Television in Chennai

Trini

Can anyone tell me as much as possible about Tatasky Digibox? what channels are available with it? Where to buy one? Cost of buying? Cost of running?

Thanks

rangss

The hardware comes for Rs 3000 one time.

Installation could be upto Rs 1500 one time depending on the length of wire.

Cost of buying: Rs 4500.

Monthly charges range from rs 250 pm to rs 450 pm.

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crvlvr

Have you tried their website:

Cost: http://www.tatasky.com/cost.htm
Channels: http://www.tatasky.com/packages.htm
Where to Buy: http://www.tatasky.com/how_to_subscribe.htm

Trini

Can anyone tell me if TaTa Sky the best option for receiving english speaking channels? What other options are available? I am mostly interested in BBC world and entertainment, Discovery Channel, History Channel, National Geographic Channel, Animal Planet, Cooking, Travel, Craft and then movies etc, and any channels that show documentaries.

mairangi_vice

You will get all of those on tata sky, except for perhaps the cooking and travel channels. well at least I dont get them. also you will get entertainment channels like star world and axn, and movies on hbo, star movies and sony pix.

Im pretty sure most sattelite/cable providors offer the same stuff, I have had fixed cable before and it was all the same. But go for tata sky, its a good service.

Trini

Thanks very much Mairangi! I have only just arrived so am on a steep learning curve!
Do people on this forum (Chennai expat) meet up anywhere?

Nick-H

You can find out about Tata sky by googling and seeing their website: you will see what channels are available.

I think they are still more limited than cable, but I seldom watch TV (Internet is more interesting!) so I'm going by hearsay that may be out of date.

Do not expect anything like Sky in Europe or America. You will get nearly all Indian-language channels on either Sky or Cable.

Off the top of my head, you should also get two or three English-language news channels, BBC World, CNN, and one or two Indian. You will get Discovery, Animal Planet, maybe History. Maybe one English movie, one English (US) comedy, channel.

Its pretty tedious, really...

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mairangi_vice

have a look for the 'indiamike chennai meetup' thread

gkj

Has anyone tried the Slingbox to captures satellite tv from other countries?

muddy1

Yes,
I am currently working from a Slingbox, its host location is in NC (USA). We have it hooked up to a DVR cable box, so we can record anything we please.

SAHM

Yes, we have friends who use slingshot. They get US cable. In fact they TiVod the OSU/MI game for us.

They key seems to be having broadband internet, which we currently don't have.

SAHM

Trini

Thanks for this....am going to look into it. I think that I have broadband but am not sure....the net is certainly fast enough!