So much for hoping to get HD for the same price as before. Looks like it will take Premium package + $9.99 for HD access + $4.99 for the HD only channnels to get 'em all. I counted 29 additional channels for Choice and 37 for Choice+. No HD only package is offered. Looks like all save the Premium HD's to be available until Dec. 15. At least that gives us some time to see how many we really want. I saw the 4 Starz HD channels coming and thought $12.00 for Starz with 4 HD channels was a good deal, so I jumped in for that.
Lastly, I'm not surprised they divied up the HD channels with different packages. Gotta pay for the sats somehow I guess.