Thread: Now 90 Hrs of Recording in Tata Sky Plus Instead of 45 HRS

Tata Sky DTH is providing MPEG2 so obviously the recording in Tata Sky DTH+ which is MPEG4 compatible will have pixels.

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The rep said ,the software technicians are checking if normal STBs (i.e normal tata sky Stbs which has mpeg2) ,are able to grap up Mpeg4 signals,so that existing customer dont have to upgrade there mpeg2 STBs.
once it is succesfull,channel count will be increased

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this is funniest post I have seen for sometime now.how can Tata Sky DTH mpeg2 stb get Mpeg4 signals. Those STB even if they tune will show the channels are 'Radio' and not as TV channels. Never believe those CC

I don't know but I guess finally they thought like me... please read here.. i had mentioned the technical and logical feasibility for adding more recording hours in Tata sky plus in my own review.. when I came to know that it had 160 GB HDD..

Tata Sky Plus has 160 GB of HDD but only 80 GB is used for recording. Rest is used for live pause feature, which according to me is too much because you can only have a buffer of 90 minutes for any channel. As soon as you move to a different channel the old cache gets deleted and Tata Sky Plus starts recording the new channel and keeps the last 90 minutes in buffer. OK, my whole point is that 90 minutes and Tata Sky Plus Operating System could have been managed in max to max 10 GB space. The rest of the space could have been utilized in recording. So basically Tata Sky Plus could house at least around 70 hours of recording compared to 45 hours now.

My Tata Sky+ Review

Originally Posted by operaman

wow ... 90 hrs recording..... too cool

wow ... 90 hrs recording with reduced bit rate, that too under already overcompressed channels..... too cool

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Originally Posted by Crazysah

When they sell it at a lower price, I will be the first one going for it!

It came for lower price during deepavali/dewali, why you didn't go?

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Originally Posted by jabb

Interesting! Hopefully next they'll sell the new Tata Sky DTH+ sets under a much lower cost..

why reduced cost?

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Originally Posted by SVK

Hmm... above explanation looks logical, but I doubt about this -

As video processor capable of decoding MPEG-4 is needed along with software, no idea if current STBs are capable of it, though I guess TATASKY PLUS STBs are MPEG-4 compatible.

I don't find any logic is there, if you know some thing about processors and decoders.

I didn't see Tatasky+ can receive MPEG4 as they haven't claimed that it will receive mpeg4.

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Originally Posted by vivea

Hi Guys,
3)Now with the recent software upgrade,the STB is able to save the recorded contents in mpeg4 format,thus compressing the reocorded mpeg2 files to mpeg4 format and adding more recording space.And thats the reason why the software upgrade happended first in normal tata sky and then in tata sky plus.

When did normal TS stbs started recording? This itself proves those CCs know nothing.

Originally Posted by vivea

4)The rep said ,the software technicians are checking if normal STBs (i.e normal tata sky Stbs which has mpeg2) ,are able to grap up Mpeg4 signals,so that existing customer dont have to upgrade there mpeg2 STBs.
once it is succesfull,channel count will be increased

So it is impossible to add any more channels?

Originally Posted by vivea

So,i just got a ray of hope from tata sky and i hope this comes true as soon as Possible.

Hoping for a hopeless thing. CC informations are far from truth.