Showing posts with label digital settop box. Show all posts
Showing posts with label digital settop box. Show all posts

Monday, May 27, 2013

Satellite TV- A better experience


The era for the wires and cables used to provide broadcasting service is the past for the four metros i.e. Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai and soon it will be the same for the rest of the country. Wireless broadcasting is the need of the hour and Satellite TV is the call of the day.  Satellite TV works on the direct waves received from the satellite. This is also called as direct to home (DTH) service. Videocon d2h is one of the leading companies providing the DTH services in the country. The company manufacturing consumer electronics, home appliances and mobile phones entered the market of DTH in the year 2009, since then its d2h department is growing at a very high pace.

Videocon d2h provides the service through DTH dish. DTH dish receives the waves from the satellite and transmit them to the television, This DTH dish is placed outside the house. Videocon offers the option of multi dwelling unit where the company installs one DTH India for the entire building and the waves are transmitted to all the Videocon d2h customers residing in there. This gives customer cost benefits, cluster free terrace and systematic wiring. The dish transmits the waves to the set top box through digital cable. Set top box of TV helps in transmitting the waves received from the dish to the TV Set top box of TV also helps to manage each customer’s package and provide those channels which they have subscribed for.

The TV set top box price also determines the type of output. For example digital television set top box provides high quality standard definition output whereas HD setup box provides high definition output. The digital video recorder set top box enables the customer to record videos and vie them in future. It also helps to pause live TV. The use of digital cables rather than analog cables enhances the quality of video output and sound output on the satellite television.

Videocon d2h’s use of DTH dish to obtain better signals, use of digital cables and set top box TV makes TV viewing a better and wonderful experience. It not only broadcast channels but also provides additional service to the customer. Channel guide, tickers, recording, movies on demand, multi language feed, etc are the new features available today on satellite TV.

The four cities already have witness the change in the broadcasting technology and the rest of the country will soon witness it. With the additional services, better picture and better sound satellite TV will enhance the viewing experience of the viewers. This will bring about a revolution in broadcasting industry which will raise the standards of the entire industry. The country will witness this change by the end of 2014 as per the law passed by the government.


Friday, May 17, 2013

Digital set top box


Direct to home services (DTH) are the services provided directly to the customer through satellite. In DTH television the digital channels that the customer views are obtained directly from satellite. Videocon d2h is an innovator in the DTH industry. It provides the maximum Asli “HD” channels to its customers and is the fastest growing DTH service in the country. Videocon d2h provides 400+ digital channels to its customers. These digital channels are grouped together to make packages. The customer can select the package that best suits to his requirements or he can select the required channels form the Ala carte pack. Videocon d2h provides a dish tv packages and digital set top box to its customers.
Set top box helps in transmitting the digital signals obtained from the satellite to the television of the customer. Each television set requires a set top box thus if there are multiple television sets in a house multiple digital set top boxes are required.
There are three types of digital Set top boxes offered by Videocon d2h in the market.
  • Standard digital settop box
  • High Definition (HD) digital settop box
  • High definition Digital video recorder (HD- DVR)
Standard digital settop box
  •    This set top 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 Channels, Favorites, Preview Screen (in Full Guide), Info Bar, Tickers, d2h Movies and contain USB Port.

High definition digital settop box
  •       HD set top 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
  •        HD- DVR contains all the features of HD set top box along with these features the other features are HD Recorder (High Definition + Recorder), Record Two & Watch One, 500 GB Memory (500 GB 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 (Upto 32x), Dual USB Port, Internet Port  and 3D – Enjoy 3D Active.

The customers can select the digital set up box according to his needs. The set top box can be upgraded. Videocon d2h provides an option of exchanging the old set top box for an upgraded version of it. The detailed features and information about price is given on Videocon d2h’s website www.videocond2h.com. You can also call the call centre for more information.