DirecTV Price Increase Effective 2/27/08

[Jamey K]

Holy Moly, I knew this was coming, but I almost had a stroke when I saw my bill yesterday. I have Premier and still like it but all of the "fees" are nickel and diming me to death.

[Jhon69]

That is exactly what needs to be changed. The providers should not be allowed to require you to take a channel that you don't want in order to get a channel that you do want. Even if it takes legislation to change this then it should be done. Then we can have true ala carte and the greedy providers won't be able to do anything about it.

Greedy providers?.Not greedy programmers?.Well let me tell you it's been done before with C Band systems.Also if this ever happens I guess we will find out,because with the C Band systems you received more channels for a cheaper price with packages.But I also believe this needs to happen so subscribers can say"What? They want that much for just that one channel"?.

[Jhon69]

Holy Moly, I knew this was coming, but I almost had a stroke when I saw my bill yesterday. I have Premier and still like it but all of the "fees" are nickel and diming me to death.

Well if you have had Premier for awhile and are grandfathered in with the DVR
fee being included.Your basically saving money,because once you change your
package you will not be able to include the DVR fee with Premier again.

[vurbano]

Holy Moly, I knew this was coming, but I almost had a stroke when I saw my bill yesterday. I have Premier and still like it but all of the "fees" are nickel and diming me to death.

Yup I saw my bill and immediately dropped their protection plan.

[vurbano]

Like others have said, ala carte will only raise prices.

Frankly I think they should only be allowed to charge for the hours consumed per channel per TV.

[dcbag]

Well I for one have taken care of the price increase with D by canceling. I now have E HD only package and I am saving about $35 a month. No it's not quite as good as D, but in my case its about saving money, I have no choice.

[Mike0616]

Well I for one have taken care of the price increase with D by canceling. I now have E HD only package and I am saving about $35 a month. No it's not quite as good as D, but in my case its about saving money, I have no choice.

I don't want to turn this into a D* vs E* war, but I have to ask how you are getting the same programming on E* for $35 a month cheaper than D*?

I had D* for years, changed to E*, then to Comcrap, and then back to D*, and can see no possible way you can save that kind of change except by downgrading your programming severely.

Thanks for the non-combative reply.

[Hemi 6.1]

I don't want to turn this into a D* vs E* war, but I have to ask how you are getting the same programming on E* for $35 a month cheaper than D*?

I had D* for years, changed to E*, then to Comcrap, and then back to D*, and can see no possible way you can save that kind of change except by downgrading your programming severely.

Thanks for the non-combative reply.

I have both E* and D* right now and There's no way I can have the same programming and Pay $35 LESS Then one or the other. Maybe in a year! But its sounds like he said he downgraded!

[msmith198025]

I don't want to turn this into a D* vs E* war, but I have to ask how you are getting the same programming on E* for $35 a month cheaper than D*?

I had D* for years, changed to E*, then to Comcrap, and then back to D*, and can see no possible way you can save that kind of change except by downgrading your programming severely.

Thanks for the non-combative reply.

He doesnt have the exact same programming, he now has the HD ONLY package, so while he gives up some (sd) channels he saves money.

[Mike0616]

He doesnt have the exact same programming, he now has the HD ONLY package, so while he gives up some (sd) channels he saves money.

THANKS! Didn't realize that E* had a HD only package. Makes sense now.