Buying the Right Set Top Box – 3 Things You Can’t Overlook

So you have been pondering hard about how to get awesome online channels streaming to your living room TV and have considered your options, but probably you have not been able to make up your mind as to which set top box you should buy. Don’t worry, that happens to very best of us. When there is a wide availability of options to pick from and almost all of them are within the same range or have very competitive features, it gets really difficult to make a choice.

In order to clear up the confusion and help you concentrate on nothing but the very best features in a set top box here is our set top box buying guide.

Intuitive Electronic Programming Guide
 
No manufacturer intends to complicate their programming guide, but if you compare them all, some guides are difficult to fathom than others. A cryptic guide will have you fiddling with the controls until you find what you want to view, which is definitely what you would want, plus if you have your technophobic family members in your home, make sure that you pick something that is easy to use.

Easy to Set Up

You don’t necessarily need to throw out your old TV to get a new set top box. Most set top boxes are backward compatible with old televisions. Look around for as many options you can get for the money you plan on spending. There will definitely a set top box that does not exceed your budgets and gives you the best TV experience. But one word of caution here: A TV cannot manipulate the quality of reception. You cannot connect a set top box to an old TV and expect a mind boggling HD experience! To get a good viewing experience, you must obviously upgrade your TV.

Useful Smart Features

Superfluous features are not necessarily smart features. A set top box comes installed with some features that you may or may not want. Take a look at what comes in the box and decide if you really need what the set top box manufacturer intends to sell you.

Choosing wisely will give you the advantage of a full-fledged Smart TV at a fraction of the cost. All it takes is a good set top box!

Satellite TV Channels – Offering next-generation entertainment at attractive price

Whenever it comes to the reception of TV signals to your cable network, it is easily understood that satellite is the most important part of this whole network. But the advancement in cable technology has resulted in the better reception of channels along with many other advantages. With the evolution of Direct to Home (DTH) service, it is not possible for a normal cable TV subscriber to get super picture & sound quality. In addition, there is lot more features available for subscribers which give them the power to customize their TV in their own way.

With different players operating in the industrial domain, there are lots of benefits available to the consumer and at attractive prices. Whether it is getting the set top box recorder or subscription package, there are almost endless options available in the market. In addition, getting a subscription has also got lot easy with the evolution of internet. Each service provider has a dedicated website where you can browse through the entire range of products along with many available offers.

These DTH companies in India provide customer-friendly services to their consumers from satellite TV installation to post sales service. The cut-throat competition in the industry has benefited a lot to the end-users in terms of great deals and many offers. The only thing to take care of is to do a short but comprehensive research on all the available offers. So, next time you think of buying or changing your DTH subscription, make sure you browse through all the options online.

Shifting to my new home with full-fledged services by DISHTV

Last month I decided to shift to my new house which was located in the outskirts of the city. As I invested a huge sum of money on my new home, I was looking for everything extraordinary for it. During the shifting process, I asked my wife what to do with the old cable TV network operator who was ready to provide his services to my new home as well. My wife looked dubious as she was meant to say – Do we still need this? I was also agreeing to her to some extent as we were badly suffering from bad cable network in my area. Every next day, cable goes and we end up calling the operator madly.

Alike me, there are many households who are suffering from their arrogant attitude of their cable operators and looking to switch to someone professional and responsible. Since past few weeks, I was willing to buy DISHTV connection for my new HD TV. This is the right time to convince my loving wife for the same. Fortunately she hadn’t shown much reluctance to my opinion. And next day we ordered a new DISH TV connection online. Surprisingly, I got the reply call within few hours and they done all the stuff same day and in the evening, I was enjoying my favourite show on my fascinating television.

Everything gets fixed so quickly that it was beyond my imagination and I was completely stunned due to their fabulous job. Hats off to these guys who left no stone unturned to keep me stay with entertainment at my new home. I think this approach makes them a leader in the television industry. Not only these use high-end equipment but they are customer-centric and work towards their utmost satisfaction.

DTH versus Digital Cable: which one is better?

Digital Cable ruled the TV screens for long; and they are still very much present in the country. However, they now seem to be facing tough competition, not from one another, but from DTH players.

People, like you and I, are in a state of confusion as to whether we should stick with the local cable walas or move on to DTH that offers better TV viewing and services like Pause, Record, and Rewind live TV.

Here is a quick yet unbiased comparison of DTH and Cable operators, and we hope this would help you make an informed decision.

This is how you’d pay

If you opt for direct to home services in India, you can recharge the connection at your will. So you may choose not to recharge the pack when you are outdoors with family for a week or month. Sort of savings, right?

However, in case of cable TV set-top box, you’ve to pay the monthly rental whether you are at home or out on a vacation. You have to pay for days and even for months even though you were not at home and didn’t watch the TV.

Managing the packages –

DTH companies provide customers 24x7 Support through multiple channels. Customers can even go to the website of their DTH Company and manage their DTH accounts. You can even add or drop a channel or move up to a different channel pack provided by your operator.

Now cable operators do not have this sort of infrastructure to offer 24x7 Customer Support. Most of them don’t even have a proper website. However, they are offering different channel packs, and charge lesser as compared to their DTH counterparts.

Quality of set-top boxes -

Cable set-top boxes come with 1 year warranty; however, the quality of the boxes and the hardware is often not up to the mark.

DTH set-top boxes also come with 1 year warranty and the quality of their set-top boxes conforms to industry’s highest quality norms.

Picture and sound quality – it’s better with DTH.

Portability –

No matter which part of the country you move to, you can take the DHT set-up box with you. However, this is often not the case with Cable TV set-top box. When relocating to a new place, you may have to buy a new set-top box.

Hope the comparison helps you decide which way you should go! However, if you have questions on the back of your mind, and want us to answer them, post them in the comment box below. We’d love to read and answer them!

Price of set-top boxes and channel bouquets

Cable set-top boxes would cost you less. And they are offering their channel package at less. In fact, they may charge you as little as Rs. 100-150 for their cheapest base packs.

When opting for direct to home services in India, you’d be paying more. The set-top boxes as well as the channel packs are bit costly, but yes they offer you truly high quality products and services.

If you still have queries regarding cable and DTH, please do write to us; you can share your views in the comment box below. We’d love to read and answer them!