Dish America Packs coming back?

[old corps]

At this point charging a premium for HD is akin to charging a premium for color or stereo sound.

+1!!!:rant:

Ed

 

[The Fat Man]

Here's my question: The Movie Channel & XTRA (West) are part of the AT250. But on current charts for DA, it shows as part of the Showtime Package. I know I'm comparing apples and oranges, but is there a plan to move them only to the Showtime package?

 

[Tampa8]

At this point charging a premium for HD is akin to charging a premium for color or stereo sound.

Well thanks for planting that idea. :doh:

 

[foghorn2]

Great news, after my 1st year discounts with Dish ($20/mo), I can go with DA Gold and my bill wont be as bad. Better than going down from 250 to 120. Dish will still see more revenue. Good move for all. They should just make like 15 american packages essentially making it virtual a la carte.

 

[rdale]

I'm surprised that the prices are not really worth switching out of 200...

 

[dare2be]

I'm surprised that the prices are not really worth switching out of 200...

I'm not. AT200 is the best-valued package they have.

 

[panache70]

So if I want to go from America's Top 120 to Dish America, it looks like I would save 10$ but lose Nick, Fox News, AMC, E!, Fuse, FX, IFC, MTV, WE and VH1.
Not sure I want to go there... FX and AMC are kind of dealbreakers. Too bad, it's close.... real close to being what I need for a decent price.

I have another question. There was a time when Multi Sport did not provide NHL and NBA networks in HD, only SD. You had to go up to America's Top 200 to get the HD versions. Has that been rectified? From what I see in an earlier post of this thread, those channels are listed as "HD" under Multisport. Can anyone confirm having AT120+ Multisport with NHL and NBA in HD? Thanks.

 

[KE4EST]

When they get the site back up and if the Silver is still the same as it used to be, I will go to it. Only thing I miss now that I want in DA is Science and NatGeo.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I think Science is in AT-200 now. Not sure about NatGeo.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

According to the list at http://www.mydish.com/downloads/channel-lineup/dishamericachannelguide.pdf

Science and NatGeo are in the Silver package...

In fact the only channels which are not in Silver and only in Gold are...

BIO Bio 119
AMERI Destination America 194
ENCOR Encore (E) 340
HMC Hallmark Movie Channel 187
NBCSP NBC Sports Network 159
TENIS Tennis Channel 400

I think that info is wrong as I believe NBCSP is now in Silver as well.

 

[dare2be]

^ That's quite a short list for a $10 increase in package price

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

I agree. If I moved to Silver from AT250 the only channel missing that we watch is BIO. I don't know if that channel is worth $10 a month.

 

[Tom Thumb]

Are the RSN's included in the DA packages?

 

[bamaron]

RSN's are included in Dish America Silver or Gold.

 

[dare2be]

Sorry, didn't see the asterisked small print blurb at the bottom.

 

[KE4EST]

I agree. If I moved to Silver from AT250 the only channel missing that we watch is BIO. I don't know if that channel is worth $10 a month.

Bio to me is not as good as it used to be.

 

[the mack]

Bio to me is not as good as it used to be.

None of the channels are, they all went the way of ''reality tv''.

 

[foghorn2]

I agree. If I moved to Silver from AT250 the only channel missing that we watch is BIO. I don't know if that channel is worth $10 a month.

I agree, I went through the guide and there was nothing good on Bio, I love science but the Science Channel is full of crap too.

 

[jerryez]

Dish America Silver is $15 more than the Dish America basic package and you can get Dish 120 for $5 less. Which packages are the America pack susposed to be derived from. Hopefully, they will add more channels to the silver and gold pack before announcing them. Otherwise they suck!

 

[Dah-Henny]

So you're saying that DA Silver is priced at $60?