Tata Sky+ review and unboxing
| As I already had an TATA Sky DTH connection I was tempted to buy the TATA Sky+ at 4,999 the diwali offer (valid till 31 Oct 2009) the regular price is 8,999 I knew that I would not have bought it at the regular price, well I am very pleased to say that TATA Sky+ has changed the way I watch TV and at the discount price it’s a great value add on to your television setup. |  |
The TATA Sky+ digicomp is like a mini computer, it has an 160 GB internal hard-drive where all the programs are stored it records around 45 hrs of shows, there are 2 tuners, it also has a mini-fan simillar as found on computer SMPS, the fan gets switched on automatically when the digicomp heats up, apart from the standard AV connections, the Sky+ digcomp has component, S-Video, Digital Optical audio output, Coaxial digital audio output when can be used to connect to your Hifi home theater / music setup, as this Tata Sky+ has component out it is future ready for HD channels, BTW this digicomp is MPEG4 compatible.
The Tata Sky+ digicomp box also has Ethernet, phone jack and a USB slots but there are currently disabled don’t know when or how TATA Sky plans to use them but its fair to say its future ready.
The Tata Sky+ box contained all the cables, Standard AV cable, Component, Co-axial and S-Video cables.
As the Tata Sky+ digicomp box has 2 tuners you can do the following things
1) Record 2 different programs at the same time
2) Record 2 different programs at the same time and watch a previously recorded program.
3) Record 1 program and watch another program.
The usage of TATA Sky+ is very similar to the regular TATA Sky connection you just have some extra buttons on the black tata sky remote via which you can live pause rewind, forward or schedule the programs to be recorded, the interface is very easy to use.
The Tata Sky+ digicomp box is very sleek and black in color.
Conclusion: Overall the TATA Sky+ is a great package and I feel the price of Rs 4,999 is very fair as they are the only DTH provider currently in India to provide DVR facility on a DTH network, but the regular price Rs 8,999 plus 1,000 installtion and a monthly fee of Rs 50 for Tata Sky+usage is on the higher side, I do hope other DTH provider also do come up with DVR boxes on their network as I firmly belive that its essential to have competion as it will result in lower pricing.
I have to say once you get used to a DVR like Tata Sky+ you just cant go back to watching regular TV.
If you are in India and planning to buy books / mobile / gadgets online, I suggest you have a look at flipkart. It is one of the best online store in India and they offer free home delivery and cash on delivery for most products.
I had purchased a tata sky + for Rs. 5999/- online through their website on 21st July. I recieved the courier on 28th July. Now I am not being able to get it installed by their “engineers” as they are very busy with their other “assignments”. They have been giving me time, i had to cancel all my assignments for the installation now at least three times as their “engineers’ don’t have time. The thing that irks me is that they won’t even bother calling that they wouldn’t be able to come on the given time. Their way of talking is like they are doing me a favour by installing tata sky, which i am very sorry i have already paid for. While calling their offices here in Shimla, they would pick and disconnect the calls.
I am very unhappy with this kind of behaviour from the tata sky people. The installation is not done till now i.e. 3rd Aug evening, while their ” engineer” had given me time first 6:00 pm, then 7:00 pm, now he is not picking the phone.
This is the first impression, i doubt what would be the standard of their services in future.
I want to transfer my recordings to my Mac through WiFi. is this possible?
Surit regarding transferring your recording to your Mac / PC it’s not possible as the recordings are in the encrypted via the tata sky+ digicomp and only playable via the tatasky + digicomp
Ranjit
[...] features you get will be similar to tatasky+ digicomp box the additional thing is that it’s a HD box and you can receive and record HD channels with [...]
Tata Sky Plus HD is awesome..!!
I am loving it..!!
Hi There,
Excellent information about TATA SKY HD.
I have a question if you can help me out please. I have LED TV which needs a antenna connection in order to scan radio frequency. Can you tell me if its possible to use one of the ports on the TATA SKy HD + as an antenna wire and connect to my TV, so this will save me to install a separate antenna for my TV.
Thanks in advance for your time.
Thanks,
Utkarsh
You do not need to use your antenna port with your LED TV your TV does not need to scan for channels like traditional cable TV with tatasky you would need to use the AV port / Component or the HDMI cable with your tatasky to connect to your LED TV.
Do not confuse traditional cable tv with tatasky with tatasky you get the digicomp box and you change the channels using the remote provided via that, channels are automatically added to the tatasky box you do not need to scan the same from your TV.
I would say have a look at these page where I reviewed the Tatasky HD http://www.tech2buzz.com/hardware/tata-sky-hd-review
Cheers,
Ranjit
any body help me
i have sony bravia ex400 series 32″ lcd tv and now i am planned for purchase tata sky + hd. But i have one question ie which home theater perfect for this and with low price .
any solution
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