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IndianMascot
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Ya that rite. Keep Updated. Hey one more thing, have you noticed that EPG is showing only 2-3 days programme schedule since last 3-4 days. Actually didn't tried before that, but since sunday, I am noticing it.Also, Audio Quality had drastically improved yesterday. I noticed it while my wife was watching Star Plus , Sony, Star One. Later I have to lower down the BASS of my Sound Syatem.
I dont use the EPG much. At the most, i just use that info bar to check what are the upcoming programmes. And that is available for only 24 hours. Not that i need more - i just checked how much was available.U might think my needs are too less, but thats coz i was on Cable line earlier, which was horrible as compared to all the stuff that DTH provides.About the audio i wud comment later on, coz i didnt get time to watch other TV yesterday. In fact since last 2-3 days i m following news channels most of the times!
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Heh. Even I was on Cable line but with Hathway STB. So used EPG a lot to set reminders of my favourite programmes. Even me too watching Lots of News Channels since last 2-3 days but most of the time i prefer twitter updates on my mobile for latest happening on Annaji Movement.PQ has also improved since last few days, but may be due to I have done PQ setting in my LED TV. As per my New Picture Settings, I am not experiencing Pixellation Issues on any Channel which used to be there till last week.
The EPG of my Cable line was pathetic. It was In Cablenet. The cable guy was pathetic. Despite of having an STB, i still had to watch TV over the standard "Thick Black" cable line (Dont remember what its called). Coz most of the times i cudnt see channels thru STB, which were visible over that other line!And all that, for Rs.300pm. Whereas right now, i am spending 314 pm, watching all channels i want + the HD channels, EPG is more or less accurate & the support....well our cable guy had a shop next to my building, and D2h has centralised call centres. Still, Cable problem wud take ages to solve, and now, it takes just 24 hours to solve.
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Ohh Man, You were having hell lot of Issues with Cable. I can bet now, if you would be on Hathway STB and not having requirement of HD, you would have never moved to DTH. My Cable connection was not having any Issue, but Hathway failed to keep promise of HD launch in May, so I decided to move to d2h. But one more crutial thing which I noticed is that Hathway STB supports MPEG2 compression. So when I connected this STB to 40" LED, I can't explain how bad was PQ of many Channels. Although lots of channel were looking good, but the stretching of PQ was irritating.Also when I switched to d2h, I was not so impressed with the PQ, but Antenna Realignment and TV Picture setting had made the TV Viewing experience awesome as on date.Yesterday, I was watching highlights of Champions Leauge on Star Cricket HD and I noticed that Sound Quality was awesome. Background DJ of Stadium was so clear that I felt it was playing through commentry Channel.
I switched from Tata Sky HD to Videocon d2h HD because I really wanted ESPN HD so I could watch F1 and various other sport programmes in HD. I am disappointed by the picture quality compared to Tata Sky. There are more compression artifacts (which are VERY clearly visible on a large screen), the software on the STB is not as polished, and the STB itself is really flaky. I recorded the F1 qualifying this evening and while playing it back, it froze three times and I needed to rewind a little each time to unfreeze it. Also, it was supposed to record 30 mins past the end of the programme...it didn't and I missed the end of qualifying.Frankly I'm disappointed with their quality. I think the moment Tata Sky has ESPN HD, I will switch back. My two bits.
There can be only 1 reason for this - Ur Firmware isnt updated. Wait for an update cycle to pass, and once it gets updated fully, u wont be facing these type of issues. Just check whats ur "Download ID" right now. It IDEALLY shud be 21.And recording - U appear to be from Mumbai. So when theres a sudden outage due to excessive rain, it will interrupt ur recording. It resumes recording only after the signal is restored fully. I guess this handicap is faced by all DTH in areas with unpredictable weather.Otherwise, many of us have widescreens, and still we arent facing this issue that u have mentioned.
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Recording Error can be rectified by contacting Service Engineer. It needs to be formatted and updated with latest software updates. I was having the same problem, but I resolved it by formatting it and now it works smoothly.Also ensure Quality Signal is 100% to get best quality PQ.