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Digital Cable Subscribers Will Have the Right to Demand Any Channel
With the government regulation requiring all the Cable service providers in metro cities (Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Kolkata) to go digital by June 2012, subscribers of digital cable will soon have the right to demand any channel available in India. “In the present case the analog cables can carry a limited number of channels. Therefore,…
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Apple TV Updated to Support 1080p Full HD Videos
The much awaited refresh of the Apple TV is here. The 3rd generation Apple TV retains the same form factor as its predecessor, but supports 1080p full HD video playback, thanks to the upgraded Apple A5 processor. The UI has also got a facelift and looks closer to iOS. The 2nd generation Apple TV also…
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TataSky Launches Paid Video on Demand on its HD+ Platform in India
As reported by us last year, TataSky has launched a Netflix like streaming service in India which offers paid Video on Demand delivered to your TV over broadband for the first time in India. TataSky has been testing the service by offering free Video on Demand to all its HD+ users for the past few…
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DishTV does it right, upgrades its STB software to let users record TV on a USB hard disk drive
After coming up with India’s first Conditional Access Module cards to let any DTH user to migrate to DishTV whilst keeping their set top box from another operator, reports are coming in that DishTV is launching Dish trueHD+, an innovative way to enable all their existing subscribers to upgrade to DVR (Digital Video Recorder). Instead…
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A Home Theater which is both stylish & functional!
There are very few companies other than Apple which make beautiful products which are just as functional. Unity by Engage is one such product. It combines a powerful Home Theater and a beautiful media center (TV stand really) in a stylish package. Unity is a Home Theater built in the shape of a TV stand.…
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It’s time for headphones to be smart now!
Everything is getting smart these days. So, why not your good old headphones? Parrot (a company which makes awesome bluetooth gadgets & the famous parrot AR drone) has introduced a pair of over the ear headphones which are smart. The headphones, named Zik, have bluetooth, accelerometer & NFC chip on board which can be used…
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ESPN Star Sports HD channels now available on select cable networks across India
ESPN Star Sports, the body which owns the two first 24×7 sports HD channels in India (ESPN HD & Star Cricket HD) have signed a deal to allow select cable operators in India to show their HD channels. The channels are available to 3 cable networks – Incable, 7Star in Mumbai & UCN in Central…
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BigFlix launches NetFlix like streaming service in India
BigFlix has launched a NetFlix like online streaming service in India. The new service, called BigFlix Plus is available at a (very reasonable) monthly subscription price of ? 249 and offers unlimited streaming of all the available content. Currently, BigFlix’s library contains around 500 movies. The service is currently standard definition only, with maximum resolution…
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Upgrading your TataSky set top box? Beware of their absurd warranty policy
if you are planning to, or have upgraded your TataSky set top box, you should note that TataSky has an absurd warranty policy on up gradation. Instead of starting a new warranty on the new set top box you have purchased, they just continue the old box’s warranty on the new set top box as…
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TataSky to offer Netflix like IP based VoD service to its HD+ subscribers
TataSky is testing a Netflix like IP based service in India which will enable its HD+ subscribers to watch previously broadcasted TV shows and new content on demand using their broadband connection. This feature will be available only to the HD+ subscribers as those are the only set top boxes having an ethernet port to…
