62strat said:
boy09 said:
When i left Dish I had a pretty standard package + HBO, 1 box with DVR, and 1 box without DVR, and i was paying $155/mo... I must have been doing something wrong.
Must have been. You were probably paying for a package that had 350 channels, and you watched 25 of them. Is that dish's fault? Their most expensive one now is $90. Add on 2 dvrs and taxes and you'd be at maybe $130.
https://www.dish.com/programming/packages/
I had this $38 package for 6-7 years. 50 channels. it's not some 'introductory price.. that is the price, it hasn't changed once since I switched to it.
https://www.mydish.com/flex-pack
I paid $12 for local channel pack for a while, but got smart and bought an antenna for $50 to drop that pack. I will likely reactivate this instead of paying $50 to someone else. I like dish's capabilities.
As much as it's talked about on here, I've never had to repeatedly call them to keep the price down. It's never gone up. I've changed packages over the years, always making sure I have the lowest one available, but since they introduced the flex pack I haven't had to switch, since it's been that price for years. I have called 2-3 times in 12-13 years to get new equipment however. They don't just offer up that stuff.
Let's compare apples to apples. You keep talking about this base level package - and without locals apparently - in comparison to those $45-50ish packages from streaming services.
But the vast majority of people on here are interested in SPORTS and Aggie games in particular so anything you are describing theta does not have ALL of the ESPN channels and SEC Network is a non starter for 99% of us. that package doesn't have a single sports channel - so it's great if you want to watch stupid crap on garbage channels (imho). Basically those are the channels my wife wants (no offense).
I want these at a minimum:
ALL locals - CBS, Fox, NBC, ABC - aggie/SEC games on CBS and other college games on ABC, NBC, Fox and NFL of course
ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU - many aggie games
SEC Network - many aggie and other SEC games
FS1 and FS2 - other college games and other sports
NBCSN - I watch tons of EPL on there
FS SW - Dallas Mavs and Stars and Rangers games (or whatever regional sports network)
Personally I don't care about a single channel on that package you have. My other viewing is all Netflix or Hulu or HBO which I get free via AT&T Wireless..
So anyway you are comparing your bare bones low end dish channel mix to something that has ALL of the sports channels most of us are talking about. In addition to those above I also have:
CBS SN
BTN
Golf
Olympic
that i watch infrequently.
And since I already had Netflix and Hulu with cable (for $140 ish per month to get all of those channels and on multiple TVs) the Hulu+Live which gets me all of those channels is only $38 MORE than I was paying for just Hulu and I dropped the $140ish per month cable BS.
And with that I also get most of the channels you listed so the wife is happy.
Also I have no contract, month to month and it doesn't cost me any more on multiple TVs and devices.
PS - I only had a mid level U200 package on Uverse - which was required for SECN. At $89 per month plus $10HD fee, and then $10 per box x 3 and about $10 in taxes and fees it was $140ish.