connected with a joint public/private service program will help ease the transition from analog to digital television broadcasting for low-income households, minorities, seniors, the disabled, those who live in rural areas, and those who don't speak English.
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VOOM and Gloom
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Jan 24, 2005  | 
Cablevision's recent announcement of the pending sale of the VOOM satellite (along with other assets related to VOOM) to Echostar Communications Corp. (DISH Network) should cause a twinge of sadness in the hearts of all HDTV lovers. Whether you admired VOOM's pluck in attempting to go against the two established satellite services (DISH Network and DIRECTV) or thought that Cablevison Chairman Charles Dolan must have been smoking something beyond cigars when he came up with the idea for an HD-centric satellite service, the virtually certain discontinuation of VOOM (Echostar will most likely use the satellite to expand its own channel offerings) is no happy event. During its brief existence, VOOM brought more high-definition content into the homes of its approximately 26,000 subscribers than all other providers put together (cable, satellite, and over-the-air terrestrial broadcast). As many a pair of eyeballs with HDTVs sitting in front of them know, HD content is an addiction that continually demands to be satisfied. Where, oh where, will we now go to get our daily HD fix?
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VOOM Doom Brings DIRECTV Boom
Darryl Wilkinson  |  Apr 23, 2005  | 
Those of us still mourning the imminent and unstoppable demise of VOOM, the ill-fated HD-centric satellite service, are being offered a reduced price on a second chance at HD nirvana from DIRECTV. Although it's small consolation to the thirty-some thousand VOOM devotees who are at this moment longingly stroking their VOOM remote controls and asking, "Why? Why me?", at least it's something.
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Voom Gets Reprieve
 |  Mar 09, 2005  | 

It seems that Voom is not doomed just yet. The primarily high-definition satellite service has been the focus of a bizarre family struggle between Charles Dolan, founder of Voom owner Cablevision, and his son, Cablevision CEO James Dolan.

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Voom Goes Ka-Boom
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 01, 2005  | 

As Michael Fremer discussed in his <A href="http://ultimateavmag.com/michaelfremer/205mf/">February 2005 column</A>, Cablevision recently agreed to sell the primary assets of its Voom HD satellite service&mdash;including the satellite itself and FCC licenses to operate DBS services on 11 frequencies from the satellite's orbital location as well as ground facilities in South Dakota&mdash;to EchoStar, the company behind competitor Dish Network, for $200 million in cash. Apparently, Cablevision founder and chairman Charles Dolan opposed the sale, while his son James, CEO of the company, supported it. The elder Dolan and another son, Tom, then signed a letter of intent to purchase the remaining Voom assets from Cablevision.

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Voom Goes Poof
SV Staff  |  Dec 21, 2008  | 
Bad news Voom. After Dish pulled the plug on this great source of HD content, it didn't really stand a chance. No other major provider stepped up to carry the 15 HD channels of Voom, so, by the end of January, no more Voom.Two HD channels of...
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Voom Soap Opera
Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 04, 2005  | 

Earlier this week, it looked like the Voom HD satellite service was dead, but it now seems that reports of its demise were at least slightly exaggerated. On <A href="http://www.ultimateavmag.com/news/030105voom/">Tuesday</A>, we reported that Cablevision, Voom's parent company, decided to pull the plug after founder Charles Dolan failed to meet a February 28 deadline for purchasing Voom's remaining assets. (The Voom satellite and FCC licenses to operate at its orbital location are being purchased by rival EchoStar, subject to regulatory approval.)

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VR Brings the Home Theater of Your Dreams to Life
SV Staff  |  Jul 24, 2019  | 
Dreaming of a new home theater space? You might want to find a custom installation company in your area that uses cutting-edge design software from Modus VR.
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VR Gets Real (Finally) as Oculus Rift Ships
SV Staff  |  Mar 25, 2016  | 
The parade of prototypes and development kits of the super-hyped Oculus Rift ends on Monday with delivery of the first consumer version of the virtual reality headset.

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VR Projector Nabs “Best Gaming” Award
SV Staff  |  Jan 10, 2017  | 
San Francisco-based Razer’s Project Ariana virtual reality projector took "Best Gaming" honors at CES 2017, marking the seventh consecutive time the company has been recognized with an annual “Best of CES” award.
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VR-Capable RC Flight Simulator Now Available
SV Staff  |  Nov 08, 2017  | 
Hobbico‘s new virtual reality (VR)-capable RC flight simulator might be the perfect gift for the aviation enthusiast on your holiday shopping list.
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VSB Translators Extend DTV Coverage
Jon Iverson  |  Apr 29, 2001  | 

According to <A HREF="http://www.zenith.com">Zenith</A>, the orginator of the VSB digital transmission system behind over-the-air broadcast of DTV and HDTV, "there will be no urban-rural 'digital divide' in the delivery of digital television (DTV) service." The company says that this is thanks in large part to ATSC VSB translators that it has developed.

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VSDA Convention: DVD Hardware, Software Take Off in Tandem
Barry Willis  |  Jul 18, 1998  | 

The chicken-or-egg issue that plagued the early ramp-up of DVD may now be history. Sales of both DVD hardware and software are increasing rapidly, attendees learned at last week's <A HREF="http://www.vsda.org/">Video Software Dealers Association</A> convention in Las Vegas.

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VSDA: Movie Downloads No Threat Yet
 |  Jun 06, 1999  | 

Most Net-connected movie fans have heard of downloading films. They have sampled AVI files and found the results less than satisfying. The digital video is jerky, out of focus, and suffers from terrible pixelation effects---all caused by slow microprocessors and low frame rates. The present typical state of the art isn't high enough for most folks to take Internet video seriously.

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Vudu Adds Dolby Vision Movies for Streaming
SV Staff  |  Aug 17, 2016  | 
Dolby Labs, Vudu, and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) have announced that four Ultra HD movies with Dolby Vision high dynamic range (HDR) imaging are now available for streaming on Vudu.com.

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