SUP 400 in 1 Games Retro - Review

Simply Mind Blowing !!
 ROBMOB ®GameBox retro classic mini game

This product just took me to my school days when I had a video game and some 5 or 6 cassettes. Couldn't help skipping giving a review for this hand held game unit.

Delivery: Purchased the unit from Flipkart. The item arrived late by a day. It took more than expected to get collected by the courier partner. Don't know why.

 Package: The packing was shabby. Just a covering using a card board. The package was crushed. Luckily there was enough room inside the box. The item was in good condition.

Sup type: I was initially going to purchase only the single unit game pad. But some googling revealed that there is another version which comes with an extra controller for the 2nd player. This is a must buy if you are planning to buy this one. Ensure you purchase this one rather than the single hand held unit. This one cost me Rs. 999/-.

 About the game pad: The build quality is okay, if you use it carefully and don't drop it often. Very light weight and portable. The size is more or same as that of a standard men's wallet. The inbuilt display is bright. No option to change brightness. Just don't hold it too close to the eye. The volume controller works fine. So does all the keys. Yes, it has 400 listed games. But some games are duplicate listings. Nevertheless, there are more than 100 unique games, which I feel is more than enough. No regrets about that. Almost all games which I once played are there.

Controller: I think the controller only comes in Red colour. It fits into the charging port and works like charm. Useful in playing 2 player games like Contra, Tank 1990 etc. The battery is one like in the old nokia phones. You can use your mobile charger to charge this one. The battery also lasts a decent gaming time.

TV output: Yes, you can connect it to the TV using the cable provided. This cable is around 1 meter long. So, if you directly connect to TV, you might have to sit close to the TV and in turn may damage your eyes in the long run. I used a AV selector device which was lying in my house, thus extending the distance from tv to some 3 meters. The display is super clear. No disturbances while playing.

Final Verdict: Super happy with this one. If you wish to go back to your childhood, no better way than this. PS:  This keeps my son away from mobile phone. So happy about that also. So, GO FOR IT !! 👍

Simple guide to Cable TV Channel Selection - FTA and Pay Channels

Hello there,

As you might have known by now, w.e.f. February 1st, there has been a change in the way we pay or subscribe for TV Channels. The customer has been given the power to choose any channel of his/her choice by paying the fee, prescribed by the broadcaster. The maximum rate of a channel has been capped at Rs. 19/-.

I am sure most of you will be wondering how to select the best set of Channels such that you get the best of language, sports, entertainment, infotainment, movies and spiritual. Well, I thought I will try to help you in this regard.

Your payment to the Service Provider has two components. The first one is called the Network Capacity Fee (NCF). It is like a rental charge of the TV connection to your home. The other is the price of any pay channels that you select

Network Capacity Fee (NCF)

The base plan is Rs. 130/- for 100 Channels. This can be free-to-air (FTA) channels or Pay channels (SD or HD). Most service providers are fooling customers by providing a compulsory bouquet of 100 FTA channels and offering Pay channels as addition. But, it is clearly given in TRAI notification that, this can be FTA or Pay Channels as per the choice of the subscriber. This is also clearly given in response to Question 12 in the Frequently Asked Questions released by TRAI.

In addition to this 100 channels, if the subscriber wishes to view/subscribe to more channels, then he/she will have to pay Rs. 20/- for an additional 25 channels. Another Rs. 20/- will get you 25 more channels and so on. So, for watching 150 channels, the Network Capacity Fee (NCF) will be Rs. 170/- plus taxes. As per TRAI website, there are 534 FTA Channels. But, one can choose only those FTA channels which are offered by the Service provider.

Also one HD Channel takes the network capacity of two SD channels. So, the 130/- rupee base plan, can be a mix of SD as well as HD Channels. As an illustration, if one chooses only SD channels, the base plan will get you 100 channels whereas if one chooses only HD channels, you can enjoy 50 channels in high definition for the same amount.

For the complete list of FTA Channels as provided by TRAI, click the link below:

TRAI List of FTA Channels as on 31.01.2019 - MS Excel -  PDF

For the list of FTA Channels provided by Asianet, click the link: Asianet FTA Channels

 

Pay Channel Price

Each channel has been priced from zero to Rs. 19/-, and this is being shown in the TV alongside the channel name for the past few weeks. While one can opt to select individual channels and pay for it, a quick perusal of the bouquets offered by the broadcasters will show that it is cheaper and wise to opt for such bouquets as you get more channels for the price of two or three main channels offered by them.

For example, the bouquet 'Kerala Basic' offered by the Sun TV Network is charged at Rs. 20/- for 5 channels whereas the sum of individual channel price comes to Rs. 36/-. Thus, it is better to check out the bouquets offered by the broadcasters rather that opting individual channels.

Kerala Basic	1	Surya TV	12.00	20.00
	2	Surya Movies	11.00
	3	Kochu TV	5.00
	4	Surya Music	4.00
	5	Surya Comedy	4.00
		Total Sum of MRP	36.00

A complete, broadcaster wise list of bouquets, is available for download in the TRAI website in PDF as well as MS Excel format. You can download the same by clicking the link below:

Bouquet of Pay channels offered by Broadcasters as on 31.01.2019 - MS Excel - PDF

TRAI has launched a web portal to help consumers to select the channels of their choice and estimate their monthly bill. Facility has also been provided to take a print out or to download this list of selected TV Channels, so that the same can be sent to the TV Service provider to facilitate exercising of the subscriber option. To visit this site click the link below:

TRAI Channel Selector Application

TRAI has launched another web portal containing the 'Frequently asked questions', rates of all Pay TV Channels, the bouquets offered by the broadcasters etc. To visit this site click the link below:

 FAQ's, Tariff and Related Information for New regulatory framework 

Direct link to FAQ's

            For your convenience, I have sorted out the Free-to-air channels provided by Asianet in Kerala according to the language. You can download the PDF or MS-Excel file, tick the last column and then submit to your nearby Asianet office.

            I would like to introduce you the channel packages offered by some of the major broadcasters, so that you won't have to download the list to select the channels.

1. Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd

           The Zee Network has only one Malayalam Channel, i.e. Zee Keralam. The SD Channel costs 10 paise where as the HD is priced at Rs. 8/-. If you feel like subscribing to either of these, it is better to choose this individually rather than any bouquets. These are the complete list of channels and their MRP as offered by Zee.

2. Sony Pictures Networks India Pvt Ltd

           The Sony Pictures are offering a number of good channels. Their main channels include: Sports: Sony ESPN, Sony Six, Ten 1, Ten 2 and Ten 3; Movies: Sony PIX, AXN. If you are a sports and movie enthusiast, I would suggest the highlighted bouquet to you.

3. TV 18 Broadcast Ltd

           The TV 18 group are offering channels like Colors, Comedy Central, History TV 18, History Channel, MTV, VH1, Nick, Nick Jr etc. If the cost of your selected individual channel exceeds Rs.8/-, go for the whole bouquet. Also keep in mind the Network Capacity you have.

4. Star India Pvt Ltd           
                 The Star India group offers the largest number of pay channels. The major channels include Asianet, Asianet Movies, Asianet Plus, Nat Geo, NGC, all STAR Channels, Sports 1,2,3; Sports First, Sports Select 1,2 and many more!! They are offering single, dual and triple language wise bouquets to suit the customer. Their Kerala bouquet is good and I suggest the same. You can always download the full list from the link given above which contains the HD channel packs and check out if you wish.

5. Discovery Communications          

                 The Discovery group offers 5 major channels. The 'Base Plan' is good, but do check out the 'Family' and 'Sports' Pack as the rate difference between the three is insignificant.

6. Sun TV Network    

                 The Sun TV Network is another major channel giant, offering channels in all South Indian languages. They are offering a total of 26 bouquets for the customer to choose from. The "Kerala Basic' plan is good. But if you want selected Tamil Channels, 'Kerala Prime' will be the better choice.

7. TV Today Network    

                 The TV Today Network offers 3 news channels as given below. If you are interested, go for it.

8. NDTV  Limited

                 The NDTV offers 4 channels as listed out. Again, if you are interested, you may choose to subscribe.

9. Turner International

                 The Turner International offers, the kids' favourite, Cartoon Network and Pogo channels in addition to movie channels like HBO and WB. The selection of bouquet is a simple affair. If you want HBO, opt the 'Family Pack' else go for 'Kids Pack' if there are little ones in your home. Don't forget to keep a check on your network capacity!

10. Times Network

                 The Times Network offers major News channels; Times Now and Mirror Now along with Movie channels; Movies Now, MNX and Romedy Now. Again, If you want the movie channels, you know which bouquet to choose, don't you? Happy selection!!

11. Disney

                 The Disney group offers the following channels. You may opt as per requirement.

12. Other Broadcasters

                          Other Broadcasters include Eenadu Television Pvt Ltd (ETV), Raj Television Network Ltd, Silverstar Communications Ltd, ABP News Network, Mavis Satcom Limited and Odisha Television. Please download the whole bouquet list from the link to check out the channels offered by these group as well as the HD Channels offered by the Broadcasters mentioned above.

Bouquet of Pay channels offered by Broadcasters as on 31.01.2019 - MS Excel - PDF

Update 1 (08.02.2019, 10:20 pm):
Airtel Digital TV
Broadcasters Bouquets offered by Airtel Digital TV 
FTA Channels offered by Airtel Digital TV

                 It is disheartening to note that neither Asianet Digital nor Airtel Digital TV are offering the option to the subscriber to select the FTA Channels of his/her choice. While Airtel Digital TV does offer all the bouquets declared by broadcasters, Asianet, is not offering them. I tried to raise a complaint with TRAI. But the search engine didn't direct me to any complaint link. If the subscriber is not given the power to select the FTA channels then there won't be any benefit to us from the new system. Also, there seems to be a mandatory selection of 26 Doordarshan Channels that should be given to subscribers. But, I couldn't find any piece of information which confirms this. Let us wait and see how things turn up.

                   

                 I hope this article has been useful to you. Do leave your comments and suggestions on the same!