what servic is available for watching TV

[pfotoguy369]

I'm not hearing good things about UBC.

any thoughts on this?

what else is available?

[Big Boy]

Cable is available, but it is really bad.

[Hobiecat]

HH cable but that only gives you. BBC, Fox News, Al Jazerra and a couple of movie channels.

[Hobiecat]

Oh..........and of course heaps of Thai channels. Your better off with UBC 's full on package. A little pricey but has some not bad viewing.

[PeteC]

Throughtout Thailand you don't really have a choice other than True(previously UBC) if you want program selection, although many repeats, especially on the movie channels. Get the GOLD package for normal viewing. The PLATNIUM package for extra sports, Disney channels, a few Discovery channels, and I think three separate HBO channels, plus some other stuff. PLATNIUM is really if you sit and watch most of the day and night. GOLD is 1596 Baht I think and PLATNIUM about 2000 per month. Plus a few hundred extra if you hook it up to more than one set in your house.

There's a previous thread where I mentioned J-Sat. You can get that but it's quite a big deal with large dishes that rotate to find signals etc.

Maybe someday, someone will start up a competitive source, maybe in the year 2525? Pete

[niggle]

UBC 1413 baht per month. OK but mainly american stuff, movies ok lots of repeats. Service if things go wrong not good

[dtaai-maai]

Maybe someday, someone will start up a competitive source, maybe in the year 2525? Pete

Psst, Pete! It's 2550 already... At least according to the road tax on my pick-up!

[lomuamart]

Havn't you all realised that for 300 Baht, the local cable channel "steals" the satellite stuff?
They've been doing it ever since I've been here.

[Big Boy]

What they show may be stolen, but they're not very good theives.

We paid our usual 300 Baht (I actually thought it was 500 Baht, but does that include 200 Baht connection fee?) for our August visit - the only decent thing on TV was the news (not that we were there to watch TV).

It would have been much better if they had stolen something more entertaining.

[pfotoguy369]

Thanks for the replies, on the other side of the gulf we have Sophon which is 99% Thai.

I buy allot of movies but I just got into usenet (as soon as I learn how to work it) so I can down load allot of movies and I hope some TV shows from the US.

I like LOST and Hero's.

any one using Giganews here?

[BaaBaa.]

Havn't you all realised that for 300 Baht, the local cable channel "steals" the satellite stuff?
They've been doing it ever since I've been here.

So you get all the satellite stuff off the cable company in town for 300 baht a month?

Premiership and everything?

[STEVE G]

I like the professionalism on the local cable movie channel, where half way through the film it comes up “change discâ€

[JD]

[quote="STEVE G"]I like the professionalism on the local cable movie channel, where half way through the film it comes up “change discâ€

[BaaBaa.]

Havn't you all realised that for 300 Baht, the local cable channel "steals" the satellite stuff?
They've been doing it ever since I've been here.

So you get all the satellite stuff off the cable company in town for 300 baht a month?

Premiership and everything?

Anybody???

[lomuamart]

Havn't you all realised that for 300 Baht, the local cable channel "steals" the satellite stuff?
They've been doing it ever since I've been here.

So you get all the satellite stuff off the cable company in town for 300 baht a month?

Premiership and everything?

Anybody???

I'm pretty sure that they steal whatever they can. So, some movie channels and BBC World Service.
The BIG stuff, like sports, is clamped down on by the operators very quickly these days.
The trash, other than news, they feed us. It's piracy.
Edit: You also have no idea of what they may serve you with day-to-day.