I thought of buying a DTH. I went to a good DTH shop which sells only DTH(tiruppur). I asked shop owner about which is good he said
Airtel - Which is good, but package is problem(not much channels)
BIGTV-Not good(Techincal Problems)
TATA SKY only suitable for rich, paychannels are priced
SUN DIRECT-Good for people watch regional channels.(Price is low, good intro offer 2000 rs 1 yr free)
Even if a failure occurs loss is less and we can change DTH easily without losing much.
I said im ok with SUN DIRECT, he gave all the equipment to home, its rural area, it was raingin 8 Pm, the technician is still saying he can fix antenna, he is right .He did it with in 20mins real good .Good signal strength.He switched on tv, he said it will be activated in 15 mins.My aunt gave him a coffee, before finishign cofee the KTV channel came and I was happy.But the worrying part is that packages are with less channels as ADDONS .It depends on your choice and how often you see tv, channels when choosing a DTH .
The Top up is easy if its done on sun direct website, if you try with the dealer it will take very long time.
NOW I am using SUN DIRECT FOR more than a year not a problem till now. I called only once to check why some channels were not activated.they assisted correctly resolved it on 15 mins to my surprise.The customer service is now improving . I bought another one for my home too . Its cheap and the good feature is that they provide some international channels for free(Warner bros, fox crime, fx) all are great . The interface is quite changed now and good . The advantage of other DTH players are the good interface, any how we are not going to see the interface all time . Sun direct is worth of your money .Moreover you can select add on channels online . The result is almost instant Remember to buy it from a big vendor .