Thread: Wrongly advertised as Rs. 999 per year

Although the sun dth is advertising as Rs. 999 for one year with set top box and free subscription, they are charging additional charge of Rs. 1000 for installation alone, which i feel is quite high. It means that it comes to Rs. 2000 for one year!

I agree that installation charges are quite high although it is a one time cost.

well thats life less on 1 side high on other

u could b i STAR ckh my site

since it is new, there is no movie channels

it is all marketing tactics this ppl use
finally we all end up paying more or less the same

tata sky also charges Rs 1000 for their installation and they say that includes a dish which they put at our house

Originally Posted by xwhyz

Although the sun dth is advertising as Rs. 999 for one year with set top box and free subscription, they are charging additional charge of Rs. 1000 for installation alone, which i feel is quite high. It means that it comes to Rs. 2000 for one year!

What?
It doesn't mean Rs 2000 for one year.
You have to pay the installation charges only once.
So, you should not say that it is Rs 2000 yearly. The yearly charges only come to Rs 999.

Tata sky costs 2499 which includes instalation ....and a better pacakage i guess

suntv rs 499 installation charges extra
how fooloish

watch if other compny follow this marketing wat will the adv on tv

Maruti 800 just rs. 50,000 (two lac engine charges extra)
Hero honda rs 15000 (25000 rs chesis chrages extra)
nokia n70 rs 1000 ( 500 battry 800 body 500 charger 3000 display 3000 warranty charges extra)
Sony Tv just rs 2000 (40000 for lcd display extra)
HP laptop just rs 15000 (15000 rs extra for mother board) 10000 rs extra for cpu

if co. advertise

SUN TV just rs 50 (and 1450 rs activation charges extra ) tell me wats wrong with this .

Originally Posted by sumitdutt

suntv rs 499 installation charges extra
how fooloish

watch if other compny follow this marketing wat will the adv on tv

Maruti 800 just rs. 50,000 (two lac engine charges extra)
Hero honda rs 15000 (25000 rs chesis chrages extra)
nokia n70 rs 1000 ( 500 battry 800 body 500 charger 3000 display 3000 warranty charges extra)
Sony Tv just rs 2000 (40000 for lcd display extra)
HP laptop just rs 15000 (15000 rs extra for mother board) 10000 rs extra for cpu

if co. advertise

SUN TV just rs 50 (and 1450 rs activation charges extra ) tell me wats wrong with this .

:lol:

The yearly payment (or recharge) option needs you to pay only Rs 750/- for one year.

Originally Posted by sumitdutt

suntv rs 499 installation charges extra
how fooloish

watch if other compny follow this marketing wat will the adv on tv

Maruti 800 just rs. 50,000 (two lac engine charges extra)
Hero honda rs 15000 (25000 rs chesis chrages extra)
nokia n70 rs 1000 ( 500 battry 800 body 500 charger 3000 display 3000 warranty charges extra)
Sony Tv just rs 2000 (40000 for lcd display extra)
HP laptop just rs 15000 (15000 rs extra for mother board) 10000 rs extra for cpu

if co. advertise

SUN TV just rs 50 (and 1450 rs activation charges extra ) tell me wats wrong with this .

:lol:

Originally Posted by sumitdutt

suntv rs 499 installation charges extra
how fooloish

watch if other compny follow this marketing wat will the adv on tv

Maruti 800 just rs. 50,000 (two lac engine charges extra)
Hero honda rs 15000 (25000 rs chesis chrages extra)
nokia n70 rs 1000 ( 500 battry 800 body 500 charger 3000 display 3000 warranty charges extra)
Sony Tv just rs 2000 (40000 for lcd display extra)
HP laptop just rs 15000 (15000 rs extra for mother board) 10000 rs extra for cpu

if co. advertise

SUN TV just rs 50 (and 1450 rs activation charges extra ) tell me wats wrong with this .

:lol: :lol:

Sumit is absolutely right and witty too..

Hats off...

oops....I am not wearing a hat.....

i want to take sun DTH but dont have any idea about DTH. so if i go with Rs.999 pack then the subscription will be for a year n after a year how much they will cahrge. :36:

Originally Posted by deepmohan

i want to take sun DTH but dont have any idea about DTH. so if i go with Rs.999 pack then the subscription will be for a year n after a year how much they will cahrge. :36:

The default yearly charges after that is Rs 750/- , or Rs 75/- per month.
It varies depending upon the additional packs you select.

Originally Posted by xwhyz

Although the sun dth is advertising as Rs. 999 for one year with set top box and free subscription, they are charging additional charge of Rs. 1000 for installation alone, which i feel is quite high. It means that it comes to Rs. 2000 for one year!

When TATA Sky launched in 2006, they charged Rs.3999 (2999+1000 installation) and they have not offered any free viewing time but offered launching offer of Rs.200/- for all channels (obviously number of channels were very few at that time). They have started charging from day one. It is better that now a days all the DTH operators are offering the packages for one year. But Tata Sky has not rewarded the early birds in that sense. So what is wrong if Dish TV charges 1999 that includes one year free viewing?

P.UMA MAHESWARA RAO

Well its all marketing gimmiks,
after all they all have these words on small fonts right at the bottom
"* conditions apply"

well i think SUN DTH is much better in comparission to TATA Sky regarding the channels list they are provinding.

Any one using SUN how is there STB n software.... which noe is good homecst or other one...?

Hey Sumit! That was great. I think you should go into advertising and marketing. You will do great!. I agree that Tata Sky is better than Sun. Now, its also concentrating on expanding in south and is planning to add more channels as well. So I see it giving tough competition to Sun DTH in the future.

Originally Posted by Mirzarocx

Hey Sumit! That was great. I think you should go into advertising and marketing. You will do great!. I agree that Tata Sky is better than Sun. Now, its also concentrating on expanding in south and is planning to add more channels as well. So I see it giving tough competition to Sun DTH in the future.

isnt tata sky already a tough competitor to sun DTH in south? tata sky's south indian channels range is quite rich

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

isnt tata sky already a tough competitor to sun DTH in south? tata sky's south indian channels range is quite rich

Sun direct was first launched in TN and was an instant success. It is claimed that they have more than 2 million subscribers. And using the MPEG-4 makes the service one of the best while i think tatasky is still with MPEG-2 transmission technique.

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

Sun direct was first launched in TN and was an instant success. It is claimed that they have more than 2 million subscribers. And using the MPEG-4 makes the service one of the best while i think tatasky is still with MPEG-2 transmission technique.

is the difference among the two transmission techniques noticable to normal eye?

Originally Posted by saurav_kataruka

is the difference among the two transmission techniques noticable to normal eye?

That i do not know. But due to the usage of MPEG-4 bandwidth is saved and the extra bandwidth can be used for adding additional channels.

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

That i do not know. But due to the usage of MPEG-4 bandwidth is saved and the extra bandwidth can be used for adding additional channels.

ok. thanks for the info ... when the demand for number of channels reaches such a stage that MPEG2 or 4 will have a significant part to play, i am sure Tata sky will also implement the latest technology ..

But this MPEG-4 technology is one the latest marketing gimmick commonly employed by many DTH providers. I hope TS also implements the same shortly..

Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm

That i do not know. But due to the usage of MPEG-4 bandwidth is saved and the extra bandwidth can be used for adding additional channels.

But this is not advantage as well as you can counter this by haveing more number of Transponders. Tata Sky has more number of transponders is it can have as many channels as DTH with MPEG-4 technology. Also, there is no difference in picture quality.