Retailer Chat Recap - July 10, 2008

[jwfgeol]

If you Sign up For Turbo Gold DVR Advantage it's 49.99.
Today That cost is:
HD Only Package $29.99
Locals $5.00
HD Enable $7.00
DVR Service fee $4.60
Total Now $46.59
So the RSN will cost $3.40 which wasn't available before
Total Gold $49.99
It seems a lot of people wanted this (not me) and now it's available

I thought you didn't have to pay the $7 HD enable fee if you had HD programming. So the RSN is more like $10 extra.

 

[ncted]

If you Sign up For Turbo Gold DVR Advantage it's 49.99.
Today That cost is:
HD Only Package $29.99
Locals $5.00
HD Enable $7.00
DVR Service fee $4.60
Total Now $46.59
So the RSN will cost $3.40 which wasn't available before
Total Gold $49.99
It seems a lot of people wanted this (not me) and now it's available

That IS what I wanted. If I have 2 DVRs, I pay another service fee, correct?

Ted

 

[d777jj]

I thought you didn't have to pay the $7 HD enable fee if you had HD programming. So the RSN is more like $10 extra.

I just ran it at The Dish Store Net order system and that's what it came back with.

 

[VinceT3]

The premium movie channels rock.. that makes it worth keeping the everything pak..

 

[n0qcu]

If you Sign up For Turbo Gold DVR Advantage it's 49.99.
Today That cost is:
HD Only Package $29.99
Locals $5.00
HD Enable $7.00
DVR Service fee $4.60
Total Now $46.59
So the RSN will cost $3.40 which wasn't available before
Total Gold $49.99
It seems a lot of people wanted this (not me) and now it's available

Two errors in the above.
The HD only package is an HD pack so no $7 HD enable fee and the DVR fee is $5.98 not $4.60.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Here we go...

Can't make out the name of the MAX channel?

And how is it 17, since StarzHD already is one of the existing HD premiums? (Not being critical, just trying to figure out how it is 17 and not 16).

 

[Malouff]

Still talking about the Digital Transition and pushing the DTVPal.

What did they have to say about the DTVPal this time?

I hope it was related to fixing the firmware and a method on exchanges/updates

Did they explain how one store is able to sell them for $39.99?
This is bellow the cost EchoShpere is charging retailers like Claude from DishStore.net

 

[GameOn]

Can't make out the name of the MAX channel?

And how is it 17, since StarzHD already is one of the existing HD premiums? (Not being critical, just trying to figure out how it is 17 and not 16).

"We" think it is Starz HD West and actionCinemax. Is this correct, well, who knows for sure.

 

[dmendenjr]

To try and make heads or tails of all of this, I did what I usually do... make an excel spreadsheet (see attached).

It would be my guess the turbo stand alone tiers are synced up with the same AT package... (sans the HD Ult/Turbo Plat)... I mean, the numbers match up pretty closely...

 

[Peter Parker]

Two errors in the above.
The HD only package is an HD pack so no $7 HD enable fee and the DVR fee is $5.98 not $4.60.

So more like

HD Only Package $29.99
Locals $5.00
DVR Service fee $5.98
Total Now $40.97
So the RSN will cost $9.02 which wasn't available before
Total Gold $49.99

 

[waltinvt]

I agree Digi. I don't know why they're adding all these packages. Just add whatever HD channels they can and don't change the packages. Looks like more marketing than anything else to me.

Maybe because it smokes things up a bit.

 

[butzchan]

So Dish charges $10 for RSN's in the HD Turbo packages. I guess we are special, so we get to pay $4 more than any other package for adding RSN's.

 

[wkomorow]

Can't make out the name of the MAX channel?

Each of the Max channels has a different color logo - yellow is for action max

 

[d777jj]

Two errors in the above.
The HD only package is an HD pack so no $7 HD enable fee and the DVR fee is $5.98 not $4.60.

Perhaps someone who already has HD Only with locals could share with us how much it really is?
If you have it, what is the total per month for it?

 

[tnsprin]

Dish HD has exactly 40 HD channels today (if you count Golf/Versus as only one channel, and dont count the PPVs). TurboHD Gold says it will have 40 channels, so to add the 4 they're adding on 8/1 (2 Lifetimes, Planet Green and CSB Sports), doesnt it HAVE to imply we're losing 4 current channels? That seems odd...

I also find it hard to imagine that TurboHD Gold isnt going to include all available (non-premium) HD channels, which would be 44 as of 8/1, so something is up here...

Either Dish cant add (as is often the case), or some channels may be available in Silver, and not in Gold, and vice versa. Strange...

I counted 41, not counting the HD premiums, HD lil, HD RSN and PPV.

 

[jwfgeol]

Perhaps someone who already has HD Only with locals could share with us how much it really is?
If you have it, what is the total per month for it?

These are the only two charges on my account (minus taxes):

DISH NETWORK DVR SERVICEFEE 5.98
DISHHD ABSOLUTE WITH LOCALS 34.99

Total before tax = $40.97

 

[Apologist]

I wonder if EncoreHD will be available with the 250pack or will you have to subscribe to Starz?

 

[tigerfan33]

These are the only two charges on my account (minus taxes):

DISH NETWORK DVR SERVICEFEE 5.98
DISHHD ABSOLUTE WITH LOCALS 34.99

Total before tax = $40.97

Same here.

 

[gopherscot]

Ok ... will the RSN be just one or will it be the multi sports pack? I get three RSN's if I subscribe to the multi sports pack. I still want Comcast Chicago - Fox North and Fox Midwest.

 

[Dave1997]

The 17th HD channel is going to be HBO2 East its not listed on the slide.