Bell TV Pricing, themes and programming package discussion

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I was called by the executive office Bell TV and told that the head of marketing said to my complaint . " You will get Showcase HD and NG HD under the Grandfathered $10 plan"
 
digging up this old thread i also would like to know what is the least expensive way to get the most hd channels. i have 4 hd themes,1 gigital standard,1 us timeshift,1 digital service fee,and 5 themes, all for the low,low price of 69.00 plus tax.hardly ever watch sd anything,and would love to go hd only.do i need digital standard plus themes ect to get hd? what hd would be left if i got rid of sd.
 
Baal .....RDS HD is in one the HD themes that require linkage so its not as simple as one thinks.

So you need to subscribe to SD sports pack 1 & 2 and LE Monde EN Francais. To get the HD Theme channels that require linkage.

From Hd themes Sports & More Sports
WGNHD, TSNHD, TSNHD2, RSNHD, Need SD sports 1
Raptors HD Need SD sports 2
RDSHD Need SD LE Monde EN Francais.
 
I called Bell and they gave me showcase & A&E back since I subscribe to the SD packages. fyi, I am grandfathered on the $10 HD package
 
Your choices are almost the same as mine. To answer your questions. Yes, you do need to take Digital Standard. After that you can get get rid of your 5 SD themes unless you want TSN HD. In that case you'd have to keep or add Sports 1 which includes TSN SD. As far as I know given your current programming TSN would be the only SD_HD linked service.
 
You might as well get Direct TV as you will not be able to get Bell HD there with the new coverage footprint from Nimiq4.
 
That's good news. I'm surprised they took A&E off you or did you mix it up with National Geographic HD.
 
Call Bell TV up, tell them the situation and ask for a credit for the time your were charged incorrectly.
 
Remember that lots of people have more than one TV and the others are often SDTVs. Therefore these packages are often not "a waste" since they watch SD on the other TVs. (Yes, you could watch the HD channel on an SDTV if you have an HDSTB set up for it)

There should be quite a shakeup in late 2011, when a-la-carte becomes possible, but likely your bill will not necessarily come down a lot, just a lot of channels will no longer be part of packages and some/many of them may disappear if they don't get the funding.
 
I'm not sure they're pairing timeshifting with the grandfathered package anymore. But under the new system, a certain amount of HD is free (basically the networks, APTNHD, and the us networks - east or west depending on where you live). The rest you have to pay for (4 themes for 10 bucks as I recall). If you get 4 or more HD theme packs, the HD timeshifting is free, and it is $1.00 otherwise. HD timeshifting is not really its own theme pack, its just listed separately in its own category. I'm fine with the theme packs anyway, because I end up paying the same 10 bucks; I find the sports 2 HD theme pack useless, so I don't subscribe to it -- especially given that Rush HD is the only channel in the pack that seems to consistently have HD programming for every show and I'm not into extreme sports.
 
Let them know, make a stink....we complained to them about their better offers to new customers, and we recieved our PVR rental free for 6 months. Going OTA is really the best way to reduce HD costs though.
 
Digital Standard (base) 32$ + 5 HD packs 15$ + 3$ Digital acces fee

Since you must have the SD theme to get the HD theme:
Add 8$ for SPORTS 1 if you wish to receive TSN HD
Add another 2.50$ (pick and pay) or 8$ (SPORTS 2) if you wish to have RAPTORS TV HD
Add 16$ or 18$ (if you choose more then 5 SD themes) to receive MOVIES EAST or MOVIE CENTRAL HD
If you wish to receive French HD channels you must purchase the SD feed/Theme packs are 8$ each

Price for that pacakge will increase of 6$ as of January according to my last bill
 
As a side note for 2 dollars more I got TLC learning channel back and got to keep everything else.

Before I had Movie network, 6 themes (no sports) and the HD value pack.

I removed the HD value pack, subscribed to 4 of the 5 HD packages (including free HD time shift) and added the sports network (7 SD themes in total now).

I have no interest in sports, but without adding sports it ends up being more expensive than before. It is 15 dollars to get 3 HD packs or 10 for 4 and of the 5 choices, 2 are Sports, thereby making it impossible in my situation not to get sports and keep TLC HD and keeps things the same and within 2 dollars.
 
$10 Marketing - please provide proof of such marketing. You are hiding behind a general statement. $10 Theme is not discontinued, it is there for those that have it. It is just not sold now, due to new structure.

Habskilla, Haystack, dont like the service, its a free world, - go to the greener pastures... dont know what you are waiting for? Just the time you will save from continuing these conversations on this forum must be worth moving services. All that extra time - you can use watching your new greater service.
 
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