E* price increases...
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They were good up until 2 years ago. Now it seems as though a price increase is an annual holiday like Halloween or Christmas.
Scott Greczkowski said:
Scott, I guess I don't see that response as very helpful. It is very misleading to me. My bottom line cost, minus the state tax that at one time I did not pay, is actually less than almost two years ago for the same programming packages. Top 180 and HBO/MAX with locals, PBS & and superstations are a little less than they were two years ago. For certain some people have seen increases or increases in certain programming, but certainly not huge ones anything like cable, and on par with Direct TV. Your actual statement may be correct, but I expect a little more from your posts I guess.
(Top 180 increased, HBO/MAX decreased and they now combo Supers,PBS,& locals at $1 less)
Both DISH and Directv have averaged $1 per month per year over the last 5 years. After the Viacom fiasco of DISH network I expect to see a $2-$3 increase in March of 2005. Directv will probably follow seeing they can. Increases have been below cables increases but they are still there.
BobMurdoch said:
It depends on your cable system. I compared E* and D*'s prices for their top package and our local Comcast is less for more channels. Anything below that and DBS beats Comcast, so it's a depends on your system and what you want who's cheaper.
rad said:
Comcast may have a few more Premium movie channels mostly due to the extra West feeds and a few extra VH1 and MTV channels then D* and E*, however here in Chattanooga both E* and D* have more basic channels and more channels over all then Comcast has for the money when you do a close channel by channel and package by package comparison.
Chris Freeland said:
As I've said, it all depends. Our Comcast system has more movie along with 'basic' cable channels that both D* and E* for $86.99 vs D*'s TCP+Locals and E*'s $82.99 when you consider that the HD channels are included in that price vs. the additional $9.95 or $10.95 even when I though in the $5/month rental fee for the HD STB.
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rad said:
I agree Comcast is a much better deal were you are at then in Chattanooga, however I am still not convinced it is a better value then D* or E*even where you are at, if you look closely their are still many basic channels that are on D* and or E* that are not available on even your Comcast system and the only ones you get that are not on D* and or E* are still mostly the Premium movie channels and extra MTV and Vh1 channels. Here Comcast charges $93/mo for its Digital Platnum package, however it is another $5/mo to upgrade to the HD STB and only NBC and CBS here are the only HD locals available on Comcast, but the other HD channels are the same here. Comcast here still do not have a DVR but are promising it in the next few weeks but will charge another $9.95/mo. In addition unlike where your at the Disney channel on Comcast Chattanooga requires Digital Plus to get it. Also Comcast Chattanooga does not have the MLB or NHL packages, just the ESPN's and NBA only.
Analog quality?
I plan to give Comcast a trail soon, since I will be a "free agent" in December.
Comcast in my area is now offering local HD, outside of my interested in the comparable costs of Comcast vs. "E"; The quality of the analog channels has a lot of weight value. It seems that some of the cable channels are in analog mode, that would be normally all digital for both "D" and "E".
So my question for you folks that have Comcast, how is the analog quality?
I plan to give Comcast a trail soon, since I will be a "free agent" in December.
Comcast in my area is now offering local HD, outside of my interested in the comparable costs of Comcast vs. "E"; The quality of the analog channels has a lot of weight value. It seems that some of the cable channels are in analog mode, that would be normally all digital for both "D" and "E".
So my question for you folks that have Comcast, how is the analog quality?
Bulldog said:
On our system it was a mixed bag, some looked great, most OK and a few really bad. Our system had just recently completed it's upgrade and the Comcast techs agreeed that there was a problem on the channels, but after four weeks of trying to find it I gave up.
My Comcast analog cable was pushing near $50/month for "expanded basic" - no premium channels (no HBO, SHOWTIME, etc.). Digital service was even more expensive for the same or very similar channels. The analog picture is cr*p on all channels.
Dish 120, no locals (use OTA), is about $35/month. Even the worst Dish compression is still better than analog Comcast. I paid for a years service and got the monthly price down a little more.
I save slightly more than $15/month and get better quality, by switching from Comcast to Dish. No brainer.
Dish 120, no locals (use OTA), is about $35/month. Even the worst Dish compression is still better than analog Comcast. I paid for a years service and got the monthly price down a little more.
I save slightly more than $15/month and get better quality, by switching from Comcast to Dish. No brainer.
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Remember,Cable(Comcast here)has all those extra fees-Franchise,Tax,HD boxes,Digital box-so their everything pack($91.99 here)you add at least $10.00 more a month.
But I have always said this,once my local RSN(Fox Sports Detroit here) goes HD I am gone,bye bye E*.
But I have always said this,once my local RSN(Fox Sports Detroit here) goes HD I am gone,bye bye E*.
Iceberg said:
I remember paying $19.95.... thats what grabbed my attention in 1999 (I think?) for satellite tv. I had to purchase my own receiver/dish and install it myself. Back then it was a lot easier to do since I only had to hit one bird which was 119.
Now, I can never get a great signal out of my dish 500.
boba said:
You really think its going to hit us with that much just for Viacom??? I sure hope NOT!
kvhollis said:
Gee a thread from the past.
I wouldn't get too worked up about it. That Viacom statement has no basis in fact. The final contract details were never made public.
NightRyder
NightRyder said:Gee a thread from the past.
I wouldn't get too worked up about it. That Viacom statement has no basis in fact. The final contract details were never made public.
NightRyder
Naw, I just didn't want E* to have given into Viacom. Thats all.
