So Directv is giving you a free HD dvr and all channels including premiums (not pay-perview) for $61.33 a month for a year?
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So Directv is giving you a free HD dvr and all channels including premiums (not pay-perview) for $61.33 a month for a year?
When I go to Directv's site and select what you are getting, I get $81.99 plus $9.99 or $14.98 for HD per month. Then after the first year it goes to $104.99 plus 9.99 or 14.98.
If I go to Dish's site the everything pack is 94.98 HD is either $10 or $20 plus $5 for locals. For new HD customers they receive $ 119.97 in credits.
SO why were you paying $127 a month when it should be 119.98?
New customer Directv 2603.28 for 2 years
new customer Dish 2759.55 for 2 years
Savings - $156.27
But Dish gives you 2 rooms
2 rooms for Directv 2723.28 plus the cost of a 2nd sd dvr (?)
So a savings of $36.27 plus the cost of a 2nd sd dvr
If I go to Dish's site the everything pack is 94.98 HD is either $10 or $20 plus $5 for locals. For new HD customers they receive $ 119.97 in credits.
SO why were you paying $127 a month when it should be 119.98?
New customer Directv 2603.28 for 2 years
new customer Dish 2759.55 for 2 years
Savings - $156.27
But Dish gives you 2 rooms
2 rooms for Directv 2723.28 plus the cost of a 2nd sd dvr (?)
So a savings of $36.27 plus the cost of a 2nd sd dvr
I pay $127 too (with only one DVR active), for everything pack, premiums, DVR, everything except extras like sports or PPV.
DirecTV has also made it very clear that they will GIVE me an HD DVR FREE (I passed the credit check and was once a loyal DirecTV customer, before Dish had Voom).
I'm also not so sure why everyone loves the 2 room receiver. It's OK if your second TV is a 4:3 SD monitor. I have 2 widescreen HDTVs and the second output looks crappy and will not conform to a 16:9 screen. I can use the HDMI on 1 and the component on the 2nd, but then I cannot watch TV in the bedroom while someone else watches TV in the living room. I'm constantly switching the bedroom TV's inputs from Coaxial to HDMI depending on whether someone is watching TV in the living room. The constant switching is hardly simple and when I'm using the coaxial, the HD is cropped even thought it's a 16:9 screen.
Nice new feature, two room receivers; but I need 2 HD outputs or 2 HD DVRs.
NOTE: I'll go check my bill for you.
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Last bill was $126.57
DVR Service Fee = $0
dishHD Ultimate = $20
Dish Home Protection Plan = $5.99
Everything Pak w/ Locals = $99.98
Taxes = $0.60
Total = $126.57
DVR Service Fee = $0
dishHD Ultimate = $20
Dish Home Protection Plan = $5.99
Everything Pak w/ Locals = $99.98
Taxes = $0.60
Total = $126.57
I think that is around the same price for Direct also.
If the savings were as big as Cantonsurroundsound says I would probably switch, but I think his math is off somewhere. Dish is a better value for me.
Why not drop the DHP and add it back if you need it? I have seen posts here where you can add it if you have an issue then drop it after the issue is resolved.
HBO West will play what HBO does at a later time slot but the other channel show different programming.
I think the West Coast feeds are a waste of bandwith.
I think the West Coast feeds are a waste of bandwith.
Not if your on the west coast. Also this takes care of programming conflict.
Why does folks hate us here in the West Coast????
Nobody hates you. I lived in the Bay Area for nearly 8 years. However, at this stage it's a little early to add West Coast feeds when there are other HD channels (Voom, Wealth, Viacom suite, Fox suite, Mojo, etc.) that could be added instead.
Yes and No. HBO might rotate movies in there own network of channels, but the main HBO will cater to new releases while other versions of HBO cater to target audences, more likely to see older films and genera films. I'd like all versions of a premium channel package in HD.
Also, what airs on TMC (which Dish does not offer in HD yet) may never air on other premiums like HBO or Showtime for years if ever. That goes for some new releases too.
TMC HD carters to horror fans frequently. I often see movies on TMC, skip DVRing them in favor of waiting till they go to HBO HD or Showtime HD, only to never see them air on anything other than TMC HD.
Great news for me, that's what I wanted.
I'm sure other don't care.
It looks like Dish might have more Premium HD than DirecTV now.
Still no TMC HD though
I wouldn't care if Dish gave us the West Coast instead of the East feed it just seems to be a waste of bandwidth to show programming with a couple of hour difference.
I'm also in San Francisco and agree 100% - total waste of bandwidth. Get a DVR if you don't already have one and you'll know there is no need for the west feeds.
I would have liked to see TMC for sure. What about EncoreHD? Will it be available to people with the 250 or is it part of Starz only? As far as the premiums go they seem to basically rotate from month to month on their sister channels. IMO- and I will probably get flamed for this but all of these premiums are a waste of bandwith for people with DVRs. They are a nice addition I guess but they should concentrate on more national channels first. I would have like to see IFC also.
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