pokerguru said:
-Brighthouse Products and pricing
Individual services
Standard Cable $48.49
Digital Cable $56.99
Digital Cable with HD Service $56.99
~Eight HD channels FREE with Digital Cable (WESH-NBC, WKMG-CBS, WFTV-ABC, WOFL-FOX, WRBW-UPN, WKCF-WB, PBS, Discovery HD and TNT HD)
Also Available with HD Service
HD Pack $6.00
~Enjoy even more programming, events and sports in High Definition (ESPN HD; Universal HD, HD Net; HD Net Movies; INHD and INHD2)
The above is reference, I'm not promoting this service.
But if you want Fuel, CSTV, and NBA TV, which is part of D* package, Brighthouse charges you an additional $2.00 a month. But you do get the Tennis Channel, that D* doesn't offer. But the reason I dumped BH is because they don't even offer Fox Sports Florida, one of our local RSNs. Plus you they don't offer the RSN Sports package.
But I will say the BH has it all over D* or E* for movie networks. You can get all 4 Movie Networks added for $25.00, a month. Plus they offer many more channels. 15 HBO, 8 Cinemax, 19 Starz/Encore and 17 Showtime/MC.
So the BH bill would come to:
Digital Package $ 56.99
HD Package $ 6.00
Digital Sports $ 2.00
Total $ 64.99
My D* Package is:
Total Choice + $45.99
HD Package $10.99
Total $56.98
The basic channels vary a little between the two, but are pretty close. You do get INHD & INHD2 with BH. I wish D* offered them, but slim chance of that, as they are under the cable industry's control.
BH does offer more local HDs than D* will for this area, but for me it is not an issue, as I get 29 now with my OTA antenna. The thing I hated worse about BH was the grainy PQ, on the analog channels (Under 100 channels). On my HDTV set they looked even worse than on my SD sets.
For a sports junkie, like me, D* offers more and is less per month.
If you like the movie networks, Brighthouse runs circles around both D* & E*, 26 more premium movie channels than D* for $8.00 a month less than D*.