How to choose best DTH in India

Today after buying a new brand HD TV, next problem we faced is regard to which DTH to choose.
As all of them saying they are best and blah blah .. What would be the criteria considering we cannot change operator here keeping our same setup box ..
So here are few points to decide.
Intentionally I have not included the package offers as they depends upon individual taste.
Below comparison would help in deciding for HD+ recorder based DTH connection.

	Airtel	Dish	TataSky	Videocon
Setup cost (as of 6th Apr14)	4990	2500	7200	7200
Storage ( GB)	500	-	500	1000
Recording/USB	Recording	USB	Recording	Recording
Free months (initial)	2	3	2	2
HD Channels (as of 6/4/14)	Zee Tv	Zee Tv	Zee Tv	Zee Tv
	Star plus	Star plus	Star plus	Star plus
		Life Ok	Life Ok	Life Ok
	Sony Tv	Sony Tv	Sony Tv	Sony Tv
	Colors		Colors	Colors
		Mtunes	Mtunes	Mtunes
	National Geo	National Geo	National Geo	National Geo
		Animal Planet
	History			History
	Discovery		Discovery	Discovery
				NGC
	Movies Now	Movies Now	Movies Now
	Star Movies	Star Movies	Star Movies	Star Movies
	Zee Studio	Zee Studio	Zee Studio	Zee Studio
	Ten Sports	Ten Sports	Ten Sports	Ten Sports
	Sony Six	Sony Six	Sony Six	Sony Six
	Star Sports 1		Star Sports 1	Star Sports 1
	Star Sports 2		Star Sports 2	Star Sports 2
		ET Now
			CNBC	CNBC
	Zee Cinema	Zee Cinema	Zee Cinema	Zee Cinema
		Zee Clasic
	Start Gold	Start Gold	Start Gold	Start Gold
	Star World	Star World	Star World	Star World

For more information especially related to various packages. please click :

For Tata Sky :

http://www.tataskyplus.com/wps/portal/tatasky/tataskyplus/channelpackages

For Videocon :

http://www.videocond2h.com/WSC/packages.aspx

For Dish Tv :

http://www.dishtv.in/DishtruHDplus/hd_packs.html

For Airtel :

http://www.airtel.in/digital-tv/dth-packages/browse-packages/#name

How to choose right TV ..

Now with so many TV from many brands, a normal person having little knowledge of so many technicalities would get confused naturally.

In current era of flash-ad's, if we look into few basic aspects mapping with our need and budget, you would endup with the best product for yourself.

Here are the few points :

Ø      LED-backlit LCDs : LED TVs, the most popular today, are basically LCD televisions with LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) instead of CCFLs. Currently the best in the crop of displays in terms of power consumption

Ø      Currently LG and Philips use IPS panels, while others like Sony and Samsung have VA displays.

Ø      Brightness level in LED TVs is the best, A brightness rating listed as 550 cd/m2 or higher is good

Ø      The darker the screens, the better the TV are at producing a high-contrast picture. A TV cannot produce blacks that are blacker than the screen itself. As a result TV's with "greenish" or "grayish" looking screens produce low contrast pictures.

Ø      When checking contrast ratio numbers, look for Native, Static, or ANSI contrast, not Dynamic or Full On/Full Off contrast. ANSI contrast represents the difference between black and white when both are on the screen at the same time. Dynamic or Full ON/OFF contrast only measures black by itself and white by itself.

Ø      A TV without a comb filter will display "dot crawl" along edges of objects in the picture.

Ø      If you are looking for HD TV then it means it should be 1920x1080 (1080p) native pixel resolutions.

Ø      Motion Response Time (ms = milliseconds). A good LCD TV now should have a Response Time of either 8ms or 4ms, with 4ms being optimum

Ø      Scaling is a process where a television's video processor will match the resolution of the incoming signal to its native pixel resolution.

Ø      When checking contrast ratio numbers, look for Native, Static, or ANSI contrast, not Dynamic or Full On/Full Off contrast. ANSI contrast represents the difference between black and white when both are on the screen at the same time. Dynamic or Full ON/OFF contrast only measures black by itself and white by itself.

Ø      Must look for Viewing Angle especially at 45 degree. Clarity should be same as that of what you are seeing from front.

Ø      When buying your television, don't forget additional accessories you might need, such as coaxial and audio-video cables, power surge protector.

Ø      Before deciding on what size of TV is best suited for you, we suggest you to measure to see what size of TV you can accommodate. For a 32-inch LCD TV give yourself about 4-5 feet while for 42, 5-6 minimum.

Hope this would help a lot .. Coming with more update on this .. stay tune .. Also look into blog about choosing right DTH in India.