HITS Package Prices Increased

**Kb Cool** · 01-11-2012 10:44 PM

I remember when the ala carte channels were less than a dollar. I think the weather channel was 35 cents. But, of course minimum wage was like $3.35 Hr.

**Dishman Dan** · 01-11-2012 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by Iceberg

-they dont know any better that there are other options out there.

People pick what is best for their wants and what fits their budget. We "4DTV Kool-Aid drinkers" do know the other options out there like pizza and that is why we stick with HITS! Why pay for all of those extra pizza toppings if you do not watch them? TV channels are not supposed to disappear when it rains! Heck when I was a kid and it started raining we would go into the house and watch TV! Also look at all of the pizza people who pay just to get their "free" OTA channels when they could put up their own antenna! So just who don't know any better???

Originally Posted by Iceberg

Heck some 4DTV'ers still buy parts from overpriced companies because "it makes them feel warm and fuzzy inside"

What kind of parts might that be?

The only thing I can think of is that it is a good idea to change the battery every 8 to 10 years! Even Radio Shack is competitive on the battery and there is no shipping time or charges by getting them there. Radio Shack will be gone before my DSR922 bites the dust!

That warm and fuzzy inside feeling could be caused by the solder smoke while replacing the battery!

**Iceberg** · 01-12-2012 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by Dishman Dan

People pick what is best for their wants and what fits their budget.

yep. Thats why some people do go with something else

We "4DTV Kool-Aid drinkers" do know the other options out there like pizza and that is why we stick with HITS!

funny how you use the word "kool-aid drinker"

Why pay for all of those extra pizza toppings if you do not watch them?

oh boy that's so funny. Haha lets call the extra channels "pizza toppings". Seriously Dan grow up.

TV channels are not supposed to disappear when it rains! Heck when I was a kid and it started raining we would go into the house and watch TV!

I turn on the TV and it works pretty much every time I turn it on.

Also look at all of the pizza people who pay just to get their "free" OTA channels when they could put up their own antenna! So just who don't know any better???

and what about those folks who can't get a good enough signal now with digital? hmmmm?

What kind of parts might that be?

LNB's, switches, cabling, polorotor wire. You know parts.

Side note...isn't it ironic that the ones who always seem to start the "4DTV vs DBS" arguments are the 4DTV'ers......

**Dishman Dan** · 01-12-2012 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by Iceberg

Side note...isn't it ironic that the ones who always seem to start the "4DTV vs DBS" arguments are the 4DTV'ers......

If you are referring to me, I am only responding to the post you did when you answered highskies. I have a question on that point and I also responded with why I like 4DTV (HITS).

**Dishman Dan** · 01-12-2012 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by Iceberg

funny how you use the word "kool-aid drinker"

It is a term or label that you have used to describe us 4DTV hardliners many times here on SatelliteGiuys. If I did not mention it then you probably would of!

**Dishman Dan** · 01-12-2012 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Iceberg

oh boy that's so funny. Haha lets call the extra channels "pizza toppings". Seriously Dan grow up.

Thanks! It is part of the lingo here!

Well you understood what I meant!

**eurosport** · 01-12-2012 06:59 AM

Originally Posted by Iceberg

looks like TVLand

From that chart in late 09
• MTV 2 • Nick Toons • VH-1 Country
• MTV Hits • Noggin • VH-1 Soul
• Nick Games & Sports • TV Land • VH-1 Classic Rock

now its
MTV2
MTV Hits
TeenNick (I guess was Nick GAS)
NickToons
Nick Jr (was part of Noggin)
CMT Pure (was VH1 country)
VH1 Soul
VH1 Classic

Thanks.... that's fine. I get it for the music channels.

**sleeper** · 01-12-2012 07:28 AM

I have had a sub to HITS going on 3 years now and have been happy with the service. Picture quality is good for SD, I get no rain fade ever. But, If they continue to raise the cost and remove channels I too will start looking at other providers. I keep hanging on hopeing they will improve programing. Well see.....................

**sergei** · 01-12-2012 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by sleeper

I have had a sub to HITS going on 3 years now and have been happy with the service. Picture quality is good for SD, I get no rain fade ever. But, If they continue to raise the cost and remove channels I too will start looking at other providers.

With the lost of Fox News audio on 101W this year I started checking into other options and asking some questions about the Welcome Package and it came down that in my case it was not a good option, I could get 4 channel on Dish that I like and 8 on the Hits Pick 10 and still pick 2 more on the Ala Carte so Hits to me was the better deal. And with FTA I can get some of the other channels and not pay for them. But, what really killed Dish for me was that I had to get locals with the package and I wasn't going to spend money for something that I can already get.
And when it comes down to price increases it doesn't matter what service your getting as they'll just past the cost down and we get it in the end!

**highskies** · 01-12-2012 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by sleeper

I have had a sub to HITS going on 3 years now and have been happy with the service. Picture quality is good for SD, I get no rain fade ever. But, If they continue to raise the cost and remove channels I too will start looking at other providers. I keep hanging on hopeing they will improve programing. Well see.....................

Just for the record, I don't sub to anything. The only thing in my yard that remotely resembles a pizza dish is my 31" offset dish. In the past tho, I was a big time supporter of 4dtv programming. But that was when you could sub to all of the masters. My problem with HITS is not PQ or anything, since the PQ is fairly good overall, from what I recall, but my problem is with it's selection of choices. I hadn't even thought about HITS for months now, not until this thread got started. That's when I decided to look at SRL's site again, but was only reminded about how poor of a selection they offer, thus wondering what anybody actually sees in this service these days. I wasn't trying to get a war started over 4dtv vs dbs tho, wasn't my intentions.

After reading the posts in this thread thus far, I sometimes feel kind of bad for Iceburg, even tho I realize he's a big boy and can stand up for himself. I simply think some of you are misunderstanding him. I see him as a stand up guy who simply tells it the way it is. Some just don't like that in a person, especially if that person favors dbs over 4dtv programming. I myself respect someone like that, someone that tells it like it is, speaking in general, not to mention how helpful he is about things all the time. I don't know what all the fuss is about tho. This board has a forum entirely devoted to fta and C Band. And just because some in here don't care to support 4dtv programming anymore, and the fact that they now have dbs instead, that doesn't necessarily imply that they are bashing 4dtv programming. It just means they see little or no value in it today, as neither do I, and I don't even have a pizza dish.

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