Tata Sky Plus + (Another Gimmick). Review on Tata Play

Hope you read my review of airtel digital tv posted on the ms website https://mouthshut.com/review/airtel_dth-153182-1.html

Well thought i would be the first to post about the latest offering - tata sky plus +. If the indian consumer wasnt confused between the existing dth operators (tata sky vs dish tv, sun direct vs dd home or the recent reliance big vs airtel digital) then here's something more...

Bitten by the stiff competition from airtel digital tv, tata sky has launched a clearance sale - offer of free activation (rs 1499 for the set top box without paying rs 1000 extra for activation). The offer ended today (31 oct 08) and now the new tata sky offering is out...

Tata sky + (plus) - a new concept of televsion viewing, which allows one to do "pause, record and rewind" live television !!! A brief on each of the features is given below:

pause live tv - while watching tv, press pause on your tata sky+ remote to pause live tv. To resume, press the play button.

record live tv - choose a programme in the guide or search & scan banner to record, then press the record button on your tata sky+ remote. With tata sky+ you can:

• watch one live channel and record another live channel

  
  




• record two live channels and watch a previously recorded programme

  
  




• record two live channels and watch one of the channels being recorded

  
  




• set a series for automatic recording

  
  

rewind live tv - while watching tv, press rewind on your tata sky+ remote to rewind live tv. When you reach the point till which you want to rewind, press play to resume playback.

Charges for this new concept dont come cheap:

Digicomp - rs 8, 999 (inclusive of all taxes)

Installation - rs 1, 000 (inclusive of all taxes)

Tata sky usage fee - rs 50 per month (lifetime waiver in the launch offer)

Monthly subscription fee- rs 99 per month (lowest package price). At a whopping rs 9999 (initially) if you want old mpeg1 technolgy take tata sky. For a better viewing experience with latest mpeg4 technology and free worldspace satellite radio take airtel digital.