Thread: $10 charge for block buster?

If you subscribe to the hd platinum package isn't Block buster supposed to be included at no cost, or is there a package that it is included?

Originally Posted by jerryd

If you subscribe to the hd platinum package isn't Block buster supposed to be included at no cost, or is there a package that it is included?

DISH Platinum had its name changed to Blockbuster Movie Pass. They are one in the same. The only difference is that BBMP (formerly dish platinum) now includes 1 disc-by-mail at no additional cost

I also thought the BB Movie Pass was included in the HD for life, but found it is not. We tried Netflix with a free preview and like it much better than Block Buster. Several things I personally found against BB. First was the extreme long wait for any disc I put in my queue for mail. The additional rental fee for HD steaming or for many SD titles. And lastly, we do not have a Block Buster store that is convenient for disc exchange in person. Netflix works very well with the steaming devices I have in my home and for $8 a month a better value. The picture quality is very good and loads very fast with my broadband internet. So with that said, after I return the one disc I have here at home to BB, I am canceling the BB service with Dish.

Originally Posted by jerryd

If you subscribe to the hd platinum package isn't Block buster supposed to be included at no cost, or is there a package that it is included?

I believe that if you previously subscribed to Dish Platinum, it does not automatically switch to the BBMP package. You have to log in at dish.com or ask a CSR to change it for you. (This is how it used to work, at least; it's possible this is no longer the case.)

Originally Posted by filefly

I believe that if you previously subscribed to Dish Platinum, it does not automatically switch to the BBMP package. You have to log in at dish.com or ask a CSR to change it for you. (This is how it used to work, at least; it's possible this is no longer the case.)

All accounts that had the $10.00 DISH Platinum subscription prior to October 2011 were automatically changed to the BlockBuster Movie Pass but the account still need to be enrollled. Any account with Free DISH Platinum did NOT roll over.

I am on the old Plat HD which was $20 a month. I guess $10 of that is now filed under BB Pass. Can I cancel the pass and have that $10 a month removed, but still keep the Plat channels? Or will that roll me back to the lower tier HD stuff?

Thanks.

Originally Posted by gdodd12

I am on the old Plat HD which was $20 a month. I guess $10 of that is now filed under BB Pass. Can I cancel the pass and have that $10 a month removed, but still keep the Plat channels? Or will that roll me back to the lower tier HD stuff?

Thanks.

DISH Platinum and HD Platinum before that were always $10.00 for the package. The Blockbuster By Mail Program was $9.99 a month. They have been combined and the streaming features to the reciever enhanced and online access as well th make up the Blockbuster Movie Pass. The program cannot be seperated but you can chose to not take advantage of certain parts of it.

Originally Posted by gdodd12

I am on the old Plat HD which was $20 a month. I guess $10 of that is now filed under BB Pass. Can I cancel the pass and have that $10 a month removed, but still keep the Plat channels? Or will that roll me back to the lower tier HD stuff?

Thanks.

In the old days, HD was $10 and Platinum an additional $10 month, to equal your $20. When HD went free, the remainder was Platinum's $10. Platinum and BB are now combined for the same $10....

Originally Posted by Indy

The additional rental fee for HD steaming or for many SD titles.

former-Absolute customer, just lost my free (non-BB) Platinum and thought it was time to see what the BB part was all about.. can you clarify this part of your comments? ie. its not just $10/month, there may be additional fees?

thanks!