India is out of the World Cup - well, nearly almost! I thought it would make it to the semifinals or at least to the quarterfinals. Boohoo.
Maybe Bermuda will meet Ireland in the finals at this rate! We get the matches late in the night and V watches till 1 am. I havent gotten interested yet. Maybe from the quarterfinals stage, I will watch. The maid is showing a lot of enthusiasm for the game too.
Tata sky
We got a Tata sky connection at home yesterday. Digital and very clear relay unlike the neighbourhood cable guy's service courtesy SCV. For the past 2 (or 3? I cant remember) years, Madras has been under CAS/Conditional Access System which decreed that one had to buy a set-top box (costing around Rs.4000) to watch paychannels like ESPN Star Sports, Animal Planet, Discovery etc. Most people, like us, decided the free channels were enuf - anyway it brought down our monthly bill too (Rs. 100 as against Rs.150/200 earlier) and we didnt have the time to watch the free channels even. Of course when World Cup Football came, many people went for the box but many others decided that Sun TV's free relay of the matches was a boon of the first order.
But the World Cup Cricket relay has not been satisfactory - I cant stand the Hindi commentary, while V doesnt understand Hindi much. Hence the scurry to own a Tata Sky, which is waiving off the first 3 months subscription fee. Dishnet (from the Zee group) is offering 6 months free viewing, and hence there is a greater delay in procuring that. Of course the box has to be bought for Rs.3000 but ICICI gave us a 6-month interest free loan.
I wonder if Madras is going to be the only place under CAS and whether the Centre will manage to implement it in the rest of the country. Delhi had cold-shouldered it.
Now Ash can watch NG and Animal Planet, which he prefers to Cartoon channels. He did watch 'Just for Gags' on Pogo with V. (Kids in Chennai swear by Pogo, in the absence of the Cartoon network channel.) I am no fan of slapstick comedy or WWF matches.
Maybe Bermuda will meet Ireland in the finals at this rate! We get the matches late in the night and V watches till 1 am. I havent gotten interested yet. Maybe from the quarterfinals stage, I will watch. The maid is showing a lot of enthusiasm for the game too.
Tata sky
We got a Tata sky connection at home yesterday. Digital and very clear relay unlike the neighbourhood cable guy's service courtesy SCV. For the past 2 (or 3? I cant remember) years, Madras has been under CAS/Conditional Access System which decreed that one had to buy a set-top box (costing around Rs.4000) to watch paychannels like ESPN Star Sports, Animal Planet, Discovery etc. Most people, like us, decided the free channels were enuf - anyway it brought down our monthly bill too (Rs. 100 as against Rs.150/200 earlier) and we didnt have the time to watch the free channels even. Of course when World Cup Football came, many people went for the box but many others decided that Sun TV's free relay of the matches was a boon of the first order.
But the World Cup Cricket relay has not been satisfactory - I cant stand the Hindi commentary, while V doesnt understand Hindi much. Hence the scurry to own a Tata Sky, which is waiving off the first 3 months subscription fee. Dishnet (from the Zee group) is offering 6 months free viewing, and hence there is a greater delay in procuring that. Of course the box has to be bought for Rs.3000 but ICICI gave us a 6-month interest free loan.
I wonder if Madras is going to be the only place under CAS and whether the Centre will manage to implement it in the rest of the country. Delhi had cold-shouldered it.
Now Ash can watch NG and Animal Planet, which he prefers to Cartoon channels. He did watch 'Just for Gags' on Pogo with V. (Kids in Chennai swear by Pogo, in the absence of the Cartoon network channel.) I am no fan of slapstick comedy or WWF matches.
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