Good on you, DISH Network. Rather than sitting idly by while everyone already knows that
17 new HD channels are coming in August, the satcaster has pushed out a press release making the newcomers official. 'Course, you didn't really expect DISH to push aside the opportunity to trumpet its pending leap to 100+ high-def stations, did you? Nevertheless, those 17 that we mentioned earlier today are indeed coming on August 1st, but what we didn't know was how exactly the long-rumored
HD only packages would work. Also beginning on August 1st, the handful of TurboHD packages -- which will deliver only high-definition channels -- will be available with or without locals starting at $24.99 and topping out at $49.99. Check out the read link for more details. Oh, how we long for the day where HD only packages are commonplace across carriers.
Devout HD fans don't have a problem spending money -- in fact they'll usually spend whatever it takes on the latest HDTV or HD Movie player -- but paying for all those SD channels that are useless 'cause they don't have HD programming can really get under your skin. Luckily 
