Lowest possible package with DVR- Help

[blanquitoman1984]

I currently have AT 120, a 722 and a 322

I want to lower the package to the lowest that I can possibly pay but keep the DVR to record.

Can I go any lower? And maybe still keep HD programming? If I buy an OTA will I be able to see and record Tv in HD even if I no longer qualify for HD for life?

This is what my bill currently looks like.

Item
No. Date Description
3-01 3-03 STATE/LOCAL TAXES 2.55
FROM 03/03/2011

3-02 3-03 PROGRAMMING 44.99
FROM 03/10/2011 TO 04/09/2011
AMERICA'S TOP 120
3-03 3-03 EQUIPMENT 14.00
FROM 03/10/2011 TO 04/09/2011
DUO (2TV) RECEIVER
3-04 3-03 EQUIPMENT 6.00
FROM 03/10/2011 TO 04/09/2011
DVR SERVICE
Total Itemized Charges and Credits 67.54



In advance Thank You for the Help.

 

[TheKrell]

You can drop back to the Welcome package for $15/mo, and return the 322 and save another $14/mo. If you have the OTA module in your 722, you can still receive and record HD OTA channels.

 

[jporum]

If you have the OTA module in your 722, you can still receive and record HD OTA channels.

All 722s can record OTA, no module is requried.

 

[Mr Tony]

I thought the 722K needed he module?

 

[DishTechPA]

I thought the 722K needed he module?

They do.

 

[Mr Tony]

Thats what I thought....wanted to confirm the poster above me was wrong

 

[DishTechPA]

Yep.

 

[Bobby]

The OP says he has a 722. Now, he may have a 722K or maybe not. If he has a 722 it has a one single built in OTA tuner. If he has a 722K, it requires a module to get two OTA tuners....

 

[jerryez]

Drop down to Dish America and get rid of the 322.

 

[TheKrell]

Indeed I phrased that lousily but the OP wasn't much better. My thinking was that, if he needed to add the module, then he can't have a 722.

 

[MTDoiT]

Thats what I thought....wanted to confirm the poster above me was wrong

He said 722s, not 722Ks.

 

[MattG@DISH]

To the OP: If you go to the Welcome Pack, or Dish Family Pack, you will only receive your locals in HD (provided we carry them). If you want to have the national HD channels, you'll need to keep one of the AT packages, or go to a DA package (the 322 will have to go if you decide on DA package).

 

[blanquitoman1984]

I have a 722 not a 722k

Does anyone have an idea what my price would be as far as a total with the Family or Welcome pack and locals, while keeping both receivers?

 

[MattG@DISH]

Welcome pack - $14.99
DVR - $6
Additional 322 - $14
Total - $34.99/month

Dish family pack - $24.99
DVR - $6
Additional 322 - $14
Total - $44.99/month

Those are without taxes, Uncle Sam needs his share too.

 

[TheKrell]

And just to belabor the point some more, a 722 has a built-in OTA tuner and can receive not only Dish satellite channels in HD, but all the HD that is broadcast over the air (not just the big 4) in your area. You could continue to view and record the OTA channels in HD, even if you drop back to the Welcome pack.

And furthermore, you could replace your 322 with quantity (2) VIP211 HD receivers and do the same thing (tune OTA channels) on those TVs as well, and get them in HD, for the same monthly cost ($7 + $7) as that SD 322.

 

[Mojo Jojo]

Welcome pack - $14.99
DVR - $6
Additional 322 - $14
Total - $34.99/month

Dish family pack - $24.99
DVR - $6
Additional 322 - $14
Total - $44.99/month

Those are without taxes, Uncle Sam needs his share too.

$14.99 Welcome Pack Channels [including locals where available]:
130 AMC
203 Bloomberg
175 Boomerang
166 CMT
107 Comedy Central
110 Food Network
185 Hallmark
112 Home & Garden Television (ADDED)
120 History
84 HSN
230 ICTV (ADDED) (just a shopping type channel)
209 MSNBC
161 MTV2
127 Oxygen
137 QVC
228 ShopNBC
139 TBS
183 TLC
179 The Hub (formerly Disc Kids)
128 WE: Women's Entertainment
214 The Weather Channel

The following attachment includes the Family pack channels for $24.99 [including locals where available]:View attachment formattedDish Family Channels.xls
There is also the Dish America "HD only" package for $34.99 [including locals where available] (I hear that it includes the SD feeds as well, but I cannot confirm that.).
There are also Spanish packages that have English programming as well.
In addition, there are also a la carte offerings as well as premium offerings.
If you need help comparing some of the lower packages, this attachment may help:View attachment DishNetworkComparison.xls
Good luck. Let us know how it goes.

 

[chrisn]

To the OP: If you go to the Welcome Pack, or Dish Family Pack, you will only receive your locals in HD (provided we carry them). If you want to have the national HD channels, you'll need to keep one of the AT packages, or go to a DA package (the 322 will have to go if you decide on DA package).

Just to add to this, since i recently went with the Welcome Pack, any premiums you might wanna subscribe to WILL be in HD... like HBO and Platinum, just not the 17 channels. And on a side note, if you are a channel surfer (like my wife), don't go with the Welcome Pack... she's pretty PO'd at me over the whole thing. I don't care, I'm saving some money until fall... she can watch doogie howser reruns for a few months on hub.

 

[chrisn]

One more interesting thing about the Welcome Pack deal... I bundle with my telephone company and never had the option to order from the adult channels. In fact they would not even show up on the guide because, I assume, Centurylink didn't want them to. Now they are on the guide and can be ordered. I don't know who'd want to with the internet and all, but the option is now available.

 

[MattG@DISH]

Centurylink does not allow adult programming to be ordered. Are you still bundled?

 

[chrisn]

Centurylink does not allow adult programming to be ordered. Are you still bundled?

He said I would no longer get the bundle discount, well until I move the package back up, but I think I will still receive my dish bill with Centurylink.