telcodad AFAIK, most TV plans have HD included now.
Yes, but…. I am sure there are location differences (there used to be at least one franchise where there was a HD programming fee (for HD resolution rather than SD resolution, regardless of whether one used HDMI or component out), in addition to the HD technology fee (which was been about enabling the HDMI port on Comcast STBs, so TiVo users did not need to pay it (if they knew about dropping that from their account, as TiVo did not need the feature to enable the HDMI port))), but in recent times for recent contracts, the HD fees have been part of the various package groups (choice to ultimate). However, it is still possible in many/most locations (although I doubt the CSRs promote it, and some probably don’t know it is possible) to have a TV plan with just the limited basic tier, and then add one/more specific genre packs (so for example, limited basic plus kids and family, but not including sports and news), and one might, in some cases, be able to save a few dollars (depending on what genre packs you wanted).