New Pricing Chart
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PHXHoward said:
According to the chart if you do not pay the $99.00 price tag or sign a two year agreement HD is not free it will cost $10.00 per month thus a $10.00 raise since we do not pay fot HD now or have to sign up for a dum. plan called free hd for life.
The current AEP does not include HD either. You are paying $10 per month for it now and possibly getting Platinum free.
They are splitting out HD and Platinum for everyone. It isn't specific to any one package.
AEP itself is becoming a better deal. You were already saving $3 per month and now will be saving $7 per month (3 + 2 + 2).
So let me see if I understand this correctly. I'm going to sign up as a new customer in July. I plan to get America's top 250 and the hd add on. I have no plans for paperless billing. So I will no longer be able to get Platinum HD included for free with the hd add on as before. So I will now have to pay for both HD add on and HD platinum?
I believe it's a 24 month commitment, and one of the three for "HD for Life": $99 up front, paperless billing, or CC auto-pay.
If you choose not to do any of the above, then yes, you'll pay $10 for HD and $10 for HD Platinum.
Paperless billing doesn't seem like a bad option if it saves you $10 a month.
If I'm wrong here with the info someone please correct me.
I wouldn't worry about it. The new prices does say retailers on it. So I'm taking it as for new customers. Retailers wouldn't be trying to sell you service if you already have it.
If you can. Part of me wonders if they'll be getting rid of it now and forcing those subs in Dish America (formerly know as TurboHD Bronze) for soon-to-be-lowered price of $29.99/month.Think I'll stick with my Absolute HD
Well this summer I decided that I would sub to AEP + plat pack . It is a much better savings over using top 250 with say 2 premiums+ plat. You are only paying $35.00 for all 4 premium packs. I plan to watch a lot of movies this summer. If I determine that Plat pack is not showing that many new movies on Epix channels , then I will drop the plat pack and save the $10.00.
I think the paperless billing and CC auto-pay are part of the same committment required.
It reads:
"Requires 24 month commitment and AutoPay with Paperless Billing OR $99 one-time HD Programming upgrade."
That big OR would say to me that the first two (2 yr commitment and Autopay) aren't different options, but rather part of the same required commitment. IE... pay $99 or you need to sign on for 2 years and AutoPay with Paperless Billing.
One thing that does bother me is in the future, will E* start adding new HD channels to the Platinum pack only, so they could push subscribers to get that pack, or pay more for it?
Ghpr13
Ghpr13
Was there something official on this (that I missed) or are people just speculating?
One thing that does bother me is in the future, will E* start adding new HD channels to the Platinum pack only, so they could push subscribers to get that pack, or pay more for it?
Ghpr13
Broadcasters probably wouldn't agree to this.
In the above quote, it says, It reads:
What reads?
Why don't someone who knows, post a link to where the real info on free hd for life can be read by all of the confused people.
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Dish is going to make SD only customers pay/subsidice for this "free HD" thing. With more SD customers then HD...Dish will probably be able to make the difference now....but with more HD customers signing up....probably in 1 yr...Dish is going to feel the pinch....& increase the price of the package by abt $5...not to mention change the name of the package again....in the belief that their customers will not know the difference
Okay, is it safe to assume that the Dish America packages are the HD channels that are included in the corresponding AT packages? So, if I rarely watch SD channels on my AT200 +HD, I could switch to Dish America Silver, get the same HD channels as now, and save $10/mo? Or, I could get the HD channels included with the AT250 +HD for the same price I'm paying now with Dish Americas Gold. Either way, I've got the $10 for Platinum as well.
Another Question: Would the Dish America locals include the SD and HD versions, or just the HD version? Also, would the Dish America packages include the PI channels (NASA, UWTV, etc.)?
Another Question: Would the Dish America locals include the SD and HD versions, or just the HD version? Also, would the Dish America packages include the PI channels (NASA, UWTV, etc.)?
