I hear ya. But the only thing I watch on SPEED is F1 racing and is is not filmed in HD and probably won't be for a long time. They have such an incredible set up now with so many cameras on each track that it is too expensive to upgrade.
The difference is $20. To get all the same channels as HD Absolute you need Turbo Gold with Platinum. You do, however, get the RSN's with Turbo. I don't care about the RSN's so I never want to switch from HD Absolute to Turbo.
I don't really care what sat a channel is on. I would rather have some more useful information about the show like is it edited in content or is it cropped or reformatted to fit your screen. I'd like to know if it is OAR or not.