Okay, here is my shot at a review of GreenDot's Digital TV Service.
TV: Samsung Series 4 32" 720p LCD.
I applied for the service on the 6th of September. I made a payment at the bank on the 7th. I had minor problems with my payments, etc. The total was $1265w vat. This was for 1 year payment and $500 installation charge.
I waited until 15 days passed and then contacted them and thing is I wasnt approved yet. After a fax and a few calls back and forth, my Installation date was set.
It took a little under an hour to setup. This included: Finding the best spot to mount the Antenna, Mounting it, Installation inside and Loading up of system.
The install was done sufficiently. They looked for the best spot and not the most hideous. They were well prepared for the task at hand. The antenna is not the dish, its a rectangular, similar to a bbq grille.
Generally the staff that i dealt with on the phone were very accommodating and helpful. The technicians who came to do the install were very friendly and cautious.
The antenna is pointed to Central (Couva) and the rest comes in a box like this:
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The quality of the signal (video/audio) seemed to be on par with FLOW's service.
At installation, my signal was between -63 to -67 dBm. All of the channels they offer are there. Not much but that doesnt matter to me, as i dont watch all those other channels on FLLOW. They are currently testing VH1 and BET.
The Model as stated before is Coship N8102T
Yes, it is made in China. It was stated before that universal remotes dont work with the box. This is the remote they provided, next to it is the FLOW remote:
And the box as well next to the FLOW one:
It does feel cheap compared to the Motorola one supplied by FLOW but it will do. It does get a bit hot when in use.
Here is a shot of the back panel:
Nothing fancy.
Now on to the interface. As you'd remember, you have to press "Guide" to get the interface on FLOW.
Here is a reminder:
On the GD remote, you hit EPG and you get the Guide Interface. It looks like this:
To exit you press EXIT. Pressing EPG again gets you no where
You can check upcoming shows by using the arrows
There is also the menu. There is basic configuration as well as other information. You can add opacity which was cool. Here are some images:
I was not too impressed by the GUI. The font is BLEH
(yes i hate that style of font) and it is not made compatible for widescreen's (so is FLOW's) so it looks a bit horrible. But besides that the interface is not bad. No lags, etc. and it does the job.
In any case, you aren't watching the EPG, its the channel and as said before it works great, not to mention saving ~$1200 for the next year.
They are looking to add more channels. I hope that they keep up their good, quality service.
For the price you get what you pay for and it's on par with Flow's digital tv service.
Anything else, feel free to ask.
Regards.
