dish at150

[juan ellitinez]

Why doesn't dish include encore east and the movie channels /east in at 150..seems kinda of odd they included the west coast feed only and make you pay extra for theeast coast feed>

[Jacob S]

Because those channels are in the premium movie packages and if they offered those channels in the top 150 package then they would not be able to offer them in the premium movie packages therefore making those packages less attractive. They want you to order the top 150 to get the rest of the movie channels or make it to where you can order that package to get a few movie channels but to get the cream of the crop you have to pay extra to get the premiums.

[TNGTony]

Because people who have Starz/Encore package and Showtime Unlimited include those channels on their packages. :) You get to see everything that is on those channels. Just 3 hours later. That's why we have the PVR! :D

See ya
Tony

[DarrellP]

I wish they would put just ONE movie channel in the AT50, like TCM or Fox movie.

[Nick]

AT50 gets you nothing. It's a loss leader designed to get you in on the cheap with the expectation that you will get tired of watching nothing and will upgrade to a $uperior package.

[TNGTony]

Nothing equals:

105 USA Network USA Variety 119
106 TV Land TVLND Family 119
107 Comedy Central CMDY Variety 119
108 Lifetime LIFE Variety 119
110 Food Network FOOD Ed/Fam 119
112 Home & Garden TV HGTV Ed/Fam 119
114 Entertainment Television E! News 119
118 Arts & Entertainment A&E Variety 119
120 The History Channel HIST Ed/Fam 119
122 The Sci-Fi Channel SCIFI Variety 119
138 Turner Network Television TNT Broadcast 119
140 ESPN ESPN Sports 119
142 ESPNEWS ESNWS Sports 119
144 ESPN2 ESPN2 Sports 119
145 ESPN Alternate ESPNA Sports 119
146 ESPN2 Alternate ESP2A Sports 119
160 Music Television MTV Music 119
161 Music Television 2 MTV2 Music 119
162 VH1 VH1 Music 119
166 Country Music TV CMT Music 119
168 The National Network TNN Music 119
170 Nickelodeon East NICK Family 119
171 Nickelodeon West NICKW Family 119
172 Disney Channel East DISNE Family 119
173 Disney Channel West DISNW Family 119
176 Cartoon Network TOON Family 119
178 The Learning Channel TLC Ed/Fam 119
180 ABC Family Channel ABCFM Family 119
182 The Discovery Channel DISC Ed/Fam 119
200 CNN CNN News 119
202 Headline News Network HNN News 119
204 Court TV COURT Informational 119
208 CNBC CNBC News 119
210 CSPAN CSPAN Informational 119
212 CSPAN2 CSPN2 Informational 119
213 The NASA Channel NASA Ed/Fam 119
214 The Weather Channel TWC News 119
217 Gem Shopping Network GMSN Shopping 110
220 The Travel Channel TRAV Ed/Fam 119
222 Home Shopping Network HSN Shopping 119
224 Shop At Home SAH Shopping 119
226 QVC Shopping Network QVC Shopping 119
228 Value Vision VUVSN Shopping 119
230 Turner Broadcasting System TBS Broadcast 119
251 Dish Info 1 INFO1 Dish 119
260 Trinity Broadcasting Network TBN Religion 119
261 Eternal Word TV Network EWTN Religion 119
262 Angel One ANGEL Religion 119
405 TV Games Network TVGAM Sports 119
9400 Research TV RSRCH Events 110
9401 Hispanic Information & Telecommunications Network HITN Educational 110
9402 PBS YOU PBS-U Ed/Fam 110
9403 BYUTV BYUTV Ed/Fam 110
9405 California Community College Satellite Network CCN Educational 110
9406 StarNet STAR Educational 110
9407 Colours TV COLRS Minority and Alternative Prog. 110
9418 Daystar DYSTR Religious 61.5°
9409 Rural Farm Broadcasting RFD-TV Information-Education 119
9410 LinkMedia LINK Alternative Prog. 119
9411 Northern Arizona University / University House NAUHS Educational 119
9412 University of California UCTV Educational 119
9413 Educating Everyone EE Educational 110
9414 FamilyNet FMNT Entertainment/Religious 61.5°
9415 Free Speech TV FSTV Variety 110
9416 Good Samaritan Network GSN Ed/Fam 61.5
9417 Safety Net Justice Distance Learning Consortium JDLC Educational 61.5
9418 Panhandle Area Educational Consortium PAEC Educational 61.5

http://echostar.swiki.net/116

That's quite a bit of nothing for $25 a month. :D

See ya
Tony

[tampa8]

And it does give a reasonable choice for those who really cannot afford more.

[marko]

The top 50 is a great package. There are only like 2 channels that I wouldn't mind having that are in the top 100. FX and noggin. And the fact that you can pay for a full year, and get 12 months for the price of 11.

Although the new local deal for top 50/locals for $30 is nice too.

[DaYooper]

Originally posted by TNGTony

That's quite a bit of nothing for $25 a month. :D

See ya
Tony [/B]

I agree. The ONLY AT100 channel that I watch is Fox News. If they would just move it to the AT50 package, I would save $9 per month. Almost enough to add a premium movie package.

[JohnH]

Let us not forget 223 Vision TV and 402 NBATV seem to be in AT50. :)

[Geronimo]

I grew up in Western MA. We got an NBC affiliate in Schenectady and a CBS affiliate in Albany well. The ABC affiliate was there but snowy. I remember being amazed when I went on vacation and saw ABC shows without snow. They were still awful but they looked so much better. Maybe I thought they filmed them that way.

PBS was on the dial but my father always complained about the use of the UHF tuner (to this day I don't get that) and it was truly unwatchable anyway.

When I first got cable there were 36 count 'em 36 channels. You had to rent a cable box and there was no remote. I was still in heaven. Now I complain about AT 150. Perhaps we would all be better off with AT 50. Just a thought.

[jeffwtux]

Reply to DaYooper:

That won't happen. There's a reason why FoxNews is on AT100, and that's because it costs a pretty penny, and isn't as ingraned as a necessity as ESPN which of course costs even more. BTW, do you get Fox Sports Detroit up there?