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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Best way to install airtel direct, sun direct, tatasky,dishtv, bigtv,d2h,dd directplus DTH

If you want to install the airtel direct, sun direct, tatasky,dishtv, bigtv,d2h,dd directplus DTH service providers dish at your home with out wasting money.

Please follow the few steps.

1. India DTH services at almost in 80E to 110E  in this range
2. every setup box have the setting menu in which you can view the signal strength 
3. first you have to face in east direct 
4. switch on the setup box
5. view the signal and adjust the dish slowly and to get 100% signal
6. fix the dish


This process will save money and energy. if you have signal meter it will help full to get direct in less time.



   

Monday, June 15, 2009

DTH probability by TRAI

TRAI is planning to introduce DTH inter comparability and probability for Indian DTH viewers. On the lines of mobile portability, to stimulate the sector's growth, chairman J S Sarma said. "Entry price in DTH is coming down on its own. Growth will now be a function of quality and pricing. Portability in DTH may reduce entry barriers for users," Sarma said in an interview

Subscribers in the country currently have to pay for installation each time they switch their DTH service provider. DTH service providers could be accused on two counts. One is that they have 'blocked' their set top boxes, preventing the set top box supplied by one service provider from being used to access the services of the other.
Currently, service providers are using two technology platforms -- MPEG2 and MPEG4 -- for offering their services, allowing them to extend the argument that equipment of one will thus not be compatible with the service of the other. "All these are issues that will be looked into. DTH will do well if service providers can offer more than cable operators," Sarma said.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Airtel Digital TV launches pay for 10months for year

Airtel Digital TV is increasing its number of annual packages, offering discounted rates to keep its subscribers locked long term.

The DTH service provider will add eight annual packages, complementing its current Super Value offer of Rs 2600.

Says Bharti Telemedia vice president-marketing Sugato Banerji, "Annual packages are increasingly popular with our DTH customers as they see the benefits of price protection for a full year with the added convenience of just a one time recharge. Customers will be able to enjoy 12 months of viewing while making payment for only 10 months."

"Apart from consumer benefits, the annual packages will not only bring us assured revenues for a span of 12 months, but will also help in improving our operational efficiencies," Bannerji adds.

The annual packages for the new DTH customers are at three different price points - Rs 3450, Rs 4350 and Rs 5450. These will include the installation cost along with 12 months' subscription.

For existing customers, the new packages are at five different price points - Rs 1088, Rs 1265, Rs 1850, Rs 2750 and Rs 3850.


While the Super Value Pack (Rs 1088) will include Sony, Star and NDTV channels, the Economy Pack (Rs 1850) will also include the other GECs like Zee and Colors along with WorldSpace Radio.

Mega Pack (Rs 2750) will include sports channels ESPN and Star Sports. Also in the bouqet will be HBO, MGM, Cartoon Network, Discovery, Travel & Living and Pogo.

The Ultra Pack (Rs 3850) will also include Star Cricket, Zee Sports, Ten Sports, Neo Sports, and other language channels.

"Our subscriber base is nearly one million and our ARPU is in line with the market range," Banerji avers.

Monday, June 1, 2009

7th Player in DTH Videocon entry on June 10 from Punjab. Free DTH for ever TV.

The household name in the Indian industry Videocon promises to launch its DTH by June 10. To capitalize the growing trend of the DTH market, Videocon has chalked out its plan to offer the TVs with the built-in Set-top-box, @ prices starting from Rs8000. The company foresees the current sale of 2 million TVs a year to increase further with the set-top-box being the highlight. Videocon is improving technologically with an offer of satellite DVD, to receive satellite signals and the price will be in the range of Rs4000 in addition to a home theater model; further consumers will feel elated with the exclusive STBs brought out by Videocon at Rs2000.

Videocon’s target area to begin with will be the entire northern region- from Punjab and will move southwards especially Kerala before the Onam and the Karnataka by Dusserah. Videocon stands apart in the DTH industry with its TVs and the company has already earmarked Rs10 billion for the next two year period and is gearing up to face the stiff competition from other popular DTH operators – Dish TV, Big TV, Digtial TV and Sun Direct.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

India First DTH service to launch HD TV from SUNDIRECT

The first Indian HD TV (high definition) DTH from sundirect is relished.

The TV sets that support this format are HD LCD MPEG4 which will cost you around 60k bugs.

The ordinary TV sets won't have much difference with HD format because they don't support the format. In current world only few channels that are in HD format.

my views are :

1. wait for the TV set's prices comes to 10k bugs
2. wait for much more channels in HD format
3. wait the cost of the equipments reduce.

This will take almost 1 year.




Here are some FAQ's for sundirect.

1. What is the difference between Normal and HD Broadcast?

High-Definition is the top of the line, all digital format for broadcasting and viewing TV programming. With HD broadcast the images will be 2 to 5 times sharper than the images from normal broadcast. The reason being the digital signals send in 0’s and 1’s for HD Broadcasting will be received at the customer point as it is which is not the case for normal television broadcasting. The result of the same is, superior television viewing experience which is delivered in a crystal clear, wide screen format with CD quality sound. It will be like as if you are experiencing your favorite television program in a movie theatre. With High Definition Broadcasting the television images will be Rich and vibrant images giving a theatre like viewing experience Wide angle aspect ratio – meaning watching images will be a more intense experience just like watching our home television programs in a movie theatre The images will be much more sharper in High Definition broadcasting than the normal version HDTV has digital sound facility which is equivalent to the sound quality produced by the DVD’s. All HDTV broadcasting uses Dolby sound system which is superior in quality and creates a different level of listening experience.



2. What are the major advantages of HD Transmission?

Picture Resolution - HD broadcast will result in a better quality image than normal broadcast system because of higher resolution (a measure of picture sharpness). This essentially means that you can watch the image as real as it gets. Since the digital signals maintain its original quality through out the broadcasting there won’t be problems of signal deterioration, interference etc which we normally see in an analogue or old broadcasting systems
Aspect Ratio Quality – This essentially means that the home viewer will be introduced to a wide screen viewing experience like in a movie theatre with HD broadcast systems compared to the older analogue systems. With this attribute you will see more of what you are watching making television viewing more intensive experience. It is due to this factor that HD viewing is normally known as wide screen viewing experience. Digital Sound - With HD Broadcast system we get to experience the digital audio sound which is significantly better than the standards broadcasting systems analogue sound. The HD Broadcast system supports Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound which will create theatre quality surround sound effect in your living room effectively changing your living room television viewing into a movie theatre experience


3. What is the standard Television equipment I need to experience Sun Direct HD service?

HD LCD TV is required to view and experience the Sun Direct HD service. All leading home appliance companies like Samsung, LG, Sony, Videocon etc manufacture the same.


4. What is the expense for purchasing Sun Direct HD Set Top Box for experiencing the High definition service?

Price Rs.9,999 + taxes (Any basic pack must be purchased for 5 or 10 or 12 months for experiencing the service. Installation charge Rs. 1250 + HD content usage charge extra.)


5. Tell me more about the content currently available on Sun Direct HD service?
Currently 2 South Indian Service (Tamil / Telugu) – 24 hrs entertainment are available with Sun Direct HD service. We are tying up with National Geographic and Discovery channel soon.


6. What is the monthly service access charge for the HD content available with Sun Direct HD service?
Rs.100 Per channel per month for Tamil and Telugu.


7. Is there any advance booking for Sun Direct HD service?
No the same will be given on a first come first serve basis for the prospective customers

Saturday, January 17, 2009

the Satellite direction of BIG tv DTH in india

The Satellite direction of BIG tv DTH or the satellite used for Bigtv dth is

Measat 3 at 91.5°E. the Ku frequency is used so the arrange will be south Asia.  mostly India and south Asia frequency ranges from 80E to 110E.

for other than India they have to use bigger dish to get good signal strength.



Saturday, January 3, 2009

how to get indian tv channels in UAE, kuala lumpur, dubai, sharjah, abu dhabi, kuwayt.

how to get indian DTH tv channels in UAE, kuala lumpur, dubai, sharjah, abu dhabi, kuwayt, qatar, bahrain, doha, manama, pakistan, nepal,srilanka, singapore, malasia, bangkok,dhaka.

the india DTH coverage is limited to india territory only. but the satellites are places in such high that it can not restrict signal to scater. so by this we can catch the signal from the satellite by following ways.

first we have get the dish and setupbok STB (MPEG2) from any local dealer with Ku LNB for free to air channels such as from dd direct plus. with is the only one DTh service will provide free to air channels in india. you get a dream box any were in world it is a open source stb.

in selection of the dish we have to take alot of care because it is the most important to catch the signals. normally in india 30cm is more than sufficient but other than india we need the larg dish it depends on the distance from india.

for example to dubai it needs 120cm of dish to get full signal from india satellite. so please choose the proper dish size to get full signal. most important is clear sky view there should not be any object like building are any others objects between the dish and sky. direct shall be facing india and the satellite is INSAT 4B at 93.5c east. it is easy by adjusting it by viewing signal in STB.

for pay channels services like dishtv, sundirect, tatasky, airteldirect, Bigtv. we need to have there STB's. in genaral all there STB's are carring by the passenger from india to respective country's but it is illlegal to carry the india STB's but there is one option is by getting DREAM BOX STB.


if carry any pay service STB there will a smart card with it. by this the encrypt signal are decrypted and you can view the channels. for you have pay the monthly or yearly fee to the service providers.
now a days payments are made easy so you pay through internet.

any technical problem shall be done only in india.

but the illiagal way of geting pay channels for free is through Dream box STB. it is open source STB run in linux with internet connection you can crack the encrypted signal and watch tv for free.



Dear all,

I installed 4 types of DTH setupbox in abu dhabi and dubai.

Sundirect in abu dhabi is working fine with 180cm dish and clear sky view. still date there is no problem.

The Dish tv in dubai is working fine but the signal varies few mins but there is issue in picture quality.

TataSKy installation is high in UAE/Dubai/Sharjah because of quality.

The dth is one way communication system so there no one find from ware your accessing the satellite.

About dream box you can only access tatasky, DD direct plus and dish tv because it is MPEG2 technology.

i found it many shops in dubai/abu dhabi/sharjah. but you have to buy smart card to view pay channels.

please write comments for more details.