HELP Picture clarity of Sun Music HD and KTV HD not so perfect in Tata Sky HD??

Friends, First of all sorry for a long post like the one below.But I wanted to clarify things clearly.

Could those that have Tata Sky HD clarify me one thing? I believe the clarity of Sun Music HD and KTV HD are not up to the mark in Tata Sky when compared to Videocon d2h or Airtel HD (for Sun Music HD alone) or Sun Direct HD.

For Sun Music HD, I stood at just 1 metre away from the TV and found that when moving scenes are shown for new HD songs of movies after 2008, I found the faces of the actors getting bit blurred especially for distant shots ( shots captured bit distantly away from camera). Did anyone notice this? I checked this with Videocon d2h and Airtel HD for the same song and dance distance away from my TV but didn't notice that blurred picture of the actors face or scenes even during fast scenes. When you increase the sharpness in the TV distortion on the actors face increased for the fast moving scenes. The same didn't happen for Videocon D2H HD or even in Airtel HD. Even for slower songs just watch the faces of the actors when they move.

The same can be noticed for fight scenes and songs in KTV HD. I think this might be because of excess compression of those two HD channels by Tata Sky.

Few songs for examples. Jingunamani song in Jilla movie, Kattikkadi song in Kaakki Sattai movie, Kala sala song Osthi, Kaakka Muttai song in Vellakkara Durai , Aadu aadu maharani song in Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva etc. In all these fast songs the actors face get bit blurred and sometimes screen gets pixelated in Sun Music HD in Tata Sky HD. Anybody noticed this?

For KTV HD, you could easily find this in fight scenes and songs for new HD movies. Things can be easily noticed when watched at a distance of one metre away from TV. When we go 2 metres beyond we can't notice the same. But the fact is even a poorer picture quality video will appear good when you watch at that distance. The way to judge the picture quality is when you watch it at a closer distance so that you can see that the picture appears without any distortion and blurring.

Tata Sky further has enough transponder space in GSAT 10 and I am not sure why they are compressing some HD channels. Tata Sky provides HD+1 content for Hindi channels like Sony, Colors, Zee, Star Plus and I have even watched those channels when they broadcast award functions where faster dance sequences are shown. Even in HD+1 channels, I didn't see the picture quality issue for fast dances which means they give sufficient bandwidth for those HD+1 channels in their transponders. Why is it difficult for them to provide the sufficient bandwidth for Sun Music HD and KTV HD that are mostly watched channels of Tamil language?
 
Further I have no complaints on other two tamil HD channels Sun TV HD and Star Vijay HD in Tata Sky. They have awesome picture and audio quality. Sports HD channels are also really good.
 
Vadirocks, So you think Airtel is better for HD channels than Tata Sky ? Aren't Airtel compressing HD channels like Tata Sky? If you are a keen video watcher of quality, you won't like this blurring in an HD channel. Further Airtel is providing HD packs at cheaper rate and Tata Sky is very expensive now with the HD Access fee concept.

I have sent a mail to TataSky individually regarding the picture clarity of Sun Music HD and KTV HD. But the response is as usual like 'your feedback is duly noted'. Can anything else be done to let them know the collective voice? I believe they are biased towards South Indian movie and music channels by compressing them so much and providing the HD channels for the sake of numbers.
 

Vadirocks

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Vadirocks, So you think Airtel is better for HD channels than Tata Sky ? Aren't Airtel compressing HD channels like Tata Sky? If you are a keen video watcher of quality, you won't like this blurring in an HD channel. Further Airtel is providing HD packs at cheaper rate and Tata Sky is very expensive now with the HD Access fee concept.

I have sent a mail to TataSky individually regarding the picture clarity of Sun Music HD and KTV HD. But the response is as usual like 'your feedback is duly noted'. Can anything else be done to let them know the collective voice? I believe they are biased towards South Indian movie and music channels by compressing them so much and providing the HD channels for the sake of numbers.


No Use Of Sending Mails To Tata Sky Regarding This!

Forget It!

Nope!

Airtel Is Not Compressing!

Moreover Its The Cheap One Compared To Tata Sky
 
Vadirocks, So if my need is primarily to watch HD channels alone most of the times, mostly Tamil regional HD channels, Sports HD channels, and Lifestyle and infotainment HD channels like Discovery, Animal Planet, Fox Life, National Geographic, do you suggest it would be better to shift to Airtel HD for greater HD clarity and lesser price compared to Tata Sky? I've seen a 'Royal Tamilnadu HD add-on pack' in Airtel HD that seem to consist almost all the HD channels I require and I think I can add this pack with the 'my 99' Base plan and this would totally cost me Rs.99 + Rs. 170 = Rs. 269 per month which is way below what I am currently paying Rs. 400 per month in Tata Sky with just five sports HD channels.

Could you also tell me whether the sports HD channel clarity of Airtel HD is better than TataSky or same picture clarity in both for sports HD channels?

I also heard that the SD clarity of Airtel is bit lesser than Tata Sky SD ? I don't worry much about SD clarity since HD is what I give importance to but just wanted to know about this as well.
 

Vadirocks

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Vadirocks, So if my need is primarily to watch HD channels alone most of the times, mostly Tamil regional HD channels, Sports HD channels, and Lifestyle and infotainment HD channels like Discovery, Animal Planet, Fox Life, National Geographic, do you suggest it would be better to shift to Airtel HD for greater HD clarity and lesser price compared to Tata Sky? I've seen a 'Royal Tamilnadu HD add-on pack' in Airtel HD that seem to consist almost all the HD channels I require and I think I can add this pack with the 'my 99' Base plan and this would totally cost me Rs.99 + Rs. 170 = Rs. 269 per month which is way below what I am currently paying Rs. 400 per month in Tata Sky with just five sports HD channels.

Could you also tell me whether the sports HD channel clarity of Airtel HD is better than TataSky or same picture clarity in both for sports HD channels?

I also heard that the SD clarity of Airtel is bit lesser than Tata Sky SD ? I don't worry much about SD clarity since HD is what I give importance to but just wanted to know about this as well.

Consider Sun Direct Also
 
Yeah.. Sub direct is also cheaper and provide HEVC receiver.

Could you please reply for those two questions in my earlier post regarding Sports HD channel clarity of Airtel and TataSky as well my second one on SD clarity of both?
 

Vadirocks

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Yeah.. Sub direct is also cheaper and provide HEVC receiver.

Could you please reply for those two questions in my earlier post regarding Sports HD channel clarity of Airtel and TataSky as well my second one on SD clarity of both?


I Don't Think Star Sports HD Channels Have Different Quality In Both DTHs!
 
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