cost of just c.i. w/ hd & dvr rental

[oggusfoo]

I currently have a vip 211 and 625 (sd dvr) with the dvr in a bedroom and the second feed to four other televisions. New remotes with radio capability were ten bucks each on ebay. Am getting D installed Friday. I used rebate on HD receiver and paid 100 for dvr. I told them I couldn't give dvr up, I'll live with only a sd one, so they gave $100 rebate, $10 per for 10 months. Then three sd receivers, said bedroom, kitchen, and other bedroom, but the cost was $70 per to upgrade later or $50 late fee if I don't activate them within the first month (presumably a fine not a monthly fee, irrevelant because they'll get hooked up). THe sd receivers are $6 a month each, the hd fee is $10, and the dvr fee is $7, the last is waived if part of Directs version of aep as is the sports package fee of $12. The difference in the d* aep and the non premium package is 30, when you include the 12 and 7, it is probably better to get the top of the line vs the 180 channels.

I forget what Dish is because there is usually one sports ppv (30), setanta (15), sports package (5), hd access (20), dvr access for not being on landline (6), and locals (6). Of course they both nickel and dime you, but the NFL promotion was pretty sweet. This honestly all started because I wanted to cancel Setanta and they were gonna charge me a $5 downgrade fee, which I knew to expect that, but they've waived it before in the past. Then charlie put 8 ppvs instead of national hd and called in national hd. And it just seems like e*'s capacity is limited until it gets more birds in the air.

I still plan on keeping E* for NHL c.i. and maybe Setanta just for spite. Is it as simple as paying the rental fees each month. I know someone said before they offer a downtime rate of $5 per month for like nine months if you are going to be away, but want to keep the equipment. Can I expect it to be as cheap as paying $10 or 15 for hd and dvr lease and then the other 2 c.i. payments?

This can all be fixed if E* will add HD this week and if they'll take the damn "reminder" off the dvr. Since it's not connected to land line for the past month whenever you turn it on it has a reminder to hook it up to one.

 

[oggusfoo]

He was sticking to the need for a "programming package," whatever does that mean? It would be $10 to put all fees on hold or $31 for family package, vip211 lease, and sd-dvr625?. I told him I still may have a need to rent HD PPV so I wanted to keep that and was going to cancel the DVR and that was the only hassle, when he deactivated it and then I asked him to reactivate. For now Setanta, HD locals, and the new NHL network (ch 559 w c.i. and not 403 by NBAtv) are all showing up.

He quoted me $39 and change when I asked him for a final bill number, but it should be $49. If and when Direct is correctly installed, and if I have line of sight, I'll cancel dvr, locals, and setanta because getting that would be redundant and it'll cost $25 plus tax for what is actually some pretty good channels. I'm actually thinking about pushing Direct install date back until next football season, or at least until nhl season is over. The channels really aren't bad, cctv and rfdtv are two guilty pleasures, and I was really surprised to see fine living and freakin' fox news in the package (fox news isn't in the 150 package, but in family friendly programming!).

 

[WiCkeDuDe]

If your a paying customer you need to have an account with a programming package, which Dish family is the cheapest. If not you can cancel the account or put it on hold which is $10 a month and saves you from having to cancel and setup a account again later.

The reminder will not go away unless you plug the line back in. If you leave the line unplugged and call to get it bypassed you will be charged an extra $5 a month if you havent seen it already on your bill. Thats why its reminding you to plug in.