Big TV DTH service from Reliance :

This is the third DTH offer for India and it will be four soon with Airtel launching its own DTH very soon.Reliance has just launched this service throughout India.

Obviously the most important improvement from tatasky and dish TV is the inclusion of MPEG-4 technology whereas the others are using MPEG-2 tech.Its essentially a better compression technology where more data can be sent in the same bandwidth.It may be used to launch HD channels or just more channels in comparatively lesser bandwidth.The down side of this tech is that it takes higher processing power(high cost of instrument).

The initial offer for south Indians is that for Rs.1990 they offer free installation along with 12 months subscription.A slighty better offer is for Rs.2190 which includes additional sports,radio and movie channels.

Customers have already reported on DVD quality video and audio and comparatively cheaper price.

The important negative is that the logo for big tv is shown at a very large size along side the channels logo.This may interrupt the pleasant viewing of channels.Another thing is that Reliance is yet to provide better service and customer care support.

With still a majority of people on local cable,many are yet to transition to DTH.However the safe bet is to wait for Airtel to launch their own DTH service and then decide which is the best DTH provider.