However, if you are missing all of your other Dish channels, then suddenly the locals become worth more. Dish is introducing a Locals Only package for $15 per month, while the exact same channels in an add-on for any other package will remain priced at $12 per month. Still, it would be nice if Dish could get the Nexstar channels back before the Locals Only package launches on 1/14/21.
If Dish offered a $5 discount for the missing channel, shouldn't the remaining channels also be worth $5 each? But that's not what we're paying, is it...
But just think of how low your Dish bill could be, if Locals Only qualifies for the same discount that Dish is giving other subscribers who complain about the missing channels. If you don't actually care about the particular channel that is in dispute (or if you already receive it OTA, but still need the Locals package for other local channels that you don't get OTA, or just to have more tuners available for recording locals) then this is a win-win.
I am guessing that Locals Only was quietly introduced as a non-advertised package this year (sometime after the 2020 price chart was created) at $12 per month. This would be similar to how Latino Bonus Pack was not available as an add-on for Welcome Pack last year, but Dish quietly added that option later, since it is now available. I may test this theory later this month by calling Dish, and seeing if I can switch to Locals Only. I would do it right away, but I prefer to make core programming package changes at the start of my billing cycle, to avoid partial month charges and credits. That makes it easier to see that I am actually being charged the correct amount when I make the change.
I still think that my interpretation is correct, though. The locals add-on has never been listed that way before, not even the last time the price increased. (In case someone was about to point out that the chart only lists packages that are changing prices, not every available package.) Also, the note at the bottom of the chart still indicates that the (new) core package prices prices do not include the $12 per month locals. This seems like a weird oversight, since that note is directly below the bottom of the chart where the last line says that the new price of the Locals Only (Core) package is $15 per month. So, the reason that locals package is listed that way in the chart (with all of the other core packages, I might add) is because Locals Only is a Core package, and they need to distinguish that from the locals add-on for all other core packages.
Why not try TitanTV com? It's 24/7 coverage for the next 2 weeks, with program descriptions, searches, etc. And you can reconfigure it to put the channels in the order you want. It's free (with ads) over the internet.
Some stations choose not to make their signal available online. If you don't have an antenna, or cable/satellite, you're snowed.
This is what I have been doing. There has been several Christmas movies for my wife to watch that are shown as CSI Miami.
Try seeing how many TV channels you would receive in a socialist or even communist country then.
Although "most people" (the major population centers) have access to OTA, not everyone actually uses an OTA antenna. For those who do use OTA, Dish's current limit of only two OTA tuners per Hopper is not nearly enough. People need those OTA tuners to record the multitude of OTA subchannels that Dish does not bother to provide as part as the local package. (I know that Dish carries national feeds of many of the diginets, for those who have a high enough basic package. However, there are still some that Dish does not carry at all, and not everyone wants to upgrade to America's Top Infinityjust to get the ones they do carry.) Then, Dish drops more than two of the major local channels in many markets, and expects two OTA tuners to be enough to record all of the OTA programs we want???
Those particular, if they can afford such, should get a TiVo or Table device, or a couple of each, or both.Although "most people" (the major population centers) have access to OTA, not everyone actually uses an OTA antenna. For those who do use OTA, Dish's current limit of only two OTA tuners per Hopper is not nearly enough. People need those OTA tuners to record the multitude of OTA subchannels that Dish does not bother to provide as part as the local package. (I know that Dish carries national feeds of many of the diginets, for those who have a high enough basic package. However, there are still some that Dish does not carry at all, and not everyone wants to upgrade to America's Top Infinity
I guess your clueless what regulation means?
That was the case with me and the roomies; all 4 network timers firing at the same time multiple times every week. But now that I'm going to be living by myself again for the first time in 12 years I think the OTA dongle will be enough for me and if it isn't I'll just have to make a choice on what I really want to record at that particular time.
Some things do go down in price, if you wait. Try watching classic episodes of The Price Is Right from the early 1980's. The price of a VCR has come down quite considerably.
And in a real world example. I bought a 55" OLED five years ago for $3000. I replaced it with a 65" last week that cost $1849.Some things do go down in price, if you wait. Try watching classic episodes of The Price Is Right from the early 1980's. The price of a VCR has come down quite considerably.
LOL it's funny you say that! My ceiling fans that cost me $75 each cost $750 on 1982 TPIRsSome things do go down in price, if you wait. Try watching classic episodes of The Price Is Right from the early 1980's. The price of a VCR has come down quite considerably.
Haha no you are not! Oh I'm loving the new TPIR channel but I just wish they wouldn't repeat the same shows over and over so much. And those LOUD commercialsI see I'm not the only one here who watches Pluto TV.
