Confessions of a Tech Junkie
...Innovation 6!/2!°

Isko laga dala toh life jingalala!

I guess u might have heard a lot bout Tata Sky lately, even i had...so guess what......i decided to buy it (duh,what else). I purchased it from a dealer, so my set-top box got delivered a few days earlier than the whole thing was setup.It didn't take me much time to discover that the 'Sky' in Tata Sky actually referred to the collaboration of British Sky Broadcasting with Tata. The Tata guys came a few days later. The installation went fine. The guy who came did not find much trouble in getting it up and running in a few hours. One thing that kinda disappointed me was that the Tata people only had one customer care no, and that too which could only be dialled through an MTNL/BSNL no, and me havng an airtel no, could not get through to them. Calling them is necessary as once you receive your box, you have to schedule ur installation. So, as a result, i ended up calling an ambala no (std charges!! @#%*) and scheduled my installation.

The Tata Sky box offeres me more than a 100 channels (maybe even more, didnt bother to count). The best features, as i found out, were the ACTVE (active) Sports and News. In the ACTVE Sports thing, you can actually choose your own commentator (as in eng/hindi/stadium sounds), see the highlights whenever you want. You can even see the match analysis in a virtual stadium, ball-by-ball. In ACTVE News, you can watch the headlines and the top stories whenever you want in the day, without having to watch the commercials in between. The games (though lousy they were) can be fun when you're bored. Another thing that impressed me the most was that (to my utmost relief) you could choose the language of the channel you were watching. So that means no more dubbed s**t (beg ur pardon fer d *s...guess d mod wont let me practise my vocab here)  on discovery, cartoon network & disney channel(yipee!) . Other neat features include the channel guide, the kiddy lock, the programme reminder etc etc.

I'll give Tata Sky an 8.5/10 for its features, a 7/10 for its services and an 8.5/10 for its value for money (as it costed me only 4000 alongwith 6 months of rent free). An overall of 8/10. I'd say a great buy esp if you olready haven't paid ur cable guy for that lousy CAS thing (cuz it sucks! nd so does DishTV!)

till next time

aNkIt

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3:19 PM, Jan. 22, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

ahh.. cmon man .. DishTV so doesn't suck!
for instance.. it costs 75 bucks for a movie on TS whereas just 40 damn bucks on DishTV.. now tell me.. wouldn't you prefer eating chocolates for those 35 rupees?!! moreover.. though there ARE 100+ channels <which i also never sat to count> most of them are bengali, tamil, malayalam etc.. etc.. etc.. and whats worse.. some of my fav channels aren't even there!! DT is showing far more and UNDERSTANDABLE channels than TS!! nd alas.. had it been DT in your case, you wouldnt have ended up dialing that ambala no. = money saved = more chocolates!!

absolutely correct

1:53 PM, Jan. 25, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

have owned tata sky for 7 months now :D...
its awesome...there are 109 channels right now including showcase channels....yes i m free 24*7 and i bothered to count ;)...
yes, i do agree that the price of one movie at rs75 as compared to dish's rs 40 is a bit unfair...but i couldnt care less considering ill probably never watch a movie on TV anyways :P
however, tata is more value for money as compared to dish.....so while dish tv doesnt SUCK.....Tata Sky definitely RULZ!!!!

P.S. tata sky is much newer as compared to dish...so expect the number of channels to rise...as of now, around one channel gets added to the list almost every fortnight...
also, it has been hinted by tata that the british sky channels like sky sports and all may also be available...

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5:03 PM, Jan. 27, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

ok.. now i AM satisfied wid tata sky.. it is now showing CNN-IBN (yipee!).. but the humorously stupid part is that i so cannot get that tagline.. "ISKO LAGA DALA TOH LIFE JINGALALA" ...i mean... what d hekk..?!! :))