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The monthly charge for the 1st Hopper is for DVR service, for ALL receivers on the account, regardless if they are owned or leased; it's not a "receiver fee", as the 1st receiver is normally included as part of your service. As far as the different prices you stated, $15 is the current "rack...

On the Wally, if you have a HDD connected & activated, can it record the streaming channels like on the Ho's?

And MOVIES! & Story Television

Fixed it for you...they ONLY got rid of SD duplicates of HD channels - they still have way too many SD channels that should have been in HD ages ago. TV Land, Hallmark Family, Oxygen, MoviePlex, Disney Jr & XD, FM, MTV2, Nick Jr, Nicktoons, TeenNick are some of the basic channels that are still...

They all are

For whatever reason, all the Superstations were summarily moved to ch's 595-599... o_O

WEST is live in HD ch 372, streaming-only...

WEST is live in HD...unfortunately it's streaming-only...

And, while again unlikely they'll get them anytime soon, there are those last 3 x-ponders D* is sitting on doing absolutely nothing with! :mad:

They also serve locals in Puerto Rico & US Virgin Islands, which is where those other 2 "DMA's" are, but which are NOT part of the 210 US DMA's...

Per this, WEST is coming to DISH ch 372 Monday 29th this month: (no mention if it's sat or internet delivered) https://cordcuttersnews.com/metvs-parent-company-is-launching-a-new-free-ota-tv-channel-focusing-on-westerns/

MeTV is now on Sling: https://cordcuttersnews.com/metv-announces-its-launch-on-sling-tv/

Interesting story related to this: https://www.lightreading.com/regulatory-politics/mobilex-ceo-threatens-to-pack-it-in-if-mvnos-don-t-get-better-treatment FWIW, first time I've ever heard of MobileX...

And if you think this increase is bad, look at what Uverse subs are getting hit with - $21 on the top pkg; $1 of that is the local channels fee! (although my link shows this in 2024, it's definitely from this year...) https://www.att.com/support/article/u-verse-tv/KM1314015/

And HBO Zone -> HBO Movies https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hbo-changes-tv-channel-names-hbo2-1236508090/