Duhhh..NO you won't get any HD channels without subscribing...just like you
won't get HBO without subscribing!!
Good news is the first 6 months are free.


"Red Neckerson" wrote in message
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I saw the posts by Sherry (PaNjDeFemale) and it started me wondering:

I have had Dish for over 3 years now. I have 4 receivers, locals channels,
and one of my receivers is the Tivo-like 501 (Can't live without it!!!). I
also get the complete HBO package. I pay about $93 a month.
The wife bought me a big 50-some-inch widescreen HDTV last year (I think
I'll keep her!) but I have yet to watch anything in HD. Now I know Dish
has 2 different HD receiver (an 800 series and a 900 series. The 900 has
the Tivo capabilities). The recievers aren't cheap, but I was thinking of
"splurging" after the first of the year. Now that I have rambled on about
that, here is my question:

If I get one of the HD receivers, do you HAVE to subscribe to their HD
package (at $9.99 a month) which someone told me involved another dish
AND is only something like 6 channels? Would I be able to get any HD shows
WITHOUT subscibing to that package? Now let me state first: I live too far
away from a major city so over-the-air reception is NOT an option.
Somtimes I wish I lived closer just so I COULD get over-the-air HD
signals, but I don't want to give up living here in God's country....;-]

Oh! BTW, it drives me crazy when they say your signal goes out in bad
weather. Bunk! The only time I have lost a signals was when we had a
torrential downpour last summer and I think the signal was lost for about
15 seconds. When I had cable, we'd lose it for hours (and sometimes days)
at a time when one of the lines went down.....