Digital Television transformed television viewing experience

Satellite TV is simply a television broadcasting service which allows people who subscribe to their service to receive satellite TV signals via a satellite dish, which is usually placed either on the roof of their house, on the wall or maybe even floor mounted.

As of 2010, over 500 Satellite TV channels are broadcast in India. This includes channels from the state-owned Doordarshan, News Corporation owned TV, Sony owned Sony Entertainment Television, Zee TV, Sun Network and Asianet. Direct To Home service is provided by Airtel Digital Tv, BIG TV owned by Reliance, DD Direct Plus, DishTV, Sun Direct DTH, Tata Sky and Videocon D2H. DishTV was the first one to come up in Indian Market, others came only years later.

Digital Television is an advanced broadcasting technology that has transformed your television viewing experience. Digital Television has enabled broadcasters to offer television with better picture and sound quality. It also offers multiple programming choices, called multicasting and interactive capabilities.

The ordinance passed by the Cabinet makes mandatory the digitization of the distribution of TV signals by cable operators. So digital cable Tv  is now mandatory in the four metros Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore & Kolkata to view television, A digital Tv Box OR Set top box is a device that receives and decodes programming so that it may be displayed on a television. Digital Tv Box may be used to receive broadcast, cable, and satellite programming. By the end of June 2012 all the four metros Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore & Kolkata will have mandatory transaction from Analog cable to Digital Television.

Videocon d2h—The Innovator in Set Top Box

The trends in Indian Television industry is changing drastically and a very simple question which arises in every consumer mind is what is Digital TV? Digital TV is the new technology for the broadcasting television signals. Traditionally, analog TV transmission has been the traditional method of broadcasting TV channels. But analog TV is not as sufficient as that of the Digital TV. Digital Television is the transmission and audio and video by digitally processed and multiplexed signals, in contrast to totally analog and channel separated signals used by analog. The Government had also passed and orders that the entire home should be get digitalized by the end 2015 i.e. replacing analog TV with the Digital TV.
After knowing the Digital TV, let’s look at what is Digital box. The Videocon D2H Company has a 3 different kind of Digital Box for TV.

• Standard Definition Set Top Box
• High Definition Set Top Box
• High Definition Video Recorder Set Top Box

Standard digital set top box

• This Digital Box is a basic set top box and is the cheapest of the three. Its features are 12 PIP mosaic, Multilingual Channel Guide, d2h Cinema, 41 Audio/ Video Music Channel, Favorites, Preview Screen (in Full Guide), Info Bar, Tickers, d2h Movies and contain USB Port.

High definition digital set top box

• HD Digital box contains all the features of standard set top box apart from these the features of HD set top box are High Definition Box, Full HD Picture Quality, 5 x times Digital Quality Picture, HDD Sound-High Definition Digital Sound and 16:9 Wide Aspect Ratio.

High definition digital video recorder

• High Definition Digital Video Recorder:  HD DVR (what is a DVR )contains all the features of HD Digital Box along with these features the other features are HD Recorder(High Definition + Recorder), Record 2 and watch 1, 500 GB Hard Disk (Hard Disk Worth Rs 5650/- Inbuilt), 775 hours of Recording(up to), Auto Serial Recording, Pause Live TV, MSW—Mark—Skip—Watch, Title Based Recording, Time Based Recording, Buffer Memory Recording , Slow Motion, Rewind/Forward(up to 32x), Dual USB Port, Internet Port and 3D.

After studying the various Digital Box, let’s us study about the Set Top Box TV. The Set Top Box plays a very important role without which a person cannot watch the television.  To enjoy the digital viewing experience one needs to have a 3 things TV, Reflector, Set Top Box. The Set Top Box has a smart card slot where you need to insert a smart card; the Set up Box won’t work until you insert a smart card into it.

What is Digital TV?

The changing trends in the television industry has led to a lot many questions arising in the mind of the consumers. a commonly asked question today is  WHAT IS DIGITAL TV? TV channels we watch are the result of the television signals. These signals can be sent through analog, digital and terrestrial format. Digital television (DTV) is the transmission of audio and video by digitally processed and multiplexed signal, in contrast to the totally analog and channel separated signals used by analog. The central government is aiming at digitalization that is replacing broadcast analog television with digital television to allow other uses of the television radio spectrum.

Another common question arising in mind of the customer today is WHAT IS DTH?, a common term used by all network providers. DTH is an acronym for ‘Direct to Home’ service. D2H used by Videocon services also stands for the same. DTH is a digital satellite service that provides television viewing services directly to subscribers through satellite transmission anywhere in the country. A dish placed outside a home helps in receiving the signals and broadcasting the transmission onto a television. DTH allows the users to select the TV channels and pay only for those. These channels can be managed through TV recharge. TV recharge is a prepaid system where customer selects the pack of channels they want to view and pay according to the rate of the pack. These recharges can be done monthly, quarterly, half yearly, yearly or upto 3 years according to the convenience of the customer. Most of the companies providing DTH services have made packages by clustering various TV channels. The customer can select the best package according to his needs.

After knowing what is digital TV and what is DTH lets know a major service provider of DTH service Videocon D2H. This company was started in 2009 and is the fastest growing DTH service provider in India. It provides 400+ TV channels and services which includes 22 asli HD channels and active services. The customer can select the number of channels and services by selecting suitable TV recharge package. The key features of Videocon D2H are record two channels, pause live TV, buffer memory recording, auto serial recording, time based recording, title based recording, slow motion view, mark skip watch option, dual USB port, Internet port, rewind/forward option, wide aspect ratio, full HD resolution and 5 X digital picture. Along with these features the company provides service like multilingual call customer care, multiple recharge options like website, debit/credit card, net banking, IVR and recharge PCS via SMS, multi dwelling unit for connecting multiple houses within the same multi storied building with a single Antenna/Reflector to receive Direct-to-Home services, D2h movies, active music space, tickers, 3D active channels, relocation service and multi lingual audio feed to its customers.