Back to Active Blogging

I have been inactive at this blog for quite a long period ( 2 Years+). I will be blogging actively going forward.

DTH Services in India and why I would not be using them

Came across an article on DTH Services in India by Mohasin, I had been looking at the pricing and subscription model of both the DTH Services in India, DishTV and TataSky over the last month. Both the services have good lineup of channels and subscription costs are reasonable at Rs. 200, however the initial costs could be anywhere between 4000 – 5000. I was looking forward for these services because of the poor quality of signals I was getting from the local Cable Operator, with DTH I am expecting some clear picture. Unfortunately I had decided against going for DTH for few reasons, It does not have my parent’s favorite channel (Gemini, too difficult to convince them to get rid of cable). I have two Televisions at home, so that would mean two DTH receivers and additional (nominal overhead) subscription cost than the normal.

But the main reason was the inability to Record Shows. I own a TV tuner card (Mercury) and use it most of the times for scheduling (because of my late/odd hours of working) my PVR to record a TV show on a channel I like and would watch it probably over the weekends. This helps in watching them a my own leisure time, however with DTH I would be deprived of that. I can no longer record any shows because it does not use the same Channel based frequency model. I would have to use the receivers Remote for switching channels etc. Until I figure out a way for recording Shows even using DTH, I would not be going near it, or one other option is to use both DTH and Cable.

The Old New Blog

Not Just a Geek, This was the blog I had started off 2 1/2 years ago , You can find more history about me and the blog at About Me. This blog started off, as I felt that that I should be putting down my opinions on News and Current Affairs topic being a Information Junkie. I did not make much progress soon after starting it, within 1 month I joined in my current job and had to spend some long hours on the projects I worked on. In order to start of blogging more actively I thought that I should restart the blog on tech stuff which is what I spend more time on, compared to the time I spent on current affairs some 3 years ago. Once I get the blog running smoothly, may be I will start of blogging on Current Affairs too. When I initially started of the blog I was spending a lot of time on International Affairs and Conflicts/Histories.

Having given the history, maybe I should proceed to what should be expected from this blog in future. My core expertise area is Microsoft Technologies, but I also do try out other things irrespective of the technology and spend loads of time online trying to learn new things. So I would be blogging about Microsoft Technologies, Linux, Mac (I have a mini Mac Power PC version), Virtualization, Feed Technologies, Web Based Service Apps, Desktop and Web Apps Integration, Productivity Tools, all types of nifty utilities etc.

Hope that summarizes what I would be blogging.