Direct-To-Home television in India - Page 8 - Team-BHP

vid6639 · 27th October 2006, 09:01

Yup decoder meaning set top box. I saw manufactured in malaysia by tele systems on them.

BMW · 27th October 2006, 09:03

vid6639, Which make was it?

esteem_lover · 27th October 2006, 14:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by vid6639

Yup decoder meaning set top box. I saw manufactured in malaysia by tele systems on them.

whats your decoder make ?

vid6639 · 27th October 2006, 14:13

I believe all the Tatasky decoders are made by humax thompson. It's a korean company.
The dish equipment is made by TEle systems malaysia and the STB by humax korea.

BMW · 27th October 2006, 16:46

Humax is a Korean company while Thomson is American.

Both the companies are manufacturing STBs in India.

More Info:
http://www.indiantelevision.com/head...may/may118.htm
http://www.indiantelevision.com/head...feb/feb206.htm

vid6639 · 27th October 2006, 19:58

Just saw my STB, it's from Thomson. Any difference between the 2. Is the humax one better in terms of clarity or is the thomson good.
Any bugs with any of these STB's.

BMW · 27th October 2006, 21:56

I too have Thomson. Received another Thomson STB (for my second TV) today. I had requested for a Humax one but it was not in stock.

A friend of mine informed me that Thomson has supplied majority of STBs to Tata Sky.

There were couple of bugs initially but after the latest software upgrade in Oct, there are no more bugs.

Picture and sound quality is same for both the STBs.

bigman · 27th October 2006, 23:08

Might go in for tatasky. Dishtv cannot be bothered to sort my password etc out. I have registered twice and to date they have not sent me a password etc.

aZa · 30th October 2006, 15:48

I think dishtv sux in marketing atleast, i visited 5 dealers all of them said that they dont sell dishtv and then i visited ZEE main office in sector 16a noida still nothing. eventually got TATAsky.

now i have a thompson STB too what sort of bugs are there and are there any hacks ?

tsk1979 · 30th October 2006, 16:04

One question about these dish TVs.
Apart from these satellites, there must be other satellites also catering to region(not india though, for countries like sri lanka etc.). So I am assuming, we would be getting some channels which are not for India, its just that our decoder card would not be for those.
Is it possible to use any decoder card in these STBs so that any channel can be viewed?

aZa · 30th October 2006, 16:06

tsk its possible !!! whether or not on the provided STBs i dunno. But check out gaffar market u can get urself digicards and stbs there for euro satellites and all.

esteem_lover · 30th October 2006, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsk1979

One question about these dish TVs.
Apart from these satellites, there must be other satellites also catering to region(not india though, for countries like sri lanka etc.). So I am assuming, we would be getting some channels which are not for India, its just that our decoder card would not be for those.
Is it possible to use any decoder card in these STBs so that any channel can be viewed?

As of now, they do not allow inter-operability, meaning a Dish TV receiver cannot be used to receive any other signals other than from DISH. same for tata also. But there are receivers available in the market that can receive these other signals, since they are not controlled by proprietary software. But you need to find the satellite first & then the angle & polarisations. if you have these, then worth the try.

merve_extreme · 2nd November 2006, 14:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsk1979

One question about these dish TVs.
Apart from these satellites, there must be other satellites also catering to region(not india though, for countries like sri lanka etc.). So I am assuming, we would be getting some channels which are not for India, its just that our decoder card would not be for those.
Is it possible to use any decoder card in these STBs so that any channel can be viewed?

earlier before the software upgrade Dishtv stb had this feature to add transponders.with this you could add FTA international channels from satellites covering india if you knew their transponder info.Dishtv is on NSS6 and there are many international channels on it.

But after upgrade they have removed this feature and on tatasky it isnt available as well,but if you buy a stb from the open market you can get these channels,but you wont get Dish or tatasky since they need VC's

mithun · 6th November 2006, 06:08

Off-Topic...

Why we are not getting the free TV channels of foreign countries with the help of our normal Dish Antenna in India ? Is it blocked by the Govt ?

hyper-VTEC · 6th November 2006, 07:35

I wanted TataSky, but then I heard about Reliance IPTv. Anybody has any news when Reliance would launch IPTv service?

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vid6639 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,359 View My Garage	I believe all the Tatasky decoders are made by humax thompson. It's a korean company. The dish equipment is made by TEle systems malaysia and the STB by humax korea. __________________ \ / ][ \|) `/ [_] "!" (\./) (o.o) ( X ) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him achieve world domination.

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BMW Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 39	Humax is a Korean company while Thomson is American. Both the companies are manufacturing STBs in India. More Info: http://www.indiantelevision.com/head...may/may118.htm http://www.indiantelevision.com/head...feb/feb206.htm __________________ BMW

27th October 2006, 19:58	#111 (permalink)
vid6639 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 3,359 View My Garage	Just saw my STB, it's from Thomson. Any difference between the 2. Is the humax one better in terms of clarity or is the thomson good. Any bugs with any of these STB's. __________________ \ / ][ \|) `/ [_] "!" (\./) (o.o) ( X ) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him achieve world domination.

27th October 2006, 21:56	#112 (permalink)
BMW Newbie Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 39	I too have Thomson. Received another Thomson STB (for my second TV) today. I had requested for a Humax one but it was not in stock. A friend of mine informed me that Thomson has supplied majority of STBs to Tata Sky. There were couple of bugs initially but after the latest software upgrade in Oct, there are no more bugs. Picture and sound quality is same for both the STBs. __________________ BMW

27th October 2006, 23:08	#113 (permalink)
bigman BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NA Posts: 505	Might go in for tatasky. Dishtv cannot be bothered to sort my password etc out. I have registered twice and to date they have not sent me a password etc.

30th October 2006, 15:48	#114 (permalink)
aZa Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Noida / Delhi Posts: 1,171 View My Garage	I think dishtv sux in marketing atleast, i visited 5 dealers all of them said that they dont sell dishtv and then i visited ZEE main office in sector 16a noida still nothing. eventually got TATAsky. now i have a thompson STB too what sort of bugs are there and are there any hacks ? __________________ -[ " If the ride is more fly, then you must buy. " - Snoop Dogg ]-

30th October 2006, 16:04	#115 (permalink)
tsk1979 Team-BHP Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Noida, New Delhi Posts: 8,450 View My Garage	One question about these dish TVs. Apart from these satellites, there must be other satellites also catering to region(not india though, for countries like sri lanka etc.). So I am assuming, we would be getting some channels which are not for India, its just that our decoder card would not be for those. Is it possible to use any decoder card in these STBs so that any channel can be viewed? __________________ Reclaiming.....!

30th October 2006, 16:06	#116 (permalink)
aZa Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Noida / Delhi Posts: 1,171 View My Garage	tsk its possible !!! whether or not on the provided STBs i dunno. But check out gaffar market u can get urself digicards and stbs there for euro satellites and all. __________________ -[ " If the ride is more fly, then you must buy. " - Snoop Dogg ]-

6th November 2006, 06:08	#119 (permalink)
mithun Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cochin/Bangalore Posts: 1,070 View My Garage	Off-Topic... Why we are not getting the free TV channels of foreign countries with the help of our normal Dish Antenna in India ? Is it blocked by the Govt ? __________________ Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams dry, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.

6th November 2006, 07:35	#120 (permalink)
hyper-VTEC BHPian Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Airport Lounges, Long Haul Flights Posts: 150 View My Garage	I wanted TataSky, but then I heard about Reliance IPTv. Anybody has any news when Reliance would launch IPTv service? __________________ ______________________________ WagonR LXi 2004 (clean no mods) Swift VXi w/ABS 2007 (Llumar tints, Pioneer and JBL ICE)

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