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I've been wanting to get Dish Network for a long time, but as a college student I've been limiting my TV budget to 55 dollars max. I live in Los Angeles, and currently have Sky Mexico and I love the channels. I just don't like the receiver. It's the receiver DirecTV used to have, the HR23-700, and I've been wanting to try the Hopper since it came out. Our entire household has DirecTV except my room.

I went to Dish.com to try to compare the channels from America's Top 250 and Dish Latino MAX, but the channel name and check mark are not aligned. It also says VH1 is not included, but the logo for the channel is present when not looking at the comparison list. Is there a clear list which compares the channels from both packages?

Here is the list that confused me on Dish


I noticed that my mom was paying 107 a month for DirecTV for 3 SD receivers, 1 Genie, and an HD DVR receiver. She called, and changed the package to decrease the bill to 91 dollars. I told her about switching to Dish, and she told me to find out to see how much it would be. I went to Dish.com to chat with a representative, and this is what she told me:

Rachel (ID: 22F): The regular monthly rate for the Top 250 package on 6 TVs with Hopper system is $126.99 before taxes.
Rachel (ID: 22F): Should you qualify for the best plan, you can either take the free iPad 2 offer we have or take a $30 monthly savings off your bill for 12 months.
You: I would not want the iPad 2 offer. I'd like the $30 dollars off.
Rachel (ID: 22F): Perfect. Let's go ahead and get you qualified.
You: So would there be 30 dollars off from 126.99 for the first year?
Rachel (ID: 22F): Yes, that is right.
You: So it would be 96.99 for the first year?
Rachel (ID: 22F): Yes, that is right.

Rachel (ID: 22F): Let me just inform you that with the Whole-Home DVR setup, your 5th and 6th TVs will require a onetime $99 upgrade fee each.
You: That's what I was wondering. So it would be a 99 upgrade fee, so it would be 198? Is the upgrade fee for the Joey or Hopper? So there would be no one time upgrade fee for the 2nd Hopper?
Rachel (ID: 22F): That's for the second Hopper and 4th Joey receiver.

Rachel (ID: 22F): If you make the switch right now, I will throw in a $25 gift card if you quaified for the best plan.

Is all of this correct? Would the monthly bill be 96.99 dollars + tax? How does it break down? 45.99 for Top 250, 40 for 4 Joeys and 1 Hopper, and what else is there? Am I incorrect or missing something? Do they really throw in a gift card? I thought one time upgrade for a Hopper was 200, and I thought the fee for the Hopper was 10. :O I'm so outdated. haha. Will there be a price increase in January?

I also have some technical questions. I'd like to have 2 Hoppers in the house, 2 Joeys in the house, and the other 2 Joeys at the garage that's separate from the house. Is that possible? We currently have two DirecTV receivers in the garage, but they have their on DirecTV Dish plate or whatever it's called, but are under the same account. Would that be possible with Dish Network? How would the Joeys be linked to the Hopper?

I'm sorry if this is confusing. I'm not very good at explaining things. -_-