Sun Direct HD DTH Service

[tech_enthu]

It is good that SD is introducing new services not provided by others. Each DTH must strive for some kind of exclusivity - targeted language groups, regional preferences, HD channels etc. Let us hope that the initial costs - 10000 for the STB, 1200 installation and 100 per channel will come down. Supporting investment in HD TV and good speaker system are also necessary to derive full benefits.

 

[DH0NI]

I hope Sun direct HD rocks and gets some takers so that the prices gets reduced. Unlike TS+ which is similar in cost with just a recording feature and doesn't support HD this is SD HD is better and I feel happy about my decision not to waste money on TS+.

 

[prasadji]

I also always give importance to quality:thumbsup:.Hey suresh can u tell me what tv tuner card u r using rite now?That is by what brand tv tuner card you recorded those high quality songs?Pls reply.:dance::yahoo:

Most of the TV Tuner cards in the market capture the TV witn very good quality and all have setting to capture the video in DVD quality 720X576 with or without compression.I was using low end Ezview mercury card which could capture video in top class quality in meg format without xVid compression and the size use to be around 140 to 180MB for a regular tamil song.After compression using video converter for same DVD setting at 1200 bit rate,the size in avi format will be around 30 to 40MB but with same quality.You see the videos posted in HQ Tamil video site made in the same way.Most of the TV tunder cards in the market have more or less the same good quality...as DTH receprion is good ,the video is of very good quality.Especially the Tamil and Malayalm channels of SUN and Asianet in addition to Amrutha TV are very good..also SUN channels in Telugu and Kannada are also very good in video quality.When sound is considered,Amrutha has very good sound quality though it is mono

 

[A.Pradeep]

Thanks for your reply prasadji.:thumbsup:

 

[designwebgraphic]

Today (13 Apr 09), we have a SUN DTH HD advertisement in the newspaper (Ahmedabad Mirror). Official website is: Sun Direct HD

http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/272/sundthhdchannels.jpg

Seems to be tooooo expensiveeeeee

10,000 + Tax for STB/Hardware
1,250 for standard installation charges
100 per month, per channel for HD contents viewing
499 or 999 for basic package charges (5 months or 12 months respectively)

- are they bringing HD or a stolen kohinoor from london?

 

[linsuresh]

Seems to be tooooo expensiveeeeee

10,000 + Tax for STB/Hardware
1,250 for standard installation charges
100 per month, per channel for HD contents viewing
499 or 999 for basic package charges (5 months or 12 months respectively)

- are they bringing HD or a stolen kohinoor from london?

Yes. Its expensive for home based customers

 

[yessgee]

TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Expensive!!!!!!!!!! :wall::wall::wall::wall:

 

[Deleted member 7160]

After buying Sun DTH what will the person eat? HD only?? and that too in recession time.. they shld have kept the price down..

 

[formfollowsfunction]

What is wrong with India and these businesses man? They just keep fleecing customers knowing there are a lot of people out there with loads of money who will pay for this "Premium" service. I understand that they have spent on the infrastructure to bring this to India but come on - can't they have a business model based on economies of scale? Right now you can buy anything from toilet paper to socks to electronics cheaper in the US than in India and they earn more per annum than we do on an average!! Why is India so bloody expensive?

 

[swaps22]

Rs. 100 per channel per month is damn expensive...