I think the time is past that people should be required to pay for Encore with the Top 250 package. It has nosedived in quality in recent years. Almost nothing is of any interest, maybe an old Western from long ago, but even that is not very often.
Dish AT200 vs AT250
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I know, and I was agreeing with you. Im 39, at my age $10 isn't going to stop me if there is a channel I want. On the other hand, I am not paying $10 for a package increase that pretty much sucks, and that for me is 200 to 250. 120 to 200 was well worth it.
My problem with the premiums like HBO, is Dish's PQ sucks and things like Vinyl and GoT do not look great at times. I made the mistake of seeing GoT and Black Sails on blu-ray, that made me done with premium channels I think.
it is a shame that 480 level streaming from Netflix often looks better than Dish "HD"...
My problem with the premiums like HBO, is Dish's PQ sucks and things like Vinyl and GoT do not look great at times. I made the mistake of seeing GoT and Black Sails on blu-ray, that made me done with premium channels I think.
it is a shame that 480 level streaming from Netflix often looks better than Dish "HD"...
hmm it seems like the top 200 is 79.99 and the top 250 is 89.99 a month plus fees and taxes so really theres not much of a difference
It is if you don't have your Quality set to Highest setting.
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I just found out last night that I was paying $6 for Heartland while they only have 3 channels not in the 200 package. We haven't watched any of those 3 for over a year so it was time for "buh bye" to heartland 
Wish they would move NatGeo Wild to 200 or below. That's the only channel I want that's in 250
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I wish that Dish would put HGTV in the Smart pack and I would drop from Dish America to Smart Pacl. HGTV is in the Welcome pack,but some of the other that Iwatch are not.
I wish all the AT250 channels and premiums were in WP so I could drop to that....
According to Scotts rumors it will happen on May 31
http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/rumor-alert-channels-changing-packages.359924/
oh god no. AT200 would work for him but he HAS to have GAC
So every year when Dish raises rates and he bitches, I tell him these channels you would lose if you dropped down to AT200 and "oh I cant get rid GAC"
(yeah dad...so you can watch the one hour of old videos every day at noon and they repeat it about every 6th day)
Iceberg, GAC is frequently in free preview. So, your dad could drop down to AT200 during the months with free previews and save $10 each of those months. If I had ever added the Heartland package, I would have dropped it during the months when GSN was in free preview, since that is the only channel from that package that I really care about.I just found out last night that I was paying $6 for Heartland while they only have 3 channels not in the 200 package. We haven't watched any of those 3 for over a year so it was time for "buh bye" to heartland
I always could care less for the encore. The only encore channel worth watching was the westerns.
No offense meant, but if Dish HD is that bad to you, you'd really ought to switch to another provider.
