Tatasky is one of the most popular DTH service provider in India, which was launched in the year 2006. Recently Tatasky introduced Tatasky plus which have some advanced features like you can pause a program, record it and play later.

Tata Sky plus has MPEG4 technology, and an in-built personal video recorder that enables you to record live TV, play back a recorded programme and pause & rewind live TV. These features are not available on Tata Sky service. The digicomp has a hard disk capacity of 160gb which can record about 45 hours of program.

It has an interesting feature called series link through which you can record all the episodes of a particular serial which should of good use to many of the users. The space of the hard disc can be managed manually or automatically like when the space is getting full, you will be warned and you can delete unwanted programs to get space.

You can find full information about TATASky Plus here

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You might have heard about IPTV, which is a service where we can watch Television channels through internet. You need to have a broadband connection for this to work properly. Recently MTNL had started this service for a nominal charge.

I came across Yupp TV which is internet TV service provider, but this is not a free service, you need to pay a nominal charge to use this service. You can use it on your computer or if you have a internet enabled phone (Wifi or 3G) , GPRS or Edge will not work as you need high speed internet. You can view the demo on this site and check it yourself. You need to first sign-up for an account, you do not need to make any payment for that. Then to watch the TV, you need to subscribe for the channels

I have not used this service or tested it anyway so I am not sure about the quality and support of Yupp TV. Please check it yourself and make sure that things work fine before you make any payment. If the providers had provided some trial period that could have increased their subscription

Researches show that the women in has more viewership for TV programs than men. Vanitha TV is an exclusive Television channel which claims to be the first Women centric channel in India.

Vanitha’ promises 24-hour infotainment with current affairs, counselling, helpline, music and dance shows and soaps that will do away with gender stereotypes. According to Volga, the chief editor for Vanitha TV, they will be purely concentrating on women, their struggles, rights, looking at the world through a woman’s eyes basically

Virgin Mobile is an international brand, running business in different sectors like mobile telephony, transportation, travel, financial services, leisure, music, holidays, publishing and retailing. In India, the mobile service is offered by Tata Teleservices through a brand franchise with Virgin Mobile.

Virgin mobile has simple are clear plans and they offer, prepaid as well as post paid connections. Recently they have announced the cheapest STD calls in India. You can call anywhere in India to any operator for just 50 Paise per minute. It has one of the worlds best network coverage and in India, almost every state is covered. The network coverage is provided by TATA Teleservices and uses the CDMA technology.

Get Paid for incoming Calls

You get paid 1paise for every 6 seconds of a call you receive and you get these credits to your Virgin Mobile account. This is something unique in India. This credit will never expire, so you can use it anytime.

Sun Direct is one of the DTH Service providers in India. Big TV from Reliance was one of the recent addition to the list of DTH Service providers in India.

Interesting news is that Sun Direct has reached 15 lakhs subscribers mark and its a good achievement when such stiff competition is on. Big TV is really fighting hard to get more customers. I have been using TATA sky for more than a year now and its doing really good. Sun Direct uses the latest MPEG 4 based technology

What is DTH or Direct to Home ?

Direct to home is the reception of satellite program using your personal dish at home. Gone are the days when we used cables for getting different channels. In DTH the video and audio quality will much better than the cable TV. One problem I had seen at my home was when it rains heavily the reception is effected. You get a decoder which decodes the signals and its connected to the television.

SUN Direct Packages

There are different packages available like the Tamil Package, Telgu package and more. You can add up any channels when ever you want to your package.

You can buy a Sun Direct connection for INR 999 by they will charge you separately for the installation and activation. You also get 10 months subscription for North and 1 year subscription for South free with the purchase.

So if you are planning to change your Cable TV connection, then this is the right time.

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I have put some videos on Blip TV which I took from Vilu Reef Resort. I find the quality of the video excellent. I edit and convert the videos to DivX format and upload it. I could really experience the difference with other video hosting sites like Youtube, Yahoo Videos, MSN Video, Google videos which I have already tried. Vimeo is other one which has the ability to host HD size videos, but practically looking if your viewers do not have high speed Internet, then its scrap. We cannot expect all our visitors to have very high speed or broadband Internet, so we need to go for solutions which can serve all your visitors. Most of the video hosting site do detect the speed of the Internet connection and show videos accordingly.

I have hosted many videos on my own server and play using custom players like the JW flash player, but again the problem is for converting the videos to flash format and maintaining the speed and quality of the video

Advantages of Blip.TV

• You can upload the videos using the the upload form, FTP, directly from Windows Movie Maker and some other uploading tools are also provided.
• Earning from the clips  that you upload to Blip TV is shared. You can get paid through Paypal or by Cheque. If your video goes to the front page, you can earn up to US$ 2000 per month. The minimum payout is US$ 25 with PayPal
• The quality is much better than Youtube
• Customize your Player
• Branding your player – You can put your name and link to your blog on the player
• Opt the way of advertising
• Excellent statistics and reporting system
• Downloads and uploads are fast
• Advanced configuration of the player can be done if you are an expert
• And many more, just sign-up for an account and check it yourself

I am using Revver which is also good and has revenue sharing from the advertisements. Youtube is fast and most popular, but it does not share the revenue with normal account.

This particular video was edited using Videospin and converted to DivX (.avi) format and uploaded using FTP. It took just less than a minute to be live. I find most of the video hosting sites takes long time to convert to flash format and the quality is not as good as on Blip TV.

I have just started using this, so I am not aware of all the pros and cons of this site. I will be posting updates of the experiences that I have with Blip TV.

I have been using Navarathna Oil from Himani for some years now. Earlier I was not using any oil before bathing. I used some hair creams like brylcream or Vaseline after bath. Navarathna Oil is an excellent cooler, soothes your eyes, give you a fresh feeling and cool head. As soon as you apply the oil, you will feel the ice cold effect on you head. Other thing what I have noticed is sound sleep. Use Navarathna Oil regularly, you will get some relief from tiredness, and if you use computer for long time, its ideal. I used to have some problems with my eyes after I sit long in front of the computer monitor, but now I spend more time but I do not have any problem.

Just apply to your head and face about 20-30 minutes before bath regularly, you will really notice the difference and the power of Navarathna Oil