New Bell HD Packages (formerly titled: Bell HD Price Increase)

07-31-2010, 02:58 AM

Are you getting HDNET as well?

-Mike

07-31-2010, 03:00 AM

Not a bad brochure. Just a couple of observations and questions:

1. APTN HD is already here not "Coming Soon"
2. How can COSMO TV be part of both Digital Standard and Lifestyle 1 ?
3. HD Variety packs (both) don't show the indicator that means you also have to take the equivalent SD channel (e.g. TSN/Raptors). Does this mean that they are not coupled?

07-31-2010, 03:18 AM

Jon you don't mention what receiver your using.

07-31-2010, 04:47 AM

How is this exactly going to work for existing customers.... are they just going to start charging us more for what we already have???

07-31-2010, 04:53 AM

I disagree that most subs will decrease their HD content. I think folks with HDTV would like to decrease their SD content.

**Hugh** · 07-31-2010, 06:09 AM

Please stick to the topic at hand.

07-31-2010, 06:18 AM

It looks to me that we should all stop thinking of the old All-In-One pricing. That promotion is now history except of course for current subscribers who for now can continue as before with no change to pricing/offerings until they decide to make changes to their HD.

For NEW subscribers and old subs who want to change their HD offerings, the way I read it is that for $32.00 you get both the Digital Standard and a set of free HD channels compromising the Canadian networks, major US networks, CITY TV HD and APTN HD. A good deal really as long as you are not interested in sports or the few HD specialty channels offered by BEV.

07-31-2010, 06:23 AM

With the constant complaints about crappy HD channels being added, I don't know how you can arrive at that conclusion!? At least people will have the opportunity to pick and choose, like they do now with SD channels. I also think many will find the base HD package enough. It's the equivalent to what you would get OTA in HD.

-Mike

07-31-2010, 06:31 AM

tvman, understood. I can only speak from my own experience but I've never known Bell to remove channels a person had previous to a free preview period after the preview period ended.

07-31-2010, 06:36 AM

Thanks for the correction, Sorry for getting ppl a bit off topic.

Anyways so the point i was trying to make was essentially answered anyways. Expect to pay a little more for wierd packages while they try to get some of the cost back now from the limited number of ppl who have HD for being the first bunch to get onto the service (Not that it hasn't been running for a while but more ppl are finally migrating to it).

It's like any other new release. PS3 = $700 for the first 6 months to get all those ppl that abosolutly have to have it to pay some crazy amount and then drop it to $500 to get the rest to start buying. So we'll see some price increases and then some stabilizing once more and more come online.

Kind of sucks but i just can't go back to watching sports in SD anymore.

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