HBO now $18?

[king3pj]

HBO (+ its Cinemax channels) is the only real true major premium channel network left, with no on screen displays.

I do not like nor support paying for premium channels and still seeing snipes, distracting channel logo bugs, and end credit interruptions. The line has to be drawn somewhere, and with me...it's no on screen displays during the programming and a guarantee you can listen to the end credit music to a movie...NO EXCEPTIONS...PERIOD. Because if you allow it, you'll have a channel bug cover a subtitle translation when an actor is speaking a foreign language...which I have witnessed on Starz...and it'll just get worse, with it happening more and more.

Now if it's $18+ and HBO decided to degrade the premium experience with the on screen crap everyone else is doing...then yeah...it would definitely be too much.

I agree for the most part. I am watching a DVR recording of Friday the 13th from EPIX HD and there hasn't been a single on screen graphic since the movie started playing though. It appears EPIX has cleaned up their act.

Edit: scratch that. About 2/3 of the way through the movie the EPIX logo came up for about 30 seconds. That was the only time though and that's not too bad.

[Mojo Jojo]

I wish that the Spanish channels would have SAP for English audio; it would be great.

[GaryPen]

I may have missed it in the many pages of this thread. But, did HBO and Dish go through any contract negotiations recently? Or, is this just an arbitrary price increase on Dish's part?

[dangue]

I may have missed it in the many pages of this thread. But, did HBO and Dish go through any contract negotiations recently? Or, is this just an arbitrary price increase on Dish's part?

No one has been able to present any evidence one way or another. It's all just speculation at this point.

[MikeD-C05]

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I think that HBO will find their subscriptions dropping after their latest price hike. I think that they have crossed the line of diminishing returns. You can only get away with charging for your content so much, and I think that line was already crossed when they went up to $16.00 for most people. Now charging $18.00 is over kill. You might as well say $20.00 ,because not many people are going to line up to pay $18.00. Like I stated before I stopped subbing to HBO for full price back after their last price hike at $16.00. IF DISH hadn't offered 1/2 price premium or FREE 3 months for HBO , I wouldn't of watched them at all last summer.

[rajmarie]

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I think that HBO will find their subscriptions dropping after their latest price hike. I think that they have crossed the line of diminishing returns. You can only get away with charging for your content so much, and I think that line was already crossed when they went up to $16.00 for most people. Now charging $18.00 is over kill. You might as well say $20.00 ,because not many people are going to line up to pay $18.00. Like I stated before I stopped subbing to HBO for full price back after their last price hike at $16.00. IF DISH hadn't offered 1/2 price premium or FREE 3 months for HBO , I wouldn't of watched them at all last summer.

I guess HBO has done their study. IMO...quite a few will stick...& some like me will probably sub for a period of time in the year only...& then use if possible to DVR the other shows or hbogo to watch it....so HBO making their numbers...& probably they are saying at the end of the year...they might be same or get more.

But atleast HBO IMO have more quality shows distributed through out the year. Starz, Showtime (except Homeland) have nothing...& I will not pay anything for them.