DirecTV 2013 Price Increases

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No price increase on entertainment pack I guess. Overall not a big increase per package. I'm not liking the $5/month increase AR Free that they kind of hide in the fine print.

What is Total Choice Mobile?
 
Also looks like they are retiring my package I have select classic u can get it now through retention but wonder if u can after the increase
 
Whoa! $25 Advanced Receiver? What on god's green earth is that?

It's actually $23. That's the dvr fee, mrv fee, and hd fee all in one. It's $20 now and I think it's required if you have the HR34 with mrv.
 
Exactly, the DVR fee is changing from $8 to $10. If you have the unbundled fees, HD is $10, DVR is $10, and Whole-Home is $3 for a total of $23. Right now you pay $21.

If you have the bundled "Advanced Receiver fee", it is currently $20 and will increase to $23.

So the $1 savings for newer customers is gone and all customers will pay $23 for the whole-home capable HD-DVR services.

In general, the fees on accounts with DVRs will go up $2 or $3.
 
In general the increases are:

Entertainment No Increase
Choice $1
Xtra $2 ($3 for grandfathered Xtra Classic)
Ultimate $3
Premier $5

DVR Fee $2
HBO $2

So a typical customer with Choice and HD/DVR service will go up $3, which is 3.5%, under what Directv indicated at 4.5% average.

Choice Xtra with HBO with whole-home HD/DVR service will go up $6, which is 5.3%, above the average Directv indicated.

While it depends on each customer situation, the 4.5% average sounds reasonable and correct.
 
Thank you all for sharing and good to know so I can adjust my packages :) Other Services New Price
Advanced Receiver-DVR.................................. $10.00/mo.
Advanced Receiver*.........................................$23.00/mo.
HBO®................................................Increases $2.00/mo.
(except when part of the PREMIER™ Package)
 
ugh! Why raise the DVR fee again this year?

looking at $5 increase....with faster internet here at the apartment and most of my shows are online, going OTA and streaming might be an option. Or :eek: might have to take up the "free" option through the apartment (but I'd have to get a DVR and thats $200 up front)
 
ugh! Why raise the DVR fee again this year?

looking at $5 increase....with faster internet here at the apartment and most of my shows are online, going OTA and streaming might be an option. Or :eek: might have to take up the "free" option through the apartment (but I'd have to get a DVR and thats $200 up front)
Yeah I do not quite get why they would raise the DVR fee again, since they just raised it like what 3-6 months ago. Lets just hope it does not reach the Comcast DVR fee, which in my area is like 17-18 dollars a month. All in all though, it does not look like the price increase is as steep as Dish.
 
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All these broadcasters demanding higher and higher prices are making it hard on us all.One of these days they will price themselves right out of business.
 
Yeah, HBO is now $18/month. Even the 3 month free Cinemax toss in doesn't make that much easier to swallow.

With the quality of HBO on demand and HBO go now, I view me subbing to HBO just one or two months a year and catching up on any of their series I like at one time.
 
HBO is going to price themselves out of the market as like many programmers are gonna do :)
 
Yeah, HBO is now $18/month. Even the 3 month free Cinemax toss in doesn't make that much easier to swallow.

With the quality of HBO on demand and HBO go now, I view me subbing to HBO just one or two months a year and catching up on any of their series I like at one time.

Who is throwing in Cinemax for 3 months when they order HBO? Thanks for help and reply :)
 
It's actually $23. That's the dvr fee, mrv fee, and hd fee all in one. It's $20 now and I think it's required if you have the HR34 with mrv.

If you read the fine print, it says $25 with some sort of $2 credit during a promo period...

Advanced Receiver
fee $25/mo. reduced by a $2.00 bill credit for each month that Advanced Receiver fee is active during its promotional period.
 
If you read the fine print, it says $25 with some sort of $2 credit during a promo period...

Advanced Receiver
fee $25/mo. reduced by a $2.00 bill credit for each month that Advanced Receiver fee is active during its promotional period.

Yes, which is $23!
 
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