When first looking for a satellite service, we decided to try out DirectTV. Do not ask me why, but for some reason we thought this would be the best company to go with. Wrong!
Let’s begin with the equipment. DirectTV sent out the equipment…the actual units along …

Tata sky comes with the Logo Tata Sky ke saath, family rahe saath saath. The words are in hindi, the National language of India and it means “with Tata Sky, a family lives in harmony”. It was in the month of March, I had purchased the Tata Sky. I …

I would not recommend Direct tv to anyone.
Here is my experience with Direct TV:
1. I spoke with 2 different sales agents and asked them both the same question “how many HD channels would I get with my package?” Both said the same thing, “no matter what basic …

Sirius Satelite Radio is a great radio service with many possibilites for entertainment! I purchased a Sirius Satelite Radio in December, and I have been so happy with my radio I could scream from a rooftop!
I enjoy Howard Stern, Blue Collar Comedy, The Foxxhole, Playboy radio and so many …

I have been with DirecTV since April 2007. The only reason I am with them is because I also have Qwest, and you can bundle the service and save money. Plus, I wanted the channel variety that you get with satellite versus cable. The only issue I have reception-wise, …

I’ve used DirecTv as my television service provider for the last five years. Overall, I have been happy with the programming variety, relatively satisfied with the cost and often less than enthused about the customer service.
I currently have a package with DirecTv that is no longer available to …

Austar TV is by sattelite in Australia. I am from the US so I can say that the television shows here are about one year behind. I moved here in January 2005 and I was watching TV shows that I seen a year a go at home. …

We have had our satellite for over a year now and I love it so much. There is always something on that I can watch or listen to, and there is such great variety.
Besides having the local channels, we watch a lot of CNN. This channel keeps …

I have been a customer of DirecTV for over 5 years. I have been relatively pleased with their service.
The biggest issue with satellite TV is the reception during thunderstorms and strong winds. There is nothing worse than being “trapped” indoors due to bad weather and …

Some advantages to both satellite providers, Dish provides a free DVR upon signup where you can record up to 100 hours of your favorite tv shows, movies, sports, etc. Another advantage with Dish is the price, they have better deals then DirectTV. Advantage with Direct TV they offer you …

I had never had the desire to have satelite television, for the simple reason that I rarely ever watched television. Put simply satelite television seemed like such a waste of money to me.
When I moved over the summer, my new phone company informed me I qualified for one year …

This is the second month since I started to use Airtel DTH. Previously, I was using cable network to access various television channels. Airtel DTH is the first experience of mine in this new world of television viewing. Ah! I am appalled by this DTH.
First of all for a …

We are having Dish network for the past 2.5 years.We are having America’s top 100 and some regional channels.It wont say i am fully satisfied with them.The problem started from the day of installation.The company gave us timings.But nobody turned up in the given time and we …

The advent of the satellite radio is fantastic. As a trucker, we were able to listen to the same radio station, across the nation. Imagine, 3 hours of jazz. The wide variety of selections keeps any listener entertained. Just let your ears be your guide. Now that XM and …

My husband and I have been subscribers of Sirius Satellite Radio for about two years now. My husband used to listen to it daily while he was working as he was a delivery driver. With the economy the way it is he got laid off right after …

Dish Network is always advertising some sort of special. I was watching one today for free installation or a reduced introductory rate and I couldn’t help but think of when I had gotten fed up with cable and gotten Dish Network instead.
I have to worn you to read the …

Tata sky a direct to home with digital service is a sheer delight to watch . Digital service direct to your home is one of the best direct to home service available to India. When it fist came to the market it was relatively high priced but …

With public television eventually getting a little monotonous, I inevitably had to go out into the market and acquire a satellite television service that would cater more for my specific TV needs and I decided not to compromise any longer.
After actually subscribing to DSTV Compact, which has thirty four …

This is the best thing since cable was put out there years ago. I get more services than regular cable. It is not as expensive as regular cable.I talk to my friends and they have these huge cable bills. Even when I order a movie it is cheaper than …

I was having a lot of problems with the cable operator giving poor service. Everyday either one or the other popular channel would be missing or the cable connection would be off for a few hours. When I used to check with the cable operator he would always say …

Tata sky is a private satellite service of India. Tata sky is excellent as far as its service is concerned. Many people in India are using Tata sky today.
I bought Tata sky plan for Rs 4000. This may not look cheap, but it is okay when you look at …

I purchased hughes net about 3 months ago. From the first day the service was installed I have been having problems with it. The internet always looses the connection for no particular reason. Also there is only a maximum amount of data that you can download …

I have Sirius Satellite Radio in my car and I believe that it the best radio system that you can buy. Sirius has so many radio stations that I am able to pick up no matter where I am and that’s the main reason that i decided to …

I may sound bitter, but I’ve enjoyed the service I’ve received from Virgin Media. I’ve been a customer with other subscription services like Sky before, and after its well funded rebrand, I was expecting good things from Virgin Media.
It makes very big promises but rarely delivers. Generally, its …

XM Satellite radio is great! I’ve had it for 2 years and I’ll never turn back to terrestrial radio ever!
The channels are endless and commercial free. They have sports channels, weather channels and News. Talk radio, Comedy and then a countless amount of music channels for any genre imaginable.
I …

I currently have Dish Network Satellite Television and I couldn’t be happier with it! Dish network offers free installation for up to 4 rooms and this includes DVR receivers. The Digital Video Recorder or DVR receiver allows you to pause live TV, record up to 100 hours …

I had subscribed to DISH TV last year. They were offering a package wherein I had to pay Rs 3990/- INR for the dish, the set-top box and the installation. I had opted for the package with Rs 300/- monthly charge and they were offering more than …

Prior to switching to DirecTV, my family had been a customer of Comcast Cable Company for several years. Throughout the duration of our time with Comcast, we experienced nothing but major problems. Every month our bill would go up without any type of notice or explanation and …

Sky Cable Select is the newest package offered by Sky Cable. I availed of this package just recently, a downgrade from my previous subscription, and found it really cost efficient. Sky Cable Select is a smart package that lets you customize your own cable channels rather than choosing from …

Last year my husband and I moved and couldn’t get cable service at our new house. Our choices were either DirecTV or Dish Network. We decided to go with DirecTV because we had several friends who had the service and liked it.
I was impressed with how quickly …

I had our Xplorenet satellite internet service installed in November 2005 with a local retailer. At the time the service was new and the only type that existed in our area. There was a hefty installation fee of $1200, which inclucded the satellite and the router. …

Beware of DISH Network!
I signed up with their company after looking for a more affordable option for television programming. My cable company was pretty expensive and DISH Network appeared to be reasonable. I signed up on their website and although there were a couple of charges that weren’t …

I have been using Multichoice Botswana as my satellite TV service provider since I started living here. I find the application processs very easy and fast. Their PVR decoders are sold everywhere in the local shops and once I purchased the decoder and the satellite dish, I just …

I recently purchased the Dish Network prepaid package for my home.This is a excellent value for those who don’t want to pay a high cable bill. For those who are not familiar with the dish network prepaid service, its is very similar to using a prepaid cellphone. I chose …

I wanted to use DirecTV at a secondary home which didn’t have a DirecTV dish. I had an old Dish Network dish, but it wouldn’t work because the LNB was incompatible. I purchased this LNB to convert the Dish Network dish to DirecTV. FYI, …

As I have said earlier, the private satellite service presently has two major players in India, Dish TV and Tata Sky, out of the two Tata Sky stands out for its product and service. I have got a tata sky connection a few months back and they had a …

Our family has used Dish Satellite for almost ten years now and we’re very pleased with it. Well, I guess you can tell that since who would use the same service for ten years because they did not like them, huh?
We had a very bad experience with one …

We’ve had Dish Network for about a year now. We previously had DirecTV, which we liked, but we changed simply to cut our monthly expenses a little bit. As far as installation, the two guys who came to our house to install it were very professional and friendly, …

Let it be known, that when the first Satelite services became available, our store was the store in our area, who sold them. Believe it or not, they started out at about $1,000! Yes, those are the ones you get for free now………the DISH! The cable network in our …

This I think, is the perfect answer to my pay TV needs as it has just the right combination of express channels and choice.
Since I really only wanted paid satellite television for all the sports channels it has, I was delighted to learn that DSTV Compact has all the …

Recently in India the trend of personal satellite () has started off.
The two major players of the market are Dish Tv and Tata sky.If you compare the two, Tata sky scores over Dish TV in lot of fields. Many who have bought this Dish Tv connection, they are not …

I switched over from cable to Directv around the beginning of 2007 and everything started out good and I really liked it. I chose the basic package and it had all of the local channels and it even had some channels that my cable didn’t have so I …

Midcontinent Communications is a cable and internet provider in the upper Midwest United States. They claim to be the fastest internet in the region, and the best deal on cable and internet bundles.
Midcontinent does have the best deal. They have a “69 Buck Bundle” which is digital cable, high …

I’ve been a Dish Network user for about 5 years now. Several times I’ve been tempted to switch to a different service provider, but decided against it, and I believe right now, among all sattlite service providers, Dish Network offers the best value for the money.
The most impressive thing, …

We had installed Tata Sky Satellite TV Channel service last year. The service has been very good. After all these years of cable TV operators, it is a welcome relief to have this service available in India, although it is little more costly than cable TV.
There is a prompt …

After putting up with Dish Network for a couple of years, I’m delighted to be back with cable. I was told repeatedly that service would not be interrupted when the wind blew and it drizzled outside. Yeah right. My service went out more often than it did not when …

The free install wasn’t free at all, the person that installed the service charged an extra $200 to set a $40 pipe in the ground with a $5 sack of concrete. If i had known that this was needed ahead of time I could have easily done it myself. …

From the time that I was in college up to the time that I had my post-grad course, I never have any cable service. I relied on an indoor antenna. It can capture two local channels but struggling to deliver picture perfect. When American Idol was at its peak, I …

Many catches in their business practice.
1) I ordered Dish Network service through AllSat. I was told I would get $50 gift card from AllSat, and my installation fee would be waived, and there were 10 X 10 certificates that could be used for international program I ordered. But none …

I have been sick of public television for a while now with all the excessive advertising and what not, but the final straw that compelled me to literally jump into my car to go buy a DSTV decoder was when I was anticipating a soccer match to be aired …