I had been waiting for Airtel to launch their DTH services. The company has already massively delayed their IPTV service launch.

Airtel has made some interesting offers. They are offering a universal remote control which should remove the hassle for most people to manage two remotes.

It sucks to use a different remote just to shut down the television set. Considering all the other functions are rendered useless by this DTH technology.

I don’t get it. Why cannot we have television sets in the market which are designed for use with a DTH STB? If we buy a regular television set, we do not end up using most of the hardware present within it.

Another cool feature of the Airtel STB is that it would remember the channel you were on if the STB restarts due to power failure. This option is very much required in all the other STBs. It sucks to land on Zee promo channel every time I turn on the STB connected to Dad’s television set.

Anyways, Airtel Digital TV seems like a reasonable option and I just might get it in the coming months for my own personal use. I just did not like the mess I get into whenever I get a Zee DISH TV connection.