Retailer Chat Recap - July 10, 2008

**rhdj** · 07-10-2008 02:16 PM

the rate I pay now for HD is 20 bucks, (grandfather hd pack) looks like the price for all hd will still be 20 , is that not going down from 29 bucks from feb increase?? I have AT250 with Hd add on for 20 bucks which gives me all Hd channels (minus the Movie channels). I thought the uped it to 29 here in Feb. I stayed at 20 due to being grandfathered. It looks to me like it is going back to 20 bucks if you have SD AT250 and are just adding on. Am I reading Wrong?

**butzchan** · 07-10-2008 02:19 PM

So Aug 1st, the HD Only Pack becomes Turbo HD Gold, and adds RSN's for $39.99. By my math, that means HD Only package gets RSN's for an extra $10 per month. And it appears that if you want to keep all HD channels currently offered in the HD Only pack, you have to get RSN's. If you don't want RSN's, you get the Turbo HD Bronze, and lose 15 HD channels for $25. Seems like we are getting screwed again.

I cant believe that Dish is already raising the price on the HD Only pack that they just added a few months ago. Bastards.

**boba** · 07-10-2008 02:19 PM

Scott it was asked during the chat but not answered was there a screen shot of the "Welcome Pak"?

**Doppy** · 07-10-2008 02:22 PM

Well it's great to have the entire suite of HBO in HD plus an additional cinemax channel, but I am disappointed that we won't be seeing FX or Spike for a few more months now. Hopefully FX will be up by the fall when their shows return with new episodes.

**M Sparks** · 07-10-2008 02:24 PM

Damn...we're going through a career change in my home and tried to cut back on luxuries here and there. I put it off for a few weeks waiting for an announcement like this. When it looked like they were doing nothing, I killed all my premiums except Showtime, because I was right in the middle of several series. So of course, that's the package that gets NOTHING

So, is HBO Zone going to be HD only like Direct does for some of the Starz?

EDIT- also, no one mentioned that "HBO en Espanol" is not a channel either. The spanish channel is "HBO Latino", and it IS slightly different than HBO.

**jwgreen68** · 07-10-2008 02:37 PM

I have the AEP plus the top HD pak and spend $152/month. Is it going to cost me more for the additional HD channels?

**M Sparks** · 07-10-2008 02:38 PM

How the hell are they going to justify a $20 increase in the current HD only pack? Am I not reading this right?

**nath12** · 07-10-2008 02:39 PM

Yes, Scott put the Welcome Pack screen shot up after I asked the question a few posts down.

**M Sparks** · 07-10-2008 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by jwgreen68

I have the AEP plus the top HD pak and spend $152/month. Is it going to cost me more for the additional HD channels?

Why would it cost more? The HD add on packs are still the same price.

For that matter, why are you paying $152? I was paying $120 for AEP, HD Ultimate,dual DVR, and locals before I cut back.