See, here is the thing. Can anyone point me in the direction of that information?! I never received anything stating that no new hd channels would be added to absolute after 2008. I never saw anything like that on the website either. I think it was something somebody assumed at one time and others took as fact. As far as I am concerned, I have an all HD package, and I do expect to receive the new HD channels as they are added.
I think Charlie/Jim may have mentioned it on a Charlie Chat last year. But I can't confirm that for sure.
Yeah, I know I don't have the fox's or all of the viacoms (I think SPEED is not available to anyone at the moment), but I think we should get them when/if they are added to turbo packs. It just makes me uneasy when everyone talks about how we shouldn't be getting anything. If I get a good deal on a cell phone plan and then shortly after they get rid of that promotion in favor of another it doesn't mean they stop taking care of my service simply because no one can sign up for it anymore.
That looks like 38 channels without the PPV/VOD to start. And even with Voom going away - we have 50 now. I think they are doing a fine job supporting Absolute HD and I'm not concerned about it. I'd really just like to see how they consider it compared to the other packages now.
They get the same as AbsoluteHD subs, except for some odd-ball setups as we've seen here. Like someone switched from Classid + HD to Turbo and some of the channels they 'shouldn't' be getting are still showing up.
If you live in certain parts of Big Ten states, then Big Ten net is in Turbo Silver or Gold. If you have Turbo Gold you can get Encore HD without subscribing to the Starz pack. Plus, in either Silver or Gold, you also get your RSNs (Full Time in SD and Game time in HD) That, is the programming difference between Turbo and Absolute.
"in writing" or not, I think the consensus is that once you lose it, it's gone for good. Even if they make a mistake, they don't have to undo it.
