I am not being irresponsible at all . I am merely showing comparisions in the two sat providers and the directions that they are taking in hd and new programming packs.
DirecTV is selling the
promise of more HD at some point in the future.
Dish has been delivering more HD for several years now; and will up the ante by 7 or 8 more national channels 8/15. Sorry I don't remember the number. This will put them at around 40 and with the September adds, they'll be around 1/2 of that 100 channels DirecTV has been promoting
before launching the new sat.
Whether Directv really does launch this All ACCESS Pack by the end of August like the thread says at the dbstalk site remains to be seen. But Directv is more friendly when it comes to fees. They already have a simple Hd tech fee of $10.99 rather than the $ 20.00 hd pack with VOOM inflating the price.
Do the math; how much
per channel do the two fees work out to be? How many national HDs does the $10.99 buy you? If you go by the website, it's 9 (with HBO + Showtime). That's $1.22/channel. MHD and National Geo are coming soon. Dish charges $20 for 32 listed national channels or about $0.63/channel.
So in what way is DirecTV's fee more friendly? It's more for each available channel. I'm curious, were you this bad at math in school too?
They only charge your ONE DVR fee per account or none if you take the dvr plus pack, or Premier pack, unlike DISH where it is PER RECEIVER. IT is not a stretch to believe that Directv would be coming up with a newer all access pack that eliminates the additional receiver fees , dvr fees and the hd tech fee . This would slaughter the competition including DISH.
No it won't. Churn is pretty much constant across the various TV providers (Dish, DirecTV, Cable).
IT would make them have to sit up and take notice and reconsider the CABLE like approach that they have been taking on all these NEW miscellaneous fees they have added. DISH wants to be the leader in hd and the low cost leader at the same time. THEy can't do this if they keep adding fees and hiking the costs for high def.
Time will tell, won't it. And BTW, Dish is the leader in HD -- this cannot be disputed for what is it 3 or 4 years now? DirecTV might be the leader sometime in the future; but with a new bird launching for Dish too, all bets are off.
IF DIRECTV really does add this pack I imagine that a slew of new customers will be headed their way . Wouldn't you seriously consider doing so if it included no dvr fees, all the hd channels that they will add in Sept., all premium channels , locals in sd/hd , sports packs and you could add as many receivers as you want and it wouldn't cost you anymore than the one receiver, all for the low price of $119.99?
No.
That was simple, wasn't it?