Originally, Dish boasted that they did not charge a fee because they did not use TIVO, like D*. It was an advantage of E* over D*.
Then, they, all of a sudden, said they were going to start charging one. I heard they were saying they were going to charge the DVR fee, but charge less for the equipment.
Now, the DVR fee seems to be just more money in their pocket. The thing I hate is that they even went up on it.
DVR fees...another reason to "live in Canada."