I had written in my earlier post about how I was after the link to satellite through dish antenna. It is actually not feasible for a person like me to possess 8-12 ft antenna. Tanks to technology antenna size got reduced to 60 cms and presently that is what I have for Videocon D2H. I was initially hesitant to fix the antenna because our managing committee in our building were taking steps to get a common antenna fixed. But last year elections happened and managing committee changed and so new committee decided against fixing common antenna as the Dish operators were not giving any discounts.
So this April I fitted my own dish for D2H on the roof. As our balcony and flat faces north west, it is not possible for the line of sight to be got.
Earlier, there was Worldspace radio and it was my satellite link. I took Worldspace Connection around September 2001 in Juhu in Mumbai. At that time probably I read about the ad in newspaper and I bought it from an electronics showroom. The technician came and gave demo. He also fitted an antenna. That antenna was like the earlier terrestrial antenna of Doordarshan but it was only smaller. He probably wanted some extra billing and so he fitted the antenna as the standard antenna coming with Worldspace could receive the signal provide it is pointed in the right direction (south east once more).
When Worldspace shut its shop on December 2009, I lost the subscription money. I had paid for renewal in probably October or November 2009. Worldspace was good. In the several years I used, I had exchanged the receiver twice and bought it twice. Which means that I had four different kind of receivers.
Initially upto 2004 the service was free at least I could get all channels in my receiver. The first receiver was heavy with FM radio and speaker. It was Hitachi make. It cost excess of 5000. After it failed I threw it away probably in 2004 (but whether in Bengaluru or Bhubaneswar I can't remember, I think I brought it to Bengaluru and threw it away).
Then in Bengaluru in 2004, I got a new receiver (BPL Sanyo make) and it was subscription based now. This receiver had speaker and was shaped like a 'two in one' but it did not have FM radio. I think I used it till 2005 and then exchanged it. The new one was again BPL Sanyo make. That receiver had metal casing and no speaker but it had AV socket connection. It was a small rectangular box shaped.
That I exchanged later around early 2006 (again BPL Sanyo model) which I used till 2009. It was fiber based and needed speaker connection through AV socket. It was still smaller one and lightest of all the models I ever had. And after the shut down, I threw the remaining equipment away.
Now, we have Internet radio which is far more greater than Worldspace and it does not need satellite. We can use mobile network for the same. More about that later.
Now, I watched two more movies. "Aatma". This is 2005 horror movie By Ramsay brothers I watched on youtube. Highly recommended. It is worth noting that movies which are not that famous are equally good if not better that bigger hit movies.
Next movie is "Chandni Chowk to China". Yes people this movie I watched for the first time today and that too on Videocon D2H. I liked it.
So this April I fitted my own dish for D2H on the roof. As our balcony and flat faces north west, it is not possible for the line of sight to be got.
Earlier, there was Worldspace radio and it was my satellite link. I took Worldspace Connection around September 2001 in Juhu in Mumbai. At that time probably I read about the ad in newspaper and I bought it from an electronics showroom. The technician came and gave demo. He also fitted an antenna. That antenna was like the earlier terrestrial antenna of Doordarshan but it was only smaller. He probably wanted some extra billing and so he fitted the antenna as the standard antenna coming with Worldspace could receive the signal provide it is pointed in the right direction (south east once more).
When Worldspace shut its shop on December 2009, I lost the subscription money. I had paid for renewal in probably October or November 2009. Worldspace was good. In the several years I used, I had exchanged the receiver twice and bought it twice. Which means that I had four different kind of receivers.
Initially upto 2004 the service was free at least I could get all channels in my receiver. The first receiver was heavy with FM radio and speaker. It was Hitachi make. It cost excess of 5000. After it failed I threw it away probably in 2004 (but whether in Bengaluru or Bhubaneswar I can't remember, I think I brought it to Bengaluru and threw it away).
Then in Bengaluru in 2004, I got a new receiver (BPL Sanyo make) and it was subscription based now. This receiver had speaker and was shaped like a 'two in one' but it did not have FM radio. I think I used it till 2005 and then exchanged it. The new one was again BPL Sanyo make. That receiver had metal casing and no speaker but it had AV socket connection. It was a small rectangular box shaped.
That I exchanged later around early 2006 (again BPL Sanyo model) which I used till 2009. It was fiber based and needed speaker connection through AV socket. It was still smaller one and lightest of all the models I ever had. And after the shut down, I threw the remaining equipment away.
Now, we have Internet radio which is far more greater than Worldspace and it does not need satellite. We can use mobile network for the same. More about that later.
Now, I watched two more movies. "Aatma". This is 2005 horror movie By Ramsay brothers I watched on youtube. Highly recommended. It is worth noting that movies which are not that famous are equally good if not better that bigger hit movies.
Next movie is "Chandni Chowk to China". Yes people this movie I watched for the first time today and that too on Videocon D2H. I liked it.
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