Being a Sun Direct User, I was literally fedup with the Sun Direct's poor channel addition, so I decided to change my DTH operator then I was confused to choose between D2H and Dish TV and later came to know they both have their own Cons like Less HD Channel Count/Broadcaster bouquets and finally I decided to go with Tata Sky which has comparatively less Cons and greater transparency in channel choice. I was very impressed with their Rs.2200 Semi Annual Tamil Lite Plus Pack and later enquired about it with a local dealer and finally I bought a new connection with Annual Tamil Lite New Pack for which the dealer charged me Rs.3100 totally. I think its a good offer, Because the price will be actually Rs.1500 (STB) + 2400 (12*200 Tamil Lite New Pack for 12m) = 3900. So I Saved almost 800(3900-3100). Here is my view on TS after 3 days of usage.
Pros :
*Transparency (This is where TS attracted me, their channel price and selection and everything they provide were clear for a customer to choose between and They provide a complete information about their channels and package including NCF and Taxes)
*Excellent mobile app Interface. Easy to add and drop channels and Select what you want.
*Sound quality is better while compared to Sun direct. (I connected my Home Theatre to Television and watched some HD channels with Dolby Digital on. Awesome sound experience it was.)
*Their Customer service is good. I called them 4 times in this 3 days for some queries and everytime they answered my questions in a polite manner (I never experienced this with SD's Customer Care. )
*Remote is extremely good. Works perfect and I paired this with my TV Remote too so I don't require my TV remote anymore to switch on/off my TV)
*Channels availablity (They have almost all channels which I need, and they almost all Broadcaster bouquets! Heard that TS are good in channel addition too. So no need to change my dish once again)
Cons :
*Tata Sky UI sucks. Sometimes my STB hangs for a while when I change the channel. Compared to this Sun Direct's UI is extremely User Friendly and I never felt any lag also.
*It is little difficult to shift between channels, Have to remember the channel numbers to go to a specific channel. Atleast they could have provided a menu like option which is available in Sun Direct.
*SD Channel clarity is little below Sun Direct (Dealer told me TS will be better than SD in Clarity, But I find SD to be good.)
I find no difference in HD Channel clarity, almost the same. Compared them by connecting the STB in 2 different HDMI Slots.
Note : I adjusted my TV's Picture settings for HDMI 2 yesterday, and now I can see a better improvement but still I can feel a little difference between both.
*Their curated packs are little costlier than their competitors.
*Every time I have to change the language in multi audio feed channels. In Sun Direct if I change language in specific channel it gets sticked and never changes.
Here I've attached a few pictures.
Finally I joined the "JINGALALA FAMILY!!" And it's time to say GOOD BYE to "TAN TANA TAN!"
