PREMIUM TV PLANS

Expanded TV subscribers may order a number of optional premiums.

MONTHLY DIGITAL RATES

Digital premiums are standard definition and ala carte unless otherwise indicated. Cable box or CableCARD required.

Variety Pak

$11.99/mo

HBO Pak

$14.99/mo

SHO/TMC Pak

$14.99/mo

Stars!/Encore Pak. Includes Starz! HD.

$15.99/mo

Cinemax Pak

$14.99/mo

Max Pak (all of the above. Save $12.96/mo)

$59.99/mo

HD Pak. Requires subscription to Variety Pak.

$4.99/mo

Max Pak HD (all digital channels. Save $13.91/mo).

$63.99/mo

MONTHLY ANALOG RATES

We recommend Digital over analog premiums. They have more choices, lower rates, and clearer pictures.

Analog HBO W

$16.99/mo

Analog SHO W

$13.99/mo

Analog TMC W

$13.99/mo

Analog SHO/TMC

$17.99/mo

Analog STARZ! W

$10.99/mo

All packs are ala carte. You need not order the Variety Pak to order one of the movie paks.

DUPLICATE PREMIUMS

Some customers order a premium in both Analog and Digital formats so that sets without a cable box can receive a premium channel. Analog Duplicate Premiums are billed as follows:

HBO

$2/mo

SHO/TMC

$3/mo

SHO

$2/mo

TMC

$2/mo

STARZ!

$2/mo

 

TV Plans

Default TV ("Lucas Valley Community TV " service) includes 7 Bay Area analog channels, 8 Bay Area HD channels, 10 additional digital sub-channels, and the LVHA community bulletin board. Lucas Valley Cable provides additional TV programming as described below on a subscription basis. Subscription rates are in the left column.

EXPANDED TV (Channels 2-199)

This $39.99/month plan is the foundation for all of our TVservices and also entitles the subscriber to lower Internet rates. In addition to providing a mix of quality programming, including local HDTV stations* and DMX music channels*, Expanded TV is the starting point for the digital options that are described below. (See the TV listing page for details.)

The following programming is included in Expanded TV plan:

  • 4 additional San Francisco/San Jose analog channels
  • 21 additional San Francisco/San Jose digital channels
  • 9 Sacramento Digital Channels (5 of those in HD)*
  • 54 Cable/Satellite analog Channels
  • 37 commercial-free digital music channels*
  • 4 unencrypted ESPN HD channels*
  • 2 unencrypted HD Net channels*

*These chanels require a TV with a QAM tuner or a DCT-series cable box or CableCARD.

DIGITAL TV (Channels 200-499)

Our digital packages can work with any TV set. Select among over 100 quality channels organized into subscription packages, or pick the MAX PAK and get all of them at a discounted rate.

A cable box is required for each TV receiving digital programming. The cable box includes an on-screen guide, program information, parental controls, etc.

Digital Pak Cable Box
Channels
Description

Digital Variety Pak

300-499

32 Discovery, kids, woman's, and other channels,
6 Digital music channels, and
9 Sports channels.

HBO Pak

630-639

10 HBO screens

SHO/TMC Pak

610-622
380-383

11 Showtime screens and 4 TMC screens

STARZ!/Encore Pak

670-676

6 Starz! screens, 9 Encore screens
and FLIX Movie Channel and Starz! HD

Cinemax Pak

600-605

6 Cinemax screens

Max Pak

 

All of the packages above

NEW! HD Pak

500-599

Fourteen high-definition cable channels. Requires subscription to Digital Variety Pak.

NEW! Max Pak HD

 

All the packages above (including HD)

Pay-per-View

802-811

7 screens. Available on any DSR470 or DCT2200 cable box on request. No charge beyond programs actually watched. Cable boxes with pay-per-view require a telephone connection.