Mark Zenier wrote:

Sounds cheap to me, I gather you can spend $90 a month (not including
pay per view) to get the full load. Minimum, $30-$40 a month.

It is cheap. The 10 quid (UKP) is an EXTRA fee for HD. You buy whatever
package you want, and if you want HD, you buy the HD package, which is a
few channels in HD.

Most channels are not available in HD.

Here for example, the DBS system I use has 4 movie channels, in HD they have
one. If you want all four channels, or a different movie than the HD channel
is showing, you have to watch it in regular, which means you had to pay
for that channel.

Regular def here is a mixed bag, about 10% of the programs are 16:9, most
are 4:3. The decoder box gives you a choice of always 16:9 (which means the
TV set has to detect the difference and switch), always 4:3, or letterboxed
16:9 on a 4:3 set.

I have no idea of what really is on HD, I don't have a TV capable of it.

Note that if I were to upgrade to an HDTV, I would not upgrade the service,
I get so much of my program material from other sources, it's not worth it.

Geoff.

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