You may want to consider stepping down from the 250 to the 200 package (save $10), and then adding Blockbuster (add $10). I think your monthly bill would stay the same. The only channel I miss from 250 is Encore HD, but getting the 3 Epix HD channels, MGMHD, HDNet movies, and Universal, PLUS the one-at-a-time disk, was well worth the switch for my wife and I.