Being an ex dish sub, I see no price diff in D* and E* on my bill. HD subs pay about the same, the savings is SD and E* is cheaper.
I'll be the first to admit that Dish is better in terms of price, but I just think its interesting that they pay double what we do for HD service. When I was leaving cable I was strongly considering getting Dish instead because I wanted to get the NY sports channels for my mom, but only D* provided both SNY and YES. On cable we had YES but not SNY, and I didn't think it was fair to give her SNY but lose YES in the process, so D* was the winner, and quite frankly I am SO happy with that decision, especially after getting Sunday Ticket.
I'm trying to persuade my grandma to get Dish because her cable company is so crappy and she's being charged $50+ a month for sub-par programming, when we can get around double the channels with Dish for about the same price if not cheaper, along with DVR service.
I need to get back on that.