I hear what you all saying that most of the movie channels being dull, boring, etc. It is to bad you can't just buy the HD channels of the movie channels and dump the rest. I had the Everything Pak and HD package at the first of the year last year but dropped them just before summer because of personal funds issues. Somehow, I added up the cost again and it seems higher now for the HD package.
My problem with Dish's HD package is like to have TNTHD, Food TV, My locals in HD (but I do most of those with OTA), etc . but the voom channels are kinda crappy. Why are they including SciFi HD like Direct TV has, etc? They repeat so much stuff it's a waste of money. I looked at Comcast which is a extra 5.00 per month (mostly worthless programming) and Direct TV that is 9.99 per month. Why do I have pay 29.00?
I guess the bigger question in my head is in 2008 (so I have heard), all the stations (or does that only apply to the OTA stations) need to switch to HD. So, at the point, HD will not be a oddity but a norm, they can't keep charging a premium for HD. 9.99 would have been plenty for it all.
I don't know, just thinking out loud.
Scott