Category: Home Entertainment

  • TataSky installs buggy software on all TataSky HD boxes

    It looks like TataSky pushed a software update yesterday for all its TataSky HD customers which updated their set top box software to a version which contains a major bug. Once this update is applied, the HD channels won’t have Dolby Digital sound over HDMI. Instead, they will switch to the traditional stereo sound system.…

  • TataSky adds 3 new HD channels to its bouquet

    TataSky has added 3 new HD channels to its HD gold pack. The new channels are Star Movies HD, Star World HD and Star Gold HD. Unlike Dish TV, these are real HD channels & not upscaled ones. They have 1080i, 16:9 video & Dolby Digital sound. Moreever, their programming is also different from their…

  • Videocon d2h launches India’s first 3D HD satellite TV set top box

    Its only been a few weeks since TataSky induced the price war in the HD PVR space in India by launching a feature rich HD PVR set top box at a competitive price tag of INR 3990. Dish TV soon followed by adding 30 new HD channels to its offering, thereby giving a solid response…

  • Apple’s AirPlay is the future of personal entertainment

    Apple released iOS 4.3 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch recently. Of all the new features in the release, one stands tall as the stepping stone for the future of personal entertainment – Airplay support for third party apps. For those who do not know, Apple’s AirPlay (previously called AirTunes), is a technology using which…

  • Dish TV offers 30 HD channels in India

    How many HD channels does your DTH provider offer you? Well, if you are a subscriber of Dish TV, you can put an evil smile on your face and bitch about the other DTH providers at this time. India’s first & Asia’s largest DTH operator, Dish TV now offers 30 HD channels to its HD…

  • HDTV buying tips in India

    With the cricket world cup season coming up, many households in India are planning to upgrade to HDTVs. Coupled with the availability of a few HD channels in India and the telecast of all the cricket world cup matches in HD, sales of HDTV’s are at all time high in India. If you are in…

  • TataSky+ HD Review and Unboxing

    We told you that TataSky launched India’s most advance and cheapest HD PVR last week at a very competitive price of INR 3999. I was one of those users of TataSky+ SD who were waiting for this launch to upgrade to HD. And I did. I got the new set top box today. There were…

  • TataSky+ HD launched in India at a price of INR 3999

    We told you a few days back that TataSky was all set to launch their HD PVR set top box in India. Today, TataSky has launched their advanced HD PVR set top box at a competitive price of INR 3999 in India. The price is inclusive of installation charges. Here is how it looks like:

  • TataSky about to launch HD PVR (TataSky+ HD) in India

    TataSky+ is a premium set top box (STB) from TataSky which enables users to record live TV and then watch it whenever they want. You can also fast forward commercials and those irritating emotional drama sequences in your favorite reality show. Despite launching TataSky HD last year at a very competitive price, TataSky totally ignored…

  • Apple TV working in India

    I always wanted to have an Apple TV added to my home theater setup. In addition to renting HD movies and TV shows, I have always wanted to use Airplay to stream media to it over the air from the Apple devices I own. I have an iPad, iPhone 4 & a Macbook Air. I…