Cignal TV

[angst]

Cignal TV is a new satellite TV service (parang dream). Their fees look reasonable. Meron bang subscribers dito? Any feedback? Thanks.

[BeerhandBop]

i know... they have 5 hd channels, too!

sky's got 3. 1 sports channel that shows nfl and nhl, and 2 documentaries

[step22]

^^^ up
feedback on this please...

[Impenneteri]

i know one person who I think subscribed to cignal tv.

ask the owner of this website www.unlitv.net, they have a chatroom there.

[Papichulo168]

Prices did seem reasonable. Kaso ang konti ng channels. 29 maximum. But that History Channel HD looks very tempting!

[step22]

gusto ko sanang magpakabit for my lcd tv.

[gentle_touchee]

We've been a subscriber for our provincial home since July 2009. So i don't think this is a new service. previously, we've been with Dream for 6 years. Cignal Plan 390 kami, meaning SD (standard definition) lang, no HD. This is good lang talaga for the province where a local cable company service sucks big time. Channels in Cignal are better in terms of picture quality kesa sa Dream. Maybe because their sat dish is bigger(cignal). pero madalas mawala ang sound for ilang seconds sa Cignal esp. kung mahangin ang panahon. ang mahirap is if you are in Cignal Prepaid, kasi your payment is going to be processed for 3 days max. even the FTV Channel 5 is not really free. meron black bar/window sa screen, pag wala ka load. unlike sa dream, pag wala kang load, FTV channels are open.

[step22]

Finally i had my cignal satellite set installed yesterday.
P 5,170 prepaid free 3 months (390 monthly) SD package
and here are my initial observation for each channel.
ABS-CBN 2- average clear, dead colors, little hazy

NBN 4- average clear, dead colors, little hazy

TV5 - clear, little hazy, doesn't fit screen with about 1cm vertical black line on right side

GMA 7- average clear, dead colors

Solar TV 9- average clear, little hazy, dead colors

QTV11 - average clear, little hazy, dead colors

IBC 13- antennae like quality

ETC21- clear dead colors, pixelated on very fast picture movements

Studio 23- average clear, dead colors, little hazy

Net25- clear

2nd Ave. 29- clear

RHTV 30- TOINKZ poor

CNN 31- very very clear picture quality and sounds

Cartoon Net 32- clear

Disney Ch 33- very very clear picture quality and sounds

Bio Ch 34- very very clear picture quality and sounds

BTV 35- clear, little hazy, pixelated on fast picture movements

HBO 36- clear, little hazy, doesn't fit screen with about 1cm vertical and horizontal black line on top and right side

Viva Ch 38- clear, hazy, dead colors

PBO 39- Thumbs down poor (maybe because they are old movies)

AXN 40- clear

ESPN 41- clear, dead colors

STAR Sports 42- very clear picture quality and sounds

viewing distance is about two meters on a sharp aquos 32" lcd

Summary: Free to air channels are not that clear like those cable channels. But slightly better than those local analog cable providers.
there should be at least one music channel and nat geo or discovery.
ESPN and Star Sports will be removed on feb 28.
A little bit disappointed i was expecting more.

[phi7588]

^sir bat may lock-in yung prepaid for 24 months? Meaning parang magbabayad ka parin monthly??

[Noel10223]

Did you heard the News? That Cignal HD will Launched 2 HD Channels Discovery HD and Probably ESPN HD, I don't know if this is true but are there plans for more SD channels rather than HD Channels this year?

[BeerhandBop]

discovery hd is crap.

i have it, and i don't watch it.

history hd ang pinapanood ko.

from sky hd, btw.

also they launched 3 more channels. kaso 300 pesos more. what the hell.

nat geo hd, star movies, and fox crime hds.

(sky)


so

HBO, DIscovery, and History HD ang first 3

then

star movies, nat geo, and fox crime ang next 3.


yung uaap/ ncaa is 1500 pesos - what a load of bull crap.
world cup was 1500 as well.

[westbound17]

How's the NBA Premium HD Channel? Is it good with Cignal?

[Rafiboy_05]

Cignal subscriber na kami since August 2009. nung una yung 390/month lang kami (all SD) tapos nung September nagpalit kami ng LCD TV kaya nagpalit na rin kami ng package. kinuha na namin yung package na lahat ng HD channels kasama. yung yata yung 1200/month. ganda ng NBA Premium HD, pati commercial sa US kuha niya di ko alam kung ilan lahat yung channel.

downside lang ng Cignal ay hirap kapag malakas ang hangin or ulan, bigla magkakaroon ng techincal problem. depende sa lakas ng ulan kung kelan babalik, minsan kapag sobrang lakas, almost 1hr na wala pa rin channel. minsan naman seconds lang tapos may channel na ulit.

[just10]

yay! im planning pa naman to subscribe. kating-kati na kasi ako...kabibili ko lang kanina ng led tv tapos sobrang pangit ng local cable namin dito. haaaaay! yung 590 plan lang sana kukunin ko...basta may nba hd premium okay na ako dun. kaso nga lang...sa plan 590 pagtingin ko walang discovery. wth...eh yun pa man din ang lagi kong pinapanood.

[just10]

eto nga pala yung subscription nila

http://www.cignal.tv/index.php?page=subscription

[jennnnnnnnnn]

paano un process ng installation? bibili muna ng dish? o kasama na sa package nila? magkano yung cash-out kapag pa-install?

[Rafiboy_05]

nag-subscribe ulit kami sa Cgnal. bali second unit na namin para naman dun sa isang tv namin. same din, Plan 1290 rin yung kinuha namin para lahat ng available HD Channels kuha niya. hindi na kami binigyan ng additional dish. dun sa existing dish na lang siya kinabit tapos yung box na lang ang binigay sa amin.

[sanctuarius]

^^ magkano monthly pag two tvs?

[casey12]

I want to subcribe to Cignal too..pero konti parin yung channels nila.. Sky Cable has upgraded its channels too, meron na din HD too bad hindi na nag ooperate ang Sky dito sa area namin.. Sana mag add pa sila ng channels sa plan 590..

[Rafiboy_05]

^^ magkano monthly pag two tvs?

parehong Plan 1290 yung subscription namin. so 3580 per month yun.