Looking at Getting Dish...

[Dah-Henny]

...after seeing DodgerKing's numerous posts in the DISH Network forum about how "horrible" it is...

Actually, out of all of the D* folks that post in the E* forum, DK has been the most fair in his judgements, IMO.

 

[3HaloODST]

Yes I agree, Donkey Kong has been very fair .

 

[DodgerKing]

Call Claude at Dishstore. He has the best deals.

Thanks. Just may do that

 

[DodgerKing]

Yeah, I'm just messing around . You're not really all that fanboyish from what I can tell, you're certainly not a Bob .

It's all good

 

[DodgerKing]

Actually, out of all of the D* folks that post in the E* forum, DK has been the most fair in his judgements, IMO.

Thank you...Appreciate that

 

[DodgerKing]

Yes I agree, Donkey Kong has been very fair .

:rant:

 

[DodgerKing]

Called Direct to ask them about their select package. 120 channels for about $35. With the bundling rebates through ATT, this maybe the cheaper option

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[Mojo Jojo]

Called Direct to ask them about their select package. 120 channels for about $35. With the bundling rebates through ATT, this maybe the cheaper option

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I may be wrong, but I have always been somewhat leery about those bundles. In the fine print, does it say anything about the price only be good for a certain period of time such as a year? I just do not want you to not get the best deal or later find out that it is not forever if that is true. Hopefully, they would let you know that if you asked. Can you get free HD or HD with the Select package would be another question that I would ask.

Here is a PDF file that a retailer had online that has the channel lineups: View attachment channel_lineup-6.pdf
This one should be up-to-date.

I hope this helps for comparison reasons.

 

[Mr Tony]

Called Direct to ask them about their select package. 120 channels for about $35. With the bundling rebates through ATT, this maybe the cheaper option

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interesting...wonder where they are getting that price. edit: forgot you mentioned the discount for bundling above
Here is the list of channels with each package
http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-forum/241440-2011-directv-package-channel-lists-including.html

 

[Mr Tony]

I may be wrong, but I have always been somewhat leery about those bundles. In the fine print, does it say anything about the price only be good for a certain period of time such as a year? I just do not want you to not get the best deal or later find out that it is not forever if that is true. Hopefully, they would let you know that if you asked. Can you get free HD or HD with the Select package would be another question that I would ask.

When you bundle with the Telco and Directv all they (D*) do is bill the Telco and the Telco bills you and gives a discount. All promos apply and you call D* for any issues unless its billing.
Dish use to resell it through the Telco where you had to call the Telco for everything.

 

[Mr Tony]

Will your mother-in-law use the DVR functions? Lot of older people I find do not use the DVR functions

There are people who use the DVR as a glorified VCR (my dad being one of them) but hey it works for him.

 

[mdavej]

Called Direct to ask them about their select package. 120 channels for about $35. With the bundling rebates through ATT, this maybe the cheaper option

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Be careful. When I bundled D* with AT&T it required a fairly high level of phone service and Sat service to get the discount. Select didn't qualify at the time. With the right package, I got a total of $10 off ($5 off D* and $5 off AT&T). This was a few years ago, so things could have changed. But just last year I got my parents D*/AT&T and they only qualified for $5 since they had bare-bones phone service.