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DTH Dish TV Options in India |
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What went wrong with old roof top antenna we use to have years back?
Roof top antennas are made of aluminium and catch nearby TV station signal which is free of charge in India. Telecast is done by Doordarshan. These antennas catch analog signal which is not of good quality. Many of hilly region, valley houses or remote houses do not get good signal quality. There are not many channels available with old aluminium pipe antennas.
How does Cable TV work?
Cable TV was invented to solve the problem of the people who live in valley or remote locations where signals are not strong. Cable operator use to put antenna up on hill and send amplified signal to multiple houses in valley.
Nowadays cable operators installs Big dish antennas to receive TV broadcast from channels and pays on behalf of us to TV channel network. Cable Operator receives many channels through multiple dish antennas and puts them into single wire with different frequencies. You can take the same cable to multiple TV sets in the home and play different channels by paying minimum charge or no extra charge.
What is Set Top Box (STB) for Cable TV?
CAS is set top box for conventional cable TV. Years back Indian Government tried to enforce consumer rights with the help of CAS (Conditional Access System). With the help of CAS on cable tv it is possible to offer different set of channels for each consumer. in 2001 Government attempted to bring Free To Air channels to subscribers for as low as Rs. 80. Because of issues from cable operators, Satellite TV operators, set top box manufactures & political parties CAS didn't succeed. This has given great opportunity to Satellite TV operators to increase their penetration in ever growing Indian Television Market.
What is DTH Dish Television?
DTH stands for Direct To Home service which is terminology for Satellite Television. Compared to Cable TV here you have your very personal equipment which allows you to speak to distributor directly through Satellite. No hassles or chaos of Cablewalas.
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What you need to have to receive Satelite TV signal (DTH Dish)?
You need to have these
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Digicomp set top box.
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Dish Antenna (LNB).
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An account with Service Provider (Smart card).
What is IP TV?
IP TV runs on ethernet network. There is better uplink bandwidth available in IP TV which assures more interactivity. There are limited vendors offering IP TV. These are MTNL, BSNL & Airtel.
What are the options available in India for DTH Dish TV (Satellite TV)?
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Tata Sky
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Airtel
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Reliance
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Sun DTH
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Videocon D2H |
Apna DTH
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| Website | http://www.d2h.com |
http://www.apnadth.com
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| Equipement Cost | Rs. 1590 | Rs. 1599 | Rs. 1750 (2 month service free) |
Rs. 1490 | Free with minimum 6 month plan | Rs. 2590 for 3 month free Diamond pack. | Details Not Available |
| Installation Cost | Rs. 1000 |
Rs. 1250 |
FREE Installation worth Rs. 300 | Details Not Available | |||
| Radio | Not Available | Not Available | Available | Not Available | Available | Not Available | Available |
| Minimum Plan | Rs. 113 / Mon | Rs. 125 / Mon |
Rs. 185 / Mon |
Rs. 90 / Mon | Monthly Plan not available | Rs. 150 | FREE |
| Channels in minimum plan | 135 | 59 | 123 | 81 | 130 | 115 | 57 |
| Long term Plan | Rs. 3617 for 12 months (188+3 channels) | Rs. 1250 for 12 months Super Hit pack (60 channels) | Rs. 1750 for 12 months Economy pack (123+6 Channels) | Rs. 4590 for 12 months Diamond Pack (152 channels) | Rs. 440 for 6 months | Rs. 1600 for 1 year Gold pack | Not Applicable |
| South Pack | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available | Available as Add on | Not Available |
| Actie/Interactive Applications | Available | Available | Available | Available | Not Available | Available | Not Available |
| Latest Movie releases with pay per view | Not Available | Available | Available | Available | Not Available | Available | Available |
| Unique Selling Points |
Cheap Monthly Plan All Doordarshan channels available First company to bring DTH to India. Mobile STB for Cars/Vans |
Active Darshan for religious people Active Games & Festival stories. Topper channel for 9th to 12th std students. Tie up with Global leader SKY Network Tata Sky+ gives puase, replay, recording option |
MPEG 4 quality set top box. Topper channel for 9th to 12th std students. Worldspace Radio add on |
Cheapest Monthly plan MPEG 4 quality set top box |
No cost for dish and digicomp if you pay for 6 month pack Great channel offerings for Regional Channels South Indians and North Indians. |
Televisions and LCD with inbuilt set top box. DVD player with inbuilt set top box. Only set top box options also available |
One time cost No Monthly burden.
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