Q: What is BIG TV?
A:
BIG TV is a Direct To Home (DTH) service provided by the Reliance
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group.
Q: How is BIG TV different from your existing cable?
A:
BIG TV is a DTH service based on satellite transmission, hence it is better
in terms of picture & sound quality than cable TV, which is based on cable
transmission. BIG TV provides enhanced digital quality picture & sound
because of MPEG-4 technology.
Q: Can I use Cable as well as BIG TV service simultaneously?
A:
Yes. Cable & BIG TV services can be used simultaneously on a single
TV set. While cable will be used as per regular practice, BIG TV will
get connected to one of the AV inputs of TV set and can be used by
selecting that specific AV mode from the TV remote.
Q: Can I connect BIG TV to two TV sets?
A:
You can use BIG TV service on both TV sets with single Dish-LNB & STB
(model 1). However, channel viewed on both the TV sets will be same.
For independent viewing on both the TVs, 2 independent STB, dual LNB
& two subscriptions are required, although Dish can remain same.
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Q: Does BIG TV Service get affected by rains?
A:
A few minutes of outage might occur during heavy rains. This phenomenon
is called Rain Outage and it occurs in DTH platforms across the world.
Q: Does BIG TV Service remain uniform throughout the year?
A:
BIG TV Service will remain uniform throughout the year; except during
the period of Sun outage. Sun outage is the phenomenon of creating
distortion of geostationary satellite signals caused by interference from
solar radiations. Typically, it happens in the month of February, March,
September and October.
Q: Are there any Regional channels?
A:
Popular Regional channels will be available on BIG TV platform. You will be
able to view those Regional channels to which you have subscribed.
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