WTK: Who have Greendot Digital TV Service

[Evoloution]

Want to find out how the service and quality is as compared to Flow and DirectTV.

[`psycho]

is green dot is all i have to say (which is nah good)

have scene it only about 30 channels i think, small antenna needs to be mounted to receive the signal, picture is clear, local channels suffer from saturation.

[Sheriff]

DirectTV is good.

[Captainzaak]

People still use GreenDot?



Most likely it'll be of the same quality as their internet connection....sheit.

[soundboy101]

Can anyone who is using this service say how is the service, picture quality etc. i mean 115.00 for 40 channels, this cant be that bad

[De Dragon]

[Rx]

Cyah get a signal by me

[horsepwrjunki]

what rx said... and that goes for internet too

[neckto]

my padna have it
it works good, clear picture no distrotion, sticking or choppiness

cons
he have the "premium" package and the channel line up is shitty, it like flow/direct tv basic package - no movie channel to talk about i think 2 tnt and encore no max channels however there are plenty sports channels

[todd61]

[soundboy101]

actualy the total package is 115 monthly and 575 one time installation, so u paying 690. the package is 40 channels

[hustla_ambition101]

From another website:

Digital TV Channel Listing
40 Channels

Local Variety Kids
ACTS ABC Cartoon Network
CNC3 CBS Discovery Kids
CNMG Comedy Central Disney
Gayelle CW11
Islamic Network FOX
Synergy NBC
TBN USA
TV6 Zee TV
WIN TV Tru TV
Tempo
IBN

Movies Educational Other
Encore Animal Planet CNN
Lifetime Movies Discovery ESPN
Lifetime Network National Geographic ESPN 2
TNT Fox Soccer Channel
Universal Discover Travel and Living
Zee Movies MSNBC
Space FOOD

Not much worthwhile channels, also will they have to obtain "special rights" for the sports channels like Flow

[wing]

Apparently they have clear picture and good channels for a fraction of the price.

[xconvic]

Have the service for a while now.
Good stuff is that Picture quality is not bad for digital quality,much better than Flow in my comparison,in fact its superb in comparison to Flow. There is an onscreen epg guide so no need to have a tv guide but there isn't program listing for all channels though.When it comes to sound quality that's ok as well.

Bad stuff is that sometimes the time sync on the epg guide goes wack so it doesn't give you correct program listings all the time.Also don't know where they get their feed for some channels such as Disney and fox sports,but sometimes the channels show an error sign saying its trying to acquire a satellite signal. Channels like Discovery channel and national geographic are the Latin American counterparts to the main ones,so there is spanish commercials,but as I recall Flow also ran the latin american counterparts until a few years ago so hopefully greendot will follow suite.
Their channel lineup isn't extensive but its great for low income consumers and with time hope they add some more channels to their lineup

[neilsingh100]

Check out http://www.tv.tt, they just added Showtime and Starz

[MYVEC]

I got mine installed Monday - i must say they really impressed me this time re service, quality and the price - i paid the $690 for a year's worth of service - ah bess price!

re the channels, i think it's a very competitive line up that FLOW or Direc TV definitely cannot compete with - i also here they might add some more channels.

RX - they tv is not the same setup as internet because my aunt lives just past Cedros and she getting the service. i think their coverage footprint is literally 90% of trinidad right now.

Lastly, Showtime and Starz especially, FLOW took this away from me so they could F*** themselves.

i also hear FLOW sellin their company they can't compete with Green Dot.

this service is a must!!!

[hydroep]

Ah boi! Competition is great!

However I see on their FAQ page that after the promotion has expired, the price "will be no more than $ 200.00 per month +VAT."...

Right now though it seems quite reasonable.

[Nigson]

Hey MYVEC -- I find this cable is real sheit -----I paying $210 every month and I never watch anything cause they have nothing to watch....My kid just looks at those kids channels and thats it so I thinking to save some money and go with greendot.....Upon your recommendation I am going to call them Tuesday
morning first thing..

How long does it take from signing up to installation? Also u saying $690 a year? You sure bout that ? Is it 690 for the first month and then 115 every month thereafter.?

Also how many televisons can you hook up within the household?

This advice would be useful....

Thanks bro..

[shaneelal]

[xtech]

this is digital tv people............our local station currently broadcast using analog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_television

if u crack their broadcast code if there is one just buy a digital tv convertor box hook up yuh antenna and watch tv free like in the states

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television
http://www.dtv.gov/

someone here is capitalizing on our technological backwardness we might catch up in about 10 years





Analog Television Shutdown

Further information: Digital television transition
As of late 2007, 7 countries had completed the process of turning off analog terrestrial broadcasting. Many other countries had plans to do so or were in the process of a staged conversion. The first country to make a wholesale switch to digital over-the-air (terrestrial) broadcasting was Luxembourg, in 2006, followed by the Netherlands later in 2006, Finland, Andorra, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland in 2007, Belgium (Flanders) and Germany in 2008, and the United States in 2009.
In the United States, high-power over-the-air broadcasts are solely in the ATSC digital format since June 12, 2009, the date that the FCC set for the end of all high-power analog TV transmissions. As a result, almost two million households could no longer watch TV because they were not prepared for the transition. The switchover was originally scheduled for February 17, 2009 until the US Congress passed the DTV Delay Act.[2] By special dispensation, some analog TV signals ceased on the original date.[3]
In Japan, the switch to digital is scheduled to happen July 24, 2011. In Canada, it is scheduled to happen August 31, 2011. China is scheduled to switch in 2015. In the United Kingdom, the digital switchover has different times for each part of the country; however, the whole of the UK will be digital by 2012. Brazil switched to digital on December 2, 2007 in major cities and it is estimated it will take seven years for complete signal expansion over all of the Brazilian territory.
In Malaysia, the Malaysian Communications & Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will call for tender bids in the third quarter of 2009 for the UHF 470–742 megahertz spectrum which will pave the way for the country to move into the digital television era. The awarding of the spectrum will see the winner having to build a single digital terrestrial transmission/TV broadcast (DTTB) infrastructure for all broadcasters to ride on to transmit their TV programs. The winner will be announced at the end of 2009 or early 2010 and has to commence digital roll-out soon after the award where the analog switch-off is planned for 2015.
While the majority of the viewers of over-the-air broadcasting in the USA watch full-power stations (which number about 1800), there are three other categories of TV stations in the USA: low-power stations, Class A stations, and TV translator stations. There is presently no deadline for these stations, about 7100 in number, to convert to digital broadcasting.