HD Free For Life (reg $10)
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How many people here truly feel they will save a lot of money by switching to a la carte? I do not for sure how the pricing would be but I feel I have a pretty good understanding of this business and would bet I'm close on my guess. If what I think is right you'll end up paying almost the same amount of money for a fraction of the channels. I would rather spend $55 for over 120 channels than pay $55 for 20 channels.
There is the argument though that some would be willing to pay that $55 if they are getting all the channels they wanted. Especially if a lot of those channels would normally be in the AT200 or AT250. That does make some sense to me then.
There is the argument though that some would be willing to pay that $55 if they are getting all the channels they wanted. Especially if a lot of those channels would normally be in the AT200 or AT250. That does make some sense to me then.
If you want a la carte switch to an Apple TV or Roku. You are probably going to pay about $30 per season for most shows if you want them in HD. This can add up if you watch lots of series you can't get OTA but it's an even truer form of a la carte than you would get if Dish ever did let you pick your own channels. With that model you don't even have to buy the whole channel. You just pay for what you watch and nothing else.
Sports can be a problem but I don't see why more people who keep beating the a la carte drum don't do that. If you watch a large variety of shows Dish would work better for you but in that case a standard package would work better than picking a few channels anyways. Variety is already built into those packages.
Sports can be a problem but I don't see why more people who keep beating the a la carte drum don't do that. If you watch a large variety of shows Dish would work better for you but in that case a standard package would work better than picking a few channels anyways. Variety is already built into those packages.
I'm one, and the channel providers are another. If channel providers actually believed they would make more money with the same, or fewer channels, in an a la carte regime, don't you think they'd be all for it? Of course they would! And they lie with their bare faces hanging out stating it would cost more, to frighten everybody into keeping the status quo.
There is only one way for us to find out for sure whether we'll be paying the same, or more, or less. And that is if the government forces a la carte on the channel providers who hate this idea. I vote with the channel providers, and expect to pay less.
It would be great for people that only watch 10 channels but there are plenty of people that like to have more. There are a lot of channels that I wouldn't pay extra to get but I enjoy having them and like to watch them from time to time. If the channels all averaged out to be $5 each then I'd only be able to get 20 channels for $100 and then I'd still have my HD fee, DVR fee and extra receiver fees. No thank you. Having 20 channels is not very much. I get 22 channels with OTA and there is barely anything on I want to watch.
Count me as 2.What's wrong with at least offering a la carte?Some channels wanna charge $5 and $6 per,watch and see how many people refuse to add them to their list.That's exactly why the broadcasters are so dead set against it,they know many of these forced on us channels with nothing but crap on them will go belly up.Now on the other hand,if a channel has 12-14 hrs of solid programming per day they just might get $5 per sub.I would much rather have 20-25 channels with solid programming,than 300+ channels of mostly crap.
Here is just one example.
AMC
IFC
Sun
3 networks with some decent shows at times,why not combine the quality shows onto one channel and do away with the others?If a la carte were to happen,they would all but have to do that,because I'm certain not many people would pat $5 per month for 3 to 4 shows per year.
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how much extra will the fees be?
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will it run on a virtual Joey?
how much extra will the fees be?
i want one.
I think I sold/gave my two 301s later to a relative when I moved to a 721. Got him into Dish, never got the credits. Later added a 508. Then a ViP622. Then a couple of ViP722s. Then 2HWS/1 owned Joey. Next stop: Holosuite!
First few years, I got at least 6 people into Dish. Got credits for 1, IIRC. Stopped pushing it. Later, got two credits, basically thru this site. I'd gladly get people to move to Dish, especially for the Hopper.
I'm so heavily into Dish Anywhere, iPad transfers and EHDs, I'd have a HARD time leaving. Might have to downgrade, though. If I ever left, I'd have to take a few months and record to DVD/BD much of what I've saved. That'd hold us for YEARS!
In the not so near future.
Requires a Wombat Extraordinaire with Realityish option.
First born for up front lease payment. You WILL run out of appendages for the monthly fee, so enjoy it while you got it.
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It's not so much about saving money as it is getting appropriate value for what I spend. I feel the cost is going up but the value is going down. Each year I'm paying more and getting less. What I'm paying now is well within my means. I can afford to pay more even, and would gladly do so if I was getting 120 channels of stuff I cared about. Hell, I'd pay more to get 20 channels I care about. But out of America's Top 120, there are only about 8-9 channels I care about.
It's about quality, not quantity.
That works under the incorrect assumption that all the channels on Dish are available a la carte on Roku.
ESPN would almost certainly parcel out the retail customer facing function to a third party, which would probably handle many other providers also, and the answer to all requests would be "It's against company policy."
What I mean is, we could vote with our wallets on which providers get our money, based on ala carte choice.
You don't need the channels. You cut out the part where I said most shows are available in HD for about $30 per season. You sign up for season passes of the specific shows you want in iTunes on the Apple TV or Amazon Instant on the Roku. Like I said, that's even truer a la carte than the cable/satellite providers could offer even if they wanted to. Instead of paying for a whole channel when you only need one show you pay for exactly what you watch.
@ $30 per show per season! So hypothetically a season of just four shows, Justified, Storage Wars, Dangerous Grounds, and Hotel Impossible could cost $120. Ya, that will show DISH who's boss.
Right. That's why I wish he wouldn't have only included a snippet of my actual post in his quote. I explained that it doesn't work for people who need a large variety of shows. I also said that a la carte wouldn't work for people who need a large variety of shows either. That's what packages are for. They offer a variety of channels built to suit the average customer's need.
For me I have 2 season passes right now in addition to OTA, Netflix, Amazon, and MLB.tv. I already subscribed to all of those video services before I canceled dish so the season passes are the only thing that's new.
My 2 season passes totaled about $60. That's less than one monthly Dish bill would have been for me and those seasons last for more than one month. For me that's a better value because I don't watch a ton of TV outside my streaming packages or OTA. If someone else needed 6 or 7 season passes at a time the value wouldn't be there for them.
Only in that world where we go when we've had too much to drink, or smoked the wrong ("right?") stuff.
You added a sentence after I quoted you. Again, this doesn't work for everyone. If you need a large variety of shows you are probably better off sticking with Dish.
Even with your $120 example, you have to remember that this isn't a monthly fee. Many of these seasons last 3 to 4 months. $120 every 3 to 4 months is still significantly cheaper than most people pay Dish. If all you watch is 3 or 4 cable shows at a time plus OTA and Netflix you would still save money with iTunes/Amazon. If you want those 3 or 4 cable shows plus a lot of other filler it's not for you.
It would certainly help someone who has select tv shows they watch. I guess until I can't afford it, I want to be able see the guide and watch something perhaps I have not seen before or catch a movie, whatever.
