Unfortunately, I'm one of the subs that would take a big hit. I'm already paying the extra $10.00 for HD, but with the Super 6 at $39.99 plus the HD, I'm running at $51.00 per month ( my system charge of $5.99 is mostly a wash due to my $5.00 bundle discount).
To keep exactly the same SD channels that I have now, with the pricing as of Feb 1, I'd be paying $69.00 with the Digital Essentials (adding 3 themes) vs my current sub of $39.99. Once you figure in the HD add-on, I'd be at $79.00/mo.
Using the HD Essentials model, I'd be looking at $86.00/mo (well ok, $84.00 once you back out the $2.00 for the magazine) for the same that I'd get on the Digital Essential model noted above.
At a minimum, to get a workable selection based on the current offering, I'd be looking at Build Your Own with 3 themes plus one channel $57.50/mo (assuming that I could get Animal Planet a la carte) - compared to my current sub, I'd be losing 21 channels (out of those I'd really miss IFC, Biography and Mystery (YMMV) ) but even so, I'd be paying as little as $17.50/mo or as much as $33.00 more than current just so that I could get HD-Net ? I don't think so.
I assume that I won't be able to stay on this program indefinitely as at some point BELL will stop 'supporting' this price point/service. At which point, I'll have some difficult decisions to make.... ok, maybe they won't be all that difficult.
