Okay, my ordeal is just about over. Instead of waiting until tomorrow and contacting local retailers, I dove into a game of CSR Roullette.
I now have an install pending for Saturday for just the HD Pak, which includes the Voom channels. My monthly bill will be $19.99. I'm paying $450 out of pocket up front for the install and an 811 receiver -- yes I know I could've got it cheaper secondhand or on ebay or whatnot. But frankly I was just happy to find another csr who didn't say I had to get a base pack to be able to get the HD Pak that I just went ahead and did it. Had I held off, I probably would have saved about $111 in up front costs (figuring a 811 at about $200 + 119 for the install = $339, vs the $450 the same stuff is gonna cost me now). I'll consider the $111 difference the price I pay to be done with all this hand-wringing.
Now, please....I haven't done the math on any of the other deals that include the AT60 and this that and the other, and I don't plan to....so please don't do the math for me and point out how much more I could've saved by doing it this was or the other way. I'll concede that there are much better deals out there and you're all much wiser than I and have oodles of excess financial savvy. But I'm happy with this and that's what's important, right?
Come Saturday I'll have my HD channels, and only my HD channels, and I'll have a bill come each month for a mere $19.99. I like that.
As always, thanks for the help guys. Turns out you were right, DarrelP.