I did not want to plonk the dough for the highest packages as I dont watch too many channels.If I could afford the highest package of any service provider, I would have gone in for Videocon D2H. Videocon D2H offer more HD channels & better value for money.
However I wanted
1)the cheapest base pack
2)+ all the HD channels of any service provider(sports & English movies were the ones I was interested in, I could not find a package or top up with just these two categories without the channels for serials)
3)+ missing channels of interest(HBO & Discovery Turbo)
I weighed my options for a period of 6 months. Turned out that Airtel(their HD+ set top box was cheaper & I got 45 days subscription free on their website) was cheaper than Videocon D2H. On top of that I knew their service would be good as I had used their broadband service for 4 years.