HOLY CRAP BATMAN!
PBS National Feed $2.50 and doesn't even include the HD version. Now that is a ripoff!
I have to say when I saw that hike and, as you mention, no HD feed, which I would gladly pay $2.50/mo. for now that my local PBS has dropped the national feed on their primary digital channel, but I'm not paying $2.50/mo. for a SD feed only. I wouldn't do it for any of the other Distant Nets I qualify for and PBS is no exception.