DVR Fee
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I think they make too much money from all their silly fees to ever give them up. I'd be tempted to go with 211ks with external hard drives to get away from the monthly fee.
But if you add an addtional DVR there is a $5.98 fee. That's just plain greed. Every other service provider charges one DVR fee per account, not E*.
Not true. Brighthouse charges $6.00 for the STB then they charge $10.00 for the DVR feature, so thats $16.00 per DVR
.:up Exactly, Not only that, D* still has a Per receiver Fee,
4 dvr's (R22's) 4 rooms is going to cost you $21 per month!
$6 DVR fee,$5x3 Lease fee
2 Dvrs (625) 4 rooms with with E* is at most $12 per month with a DVR atvantage pack. Everything pack $5
2 HD DVRs (722) Still only $14 per month.
Everything pack Its Only $7 in fees
Not true. Brighthouse charges $6.00 for the STB then they charge $10.00 for the DVR feature, so thats $16.00 per DVR
Same with Time Warner - and probably every other cable company. If you think about it, a Tivo subscription is pretty reasonable in light of those exorbitant cable DVR fees - even after you throw in the CableCard lease.
This can be a good option for the many power users on this board. I find the cost of the AEP does indeed work out better for me, as well, but I would have to have AEP anyway. Most people would find that for just a few bucks more, they will get a lot of channels in return and lose the DVR fee. In other words, they would be really getting something in return for the money instead of a sort of NOTHING with just the several DVR fees. Each person has to crunch their own numbers It is usually the better value. Now, if someone is at the bottom tier . . . that is another story.
Subscription the AEP waives ALL DVR fees on all the DVR's on your account. That is what makes it a very good value. In other words, if you subscribe to AEP, you can have all 6 of your boxes DVR's and not be charged ANY DVR fees.
Every company does things their own way, and if you find Dish's pricing/fees policy so offensive, then you need to vote with your wallet and go someplace else where you will be happy. That is the ONLY way Dish or any company is ever going to even consider revising their fees structure. If you choose to just complain and still stay with Dish, then Dish has guessed correctly and figure that you value Dish Network service more than you think and are willing to put up with the DVR fees. So, you have proven Dish correct with their decision to implement their terrible (I don't like the structure either, the box fees add up to a lot of $$ on the bill) fees. This is why people who aren't happy must leave and tell Dish why they are leaving, otherwise, no change.
On the other hand, with the exception of Direct TV, all the other providers--cable, et al.--all charge DVR fees at least twice and three times (FiOS is four times) as much as Dish for a single DVR. So, one of FiOS top DVR's for about $20 per month, or four 612's from Dish for around $20 per month. Each person will have to make their decision which is the better value and meets their needs.
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I used to pay $25-30 in additional fees but got that cost down but when they raise your bill annually they get you that way. The additional outlet fees being waived makes up for the DVR fees unless you use the dual tuner receivers for a one room solution instead of two like I do then it does not save you anything. If the hardware / software was not better then I would have already switched to get DirecTv's promotion and I am sure many others feel the same way.
I just noticed this blurb on the E* website:
"Monthly DVR Service Fee of $5.98 applies for all DVR receivers"
I noticed it doesn't say each. So the DVR fee now applies to all DVR receivers on your account??? Anybody have a clue?
"Monthly DVR Service Fee of $5.98 applies for all DVR receivers"
I noticed it doesn't say each. So the DVR fee now applies to all DVR receivers on your account??? Anybody have a clue?
They certainly phrased that lousily.
Probably they meant that it applies to all DVR receiver types, both SD and HD, single- and dual-tuner.
Exceptions are:
The first DVR fee is bundled in with the Dish DVR Advantage price.
All DVR fees are waived with AEP.
(Since both are true, then DDA and AEP cannot be combined.)
!sadroll
My daughter has Cox cable and their dvr fee is $10 per month. HD is (FREE), but their cables rates make them higher than Dish even with all the fees. She pays $70 per month for basic digital cable with a plain box. To add a dvr would cost her $100 per month after all the add ons. I have a 722 and 211dvr with the HD Absolute with locals, with HBO, Starz and .01Max for $70 per month. I got all the channels that I watch.
The thing that really gets me about the DVR fee is that, IIRC, in the beginning it was to cover the cost of offering on demand programming. The only problem is that most on demand programming worth anything now costs $$$ and the "free" stuff isn't worth the time to download it.
There are also exceptions for the 501 and 508 DVRs. I have one of each and pay no DVR fees! In the years that I have owned them they have MORE than paid for themselves.
But even with AEP you still get additional reciever fee's and thats $7.00 per HD DVR
Sounds like a good deal! Like getting the DVR for free. DVR Advantage has additional HD DVRs for $12 instead of $7+6.
