I used to sub to dtv, and quite frankly I got real tired of the crap that they were sending. American TV is far too regulated. Only channel I enjoyed was HBO, and the problem with that they don't air all the movies. No, you have to subscribe to HBO / Cinemax, Showtime / TMC, and Starz / Encore to see all the blockbuster movies that we see on TMN/Movie central here.
When I had directv, in addition to the 49.00 a month that were clipping me for their basic service, I had another 30.00 or so a month for the movie channels, and that was US $.
Now on Bell, I am paying 20.00 a month for basic service (with my HD channels thrown in, as I am grandfathered)
I still get the US movie channels on C band which is cheaper than it was with directv, but I am still forced to subscribe to HBO/MAX/SHOWTIME/STARZ/TMC to get the full selection of movies.
The only reason I still sub, is for HBO / STARZ and Showtime HD channels which I get on the big dish as they are all full time HD channels. (All I watch)
I dropped directv because they forced me to take a channel package before I could get movies, and directv only had 3 HD channels.
Now, if only I could get bell to sell me a 9200 PVR. Now they only rent
