What is the minimum subscription for Dish to maintain DVR'ed shows

[ratrat]

I am currently with Dish and have been since maybe 1999. I have two owned 722s and two owned 612s and several external hard drives with stored programs that I hope to watch someday. I was thinking of switching to DTV but would like to maintain access to my recorded shows. I believe I need to maintain a current dish account to view dvr and external drive shows. If that is the case, I was thinking of reducing my Dish account to a single 722 and a minimum programming package. Is the Welcome Package (at $14.95 plus $6 dvr fee?) the lowest I can go or is it possible to subscribe to something like a single superstation cheaper?

Thanks

 

[KAB]

You can view what's on your receivers HD's without a subscription, but not the EHD's. Perhaps you could transfer some of you EHD programs back to your four receivers. Welcome Pack is the lowest you can go.

 

[Tampa8]

You can't subscribe to superstations without a core package. I would say the Welcome Package is the lowest cost package to have and keep access to your EHD recordings.

 

[dwarren2]

Why do you want to switch? Before you do, read this thread
http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/295037-kick-me-hard-switched-to-directv-and-HATE-it

 

[Mr Tony]

Why do you want to switch? Before you do, read this thread
http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/295037-kick-me-hard-switched-to-directv-and-HATE-it

meanwhile there are lots of folks who have changed and love it....If you'd like I can surely post links

 

[MaryB@SlingTV]

I am currently with Dish and have been since maybe 1999. I have two owned 722s and two owned 612s and several external hard drives with stored programs that I hope to watch someday. I was thinking of switching to DTV but would like to maintain access to my recorded shows. I believe I need to maintain a current dish account to view dvr and external drive shows. If that is the case, I was thinking of reducing my Dish account to a single 722 and a minimum programming package. Is the Welcome Package (at $14.95 plus $6 dvr fee?) the lowest I can go or is it possible to subscribe to something like a single superstation cheaper?

Thanks

The Welcome Pack with the DVR fee will be the lowest programming package available.

 

[ratrat]

Thanks everyone, this has been most helpful. I believe I have the answers I need. I think I will be getting the Welcome Pack until I can get my programs down to fit on single unsubscribed 722. Sacrifices will have to be made. There are some shows I need to watch (like the last four episodes of Battlestar Galactica) and shows I can live without (like the last 42 episodes of Criminal Minds).

Thanks again all