What are you guys paying for satellite TV?
 

Today I realized I'm paying $60 for my cable service and I don't even have anything "extra". No HBO, sports package, or anything like that. Its digital cable, probably a couple hundred channels total but we watch less than 10-15 of them. I want to get the HD service added, so now we're probably talking $65-70 monthly for a TV I watch all 3 hours a week of.

What are you guys paying for satellite? I need all of the main network channels, HD, and other popular channels like ESPN, Discovery, History, Comedy Central, etc. I also need 2 of the set-top boxes for 2 separate TVs, a third would be fantastic but not necessary at all.

Oh, also, mention your carrier and the setup cost.

starchoice
$80 for the gold plus per month ( I think )
and around $100 for the recievers :thumbsup

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/learn/...otalChoice.dsp

This package would be pretty good, with 2 receivers it would be $50 monthly. Add HD and it would be $60 verses the $70 I'm facing now. Don't know if switching everything is worth the $10 savings, though I am pretty pissed at my cable company right now.

Is there any way to add HBO to my package?

I used to have dishnet. Had the dual LNB dish. 3 recievers ($5 extra each) HBO Shotime package. Tjink it was around 80 bucks.

Also had DirectPC Dish for internet. That was another 100 something.

Thank god I moved.

Have digital cable now, way way better. Especially if you live where it rains alot.

I had Directv for 5+ years and got rid of them last year for digital cable. Some much cheaper it isnt funny. Only thing I miss is Sunday Ticket :(

Check to see if there is more than one cable company in your area because if there is they will give you a better rate to switch. I have broadband & all the pay channels for $90 a month.

About $100 a month for all the channels available, 2 lines, local stations and TiVo. DirecTV.

I pay like 60 for Brighthouse with HBO, and 35 for a dish with a couple Brazilian channels.

I pay $120/month for DirecTV and I only watch Nick @ Nite and TVLand and a few news channels. I should cancel the 20 HBOs or something :Oh crap

I pay about $55 per month with DirecTV with Tivo and 2 receivers, expanded lineup and local channels.

Slightly off topic, but has anyone heard about a possible nagra2 hack on the free-to-air receivers? I have read a few places that people are getting some of their dishnet channels back again on those FTA receivers. Maybe the hackers will be back in business sooner than everyone thought.

I have Expressvu now here in Canada, which costs $86+ tax and includes basically all their english language channels, except for Playboy and the "gay" channel. But you only get 3 HD channels for that price...it is another $10 a month if you want all 27 HD channels.

(Canadian prices)

DirectTV with Tivo and the "local channels" package - $60 a month.

On a related note... for the last two or three days I've been getting the movie channels free. I just spent two hours watching some goddamn Julia Roberts movie on Encore (or Starz or some other shit I can't remember) from 15 years ago and crying through 3/4 of it. Bleh.

I'm paying $52 for my cable service and I don't even have anything "extra".

im paying 57 a month for about 300 channels on StarChoice

Here's another thing I'd like to know but I'm too lazy to make a thread about it:

Is Cinemax PORN now??? I was picking it up 2 nights ago and it was nothing but people fucking. Completely naked... really doing the deed, showing the whole thing. When did that happen?

Do you people really watch that much TV or do I really just spend that much time behind the computer?

We use to have a cable/phone/internet package through Cox for $99/month. Well when we switched to business for internet our package was null and void. So we decided to get a few extra channels like HBO and Starz. First of all, I realize we don't watch TV that much and shouldn't pay for it, second thing I realized was when I do watch TV, there ain't shit on ...

Skinemax ; )

The only TV I watch is while I'm eating dinner. I do like watching TV shows on DVD though, which is more like watching a movie than TV. But you're right, any time I do actually sit down to watch TV there is never anything on.

I have the DirecTV service with Tivo and most of the movie channels (not the sports though) and I pay about $106 month, actually $115 this past month for some reason.