Direct-To-Home television in India. Update DTH UHD (4K) now available

mavrick · 2nd February 2009, 14:05

@ all : if i submit my 2 year old tata sky connection so what to do?what is the amount of refund i get back in return,if there is any provision for this.

mithun · 9th February 2009, 18:00

Is BIG TV having problems during rain ?

Last week, there was a small sprinkle and it was showing message that "Signal not available" and another time one weird error "Rain at the broadcasting station!" .

Eddy · 9th February 2009, 18:05

DTH does suffer from disruption of signals during rains, but it is a problem only during heavy showers AFAIR.

anupmathur · 9th February 2009, 18:19

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Originally Posted by Eddy

DTH does suffer from disruption of signals during rains, but it is a problem only during heavy showers AFAIR.

It's not even so much the rain as thunderstorms.
But then, even the WorldSpace signals suffer during such squalls.

Eddy · 9th February 2009, 18:24

I am not sure if I am correct, but I think the signal gets affected when a continous layer of water is formed between the satellite and the dish. Of course, it happens only during heavy rains.
But, the source of this is just a casual conversation so I might be wrong.

oss · 11th February 2009, 10:24

I am planning to get a Home theatre system. The question is do i get input from Sky+ in the 5.1 format (assuming the content has 5.1, say a movie being telecast through HBO)?

Akshay1234 · 11th February 2009, 10:52

just read that dd will start hd broadcasts for next years commonwealth games. assuming that tata sky and big tv etc also start this will all the wiring have to be redone or do the present cat-5/cat-6 cables support hd?

esteem_lover · 11th February 2009, 12:03

Have been using Airtel for a month now. It has been a very good experience in all fronts except one. Some of the Kids' channels have a single audio track & that is Hindi. Tried calling up customer care, but they don't seem to have a clue. Just hit a wall there.

Eddy · 11th February 2009, 12:04

Are you sure that its not a Hindi channel originally ?

deepclutch · 11th February 2009, 12:11

and It is almost a month with BIG TV DTH here.I had a sun dth connection ,which I gave to one of my relative's house.
The experience with BIG dth till ,it is very good.In kerala ,customer service(toll free) is working very well.ISP from Thodpuzha reaches within a day's limit to resolve the problems.
YES ,I had small problems.One with the model-1 STB(set top box) hyundai make freezes sometimes and it was replaced with model-2 which kind of works OK.the firmware seems to be buggy and this needs to be resolved.

Picture quality is better than sun direct ,tata sky etc.Their Cinema Halls ,32 of them ,plays same movies for a month or so.and there is the audio options(English ,Hindi) ,subtitles options works OK with few channels which got support.

totally ,good option.
problems:
1)STB firmware is not stable enough.
2)south channels are not given any preference
3)I miss few malayalam channels.

that's it.bigger dish compared to sun dth.

kb100 · 11th February 2009, 12:45

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Originally Posted by mavrick

@ all : if i submit my 2 year old tata sky connection so what to do?what is the amount of refund i get back in return,if there is any provision for this.

There was no provision for this. IIRC the courts passed some kind of ruling making this mandatory - post which they might buy it back for Rs.100 (If you look at their TS+ exchange offers, this is what they give for your old STB - unfortunately court did not set any limits to what the amount of refund should be) - I am sure some conditions apply - you will have to check with their call center to get the correct picture.

amitoj · 11th February 2009, 12:52

Guys, i have a TataSKY DTH connection. Now, very often there is this number in white in a blue rectangular box that pops up in the middle of the screen and refuses to go away. After some time it goes away on its own, only to come back a little later. Gets a bit annoying once you start to notice it.
I wanted to know if anyone else has faced this problem, before i call their customer support? Any idea how to get rid of it?

kb100 · 11th February 2009, 12:55

^^ I have this same issue Amitoj. Do let me know if you get a solution!

Technocrat · 11th February 2009, 12:56

Yes I too face this issue & I dont know how to get rid of it either. I am living with it as of now but would love to know if this can be taken care of

carboy · 11th February 2009, 13:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by amitoj

Guys, i have a TataSKY DTH connection. Now, very often there is this number in white in a blue rectangular box that pops up in the middle of the screen and refuses to go away. After some time it goes away on its own, only to come back a little later. Gets a bit annoying once you start to notice it.
I wanted to know if anyone else has faced this problem, before i call their customer support? Any idea how to get rid of it?

I think this comes in all the DTHs. In Dish, the number you see is called
your VC Number (customer id).
I think this is for preventing piracy of the signals. i.e. if your cablewallah
is taking a DTH connection & then piping it to his cable customers, then
this number would be used to locate who was the dish subscriber whose
signals are being piped, so that the DTH operator can disconnect that
subscriber.

2nd February 2009, 14:05	#766
mavrick BHPian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Delhi Posts: 51 Thanked: 0 Times	@ all : if i submit my 2 year old tata sky connection so what to do?what is the amount of refund i get back in return,if there is any provision for this.
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9th February 2009, 18:00	#767
mithun BANNED Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cochin Posts: 2,195 Thanked: 268 Times	Is BIG TV having problems during rain ? Last week, there was a small sprinkle and it was showing message that "Signal not available" and another time one weird error "Rain at the broadcasting station!" .
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9th February 2009, 18:05	#768
Eddy Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 9,567 Thanked: 14,538 Times	DTH does suffer from disruption of signals during rains, but it is a problem only during heavy showers AFAIR.
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9th February 2009, 18:24	#770
Eddy Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 9,567 Thanked: 14,538 Times	I am not sure if I am correct, but I think the signal gets affected when a continous layer of water is formed between the satellite and the dish. Of course, it happens only during heavy rains. But, the source of this is just a casual conversation so I might be wrong.
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11th February 2009, 10:24	#771
oss BHPian Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 685 Thanked: 7 Times	I am planning to get a Home theatre system. The question is do i get input from Sky+ in the 5.1 format (assuming the content has 5.1, say a movie being telecast through HBO)?
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11th February 2009, 10:52	#772
Akshay1234 Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 10,327 Thanked: 12,914 Times	just read that dd will start hd broadcasts for next years commonwealth games. assuming that tata sky and big tv etc also start this will all the wiring have to be redone or do the present cat-5/cat-6 cables support hd?
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11th February 2009, 12:03	#773
esteem_lover Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Madras/Py Posts: 7,556 Thanked: 513 Times View My Garage	Airtel Language Problem Have been using Airtel for a month now. It has been a very good experience in all fronts except one. Some of the Kids' channels have a single audio track & that is Hindi. Tried calling up customer care, but they don't seem to have a clue. Just hit a wall there.
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11th February 2009, 12:04	#774
Eddy Team-BHP Support Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Singapore Posts: 9,567 Thanked: 14,538 Times	Are you sure that its not a Hindi channel originally ?
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11th February 2009, 12:11	#775
deepclutch Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Muvattupuzha Posts: 1,167 Thanked: 164 Times	and It is almost a month with BIG TV DTH here.I had a sun dth connection ,which I gave to one of my relative's house. The experience with BIG dth till ,it is very good.In kerala ,customer service(toll free) is working very well.ISP from Thodpuzha reaches within a day's limit to resolve the problems. YES ,I had small problems.One with the model-1 STB(set top box) hyundai make freezes sometimes and it was replaced with model-2 which kind of works OK.the firmware seems to be buggy and this needs to be resolved. Picture quality is better than sun direct ,tata sky etc.Their Cinema Halls ,32 of them ,plays same movies for a month or so.and there is the audio options(English ,Hindi) ,subtitles options works OK with few channels which got support. totally ,good option. problems: 1)STB firmware is not stable enough. 2)south channels are not given any preference 3)I miss few malayalam channels. that's it.bigger dish compared to sun dth.
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11th February 2009, 12:52	#777
amitoj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Windham, NH USA Posts: 3,406 Thanked: 3,502 Times View My Garage	Guys, i have a TataSKY DTH connection. Now, very often there is this number in white in a blue rectangular box that pops up in the middle of the screen and refuses to go away. After some time it goes away on its own, only to come back a little later. Gets a bit annoying once you start to notice it. I wanted to know if anyone else has faced this problem, before i call their customer support? Any idea how to get rid of it?
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11th February 2009, 12:55	#778
kb100 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangy Boy! Posts: 1,556 Thanked: 23 Times	^^ I have this same issue Amitoj. Do let me know if you get a solution!
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11th February 2009, 12:56	#779
Technocrat Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: GTA Posts: 14,770 Thanked: 2,705 Times	Yes I too face this issue & I dont know how to get rid of it either. I am living with it as of now but would love to know if this can be taken care of
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