I have always looked at Dish Antenna with awe. It is like our link with a satellite. Earlier to 1990, there was no Cable and Satellite TV in India. Earlier to 1982, there was no Color TV in India as well. After Asiad Games at Delhi, Color TV came into India. Earlier TV was there only in four metros. By 1984, TV had penetrated top State Capitals. I was staying in Bhubaneswar and my father had got a TV. It was CRT TV of make Konark Televisions (now defunct). Then for our extended family i.e. my grandfather and his brothers we had bought Sony TV four pieces, one for each family. Then my maternal grandfather family also bought TV's and so on.
At that time terrestrial signals were possible to received by installing antenna. It was long with protruding bars and it needed to be pointed in the right direction. It was possible to receive only one channel i.e. Doordarshan. Later after 1990 we could receive DD Metro channel which was second channel. Parallelly, in my town a local ex-army person started cable business. Another two people also started cable business. Guess it was a kind of in every locality there were at least 2-3 cable operator with limited range of operation. I had gone to his house and I saw that he received a signal it was analog signal. Plenty of dots and blemishes. In present day, signal either comes or does not come. But earlier signal even if came it could be very bleak giving a not-so-clear picture and "ghussssss" kind of sound. The antenna was also huge. Clearly it was 8-10 ft. Those antennas were huge.
Our cable operator used telephone poles to transport the cable. One fine day, telephone department cut all the wires. Then I remember, the operator put his own 'bamboo' poles and transported the cable. Area range was limited for them. It was also my 10th and 12th period. My parents used to remove the cable so that we people can concentrate on studies.
Then in 1996 I shifted to Hyderabad and was without Tv and home. Then I shifted to Mumbai and I only had cable. Then it was Chennai, where I was in hostel/single room and TV was the last thing on my mind. In 2003-04, I was at a hotel in Bhubaneswar with Ortel Connection. In 2004 I shifted to Bengaluru, and had new laptop and Cinema Paradiso shop membership and thats it.
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At that time terrestrial signals were possible to received by installing antenna. It was long with protruding bars and it needed to be pointed in the right direction. It was possible to receive only one channel i.e. Doordarshan. Later after 1990 we could receive DD Metro channel which was second channel. Parallelly, in my town a local ex-army person started cable business. Another two people also started cable business. Guess it was a kind of in every locality there were at least 2-3 cable operator with limited range of operation. I had gone to his house and I saw that he received a signal it was analog signal. Plenty of dots and blemishes. In present day, signal either comes or does not come. But earlier signal even if came it could be very bleak giving a not-so-clear picture and "ghussssss" kind of sound. The antenna was also huge. Clearly it was 8-10 ft. Those antennas were huge.
Our cable operator used telephone poles to transport the cable. One fine day, telephone department cut all the wires. Then I remember, the operator put his own 'bamboo' poles and transported the cable. Area range was limited for them. It was also my 10th and 12th period. My parents used to remove the cable so that we people can concentrate on studies.
Then in 1996 I shifted to Hyderabad and was without Tv and home. Then I shifted to Mumbai and I only had cable. Then it was Chennai, where I was in hostel/single room and TV was the last thing on my mind. In 2003-04, I was at a hotel in Bhubaneswar with Ortel Connection. In 2004 I shifted to Bengaluru, and had new laptop and Cinema Paradiso shop membership and thats it.
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