With the Absolute going away at some date that sounds like 'soon', and with many of the new locals in HD going on the EA, which requires MPEG4 equipment only, I got to thinking about what I want to watch and how much it costs.
Currently I have :
America's Everything Pack w/Free HD
HD Platinum
Vip612 HDDVR
DHPP
DVR Fee
Total is $131.99
But I find myself almost never watching SD programming at all. I do watch some movies, series, boxing and golf and smattering of other things, all in HD. Nature shows are seldom watched.
So I started looking at ways to cut costs. Started with the packages. The 120 just leaves out too much, like BBCA, FX and Bravo, and I'm sure others that didn't grab my eyes. The 250 adds 1 HD movie channel that could be interesting, and a few nature shows. Its real value was in the SD days
The 200 looks to be the sweet spot. Plenty to watch of all genres, although not very many ad free movie channels. But the 200 with Platinum HD takes care of some of that.
For Boxing and some very good original series, it is hard to beat HBO and Showtime.
Assuming I made the switch to the 200+HD Platinum+HBO/SHO my bill would go down to $110.99, a $21 savings with what appears to me to be no real loss of things I'd watch.
Am I missing something or am I on the right track?
Currently I have :
America's Everything Pack w/Free HD
HD Platinum
Vip612 HDDVR
DHPP
DVR Fee
Total is $131.99
But I find myself almost never watching SD programming at all. I do watch some movies, series, boxing and golf and smattering of other things, all in HD. Nature shows are seldom watched.
So I started looking at ways to cut costs. Started with the packages. The 120 just leaves out too much, like BBCA, FX and Bravo, and I'm sure others that didn't grab my eyes. The 250 adds 1 HD movie channel that could be interesting, and a few nature shows. Its real value was in the SD days
The 200 looks to be the sweet spot. Plenty to watch of all genres, although not very many ad free movie channels. But the 200 with Platinum HD takes care of some of that.
For Boxing and some very good original series, it is hard to beat HBO and Showtime.
Assuming I made the switch to the 200+HD Platinum+HBO/SHO my bill would go down to $110.99, a $21 savings with what appears to me to be no real loss of things I'd watch.
Am I missing something or am I on the right track?
My family doesn't want to do without some of those nature/science channels in HD250, so that's our package. I jettisoned all the premiums in favor of Netflix, and I kept the Platinum for now.
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