Of course value for money will be different for different people. I just did an exercise bet TS and sun direct. I have a TS connection.
1. My Most favourite channels - A group
Sun, KTV, Sun news, Vijay, Jaya, Podhigai, NDTV 24x7, NDTV profit, HBO, Star movies, Nat Geo, History. T&L, Discovery, Animal Planet, S Pix, CNN-IBN, Times Now, Headlines Today, BBC
2. My less favourite channels - B group
Sun
music, Kalaignar, CNN, Z studio, Z cafe, V, (MTV, AXN)
In TS, the package is South Value (Regional + English) and the equivalen set in SD is Tamil basic and
Venus + (super english). Still I don't get the channels I want which are in bold in SD. Sports channel preference is season dependent.
TS cost is 260 pm including taxes. Sometime back they had an offer to pay for 10 months only. I am not sure whether this offer is still valid.
SD is 75+115 (venus+) plus tax = 228 approx. The figures may be changed if incorrect.
I definitely need the bold channels; it is foolish to argue which is cheaper unless the channels you definitely need are taken into account.
1 Million customers in 200 days only in four states (against around 2.5 million of
Tata Sky in 2 years PAN India) is a achievement for sun direct and also everyone has his own taste. Sun direct concentrate more on regional values of south. It has provided maximum of regional channels required for the four states. Moreover several pay channels are also added but it will take some more time for all the channels to get added.
If you see the basic package of any DTH is not as effective as Sun Direct at Rs.75+ taxes or 999 per annum.