chris2004

I started watching but couldn't continue with that awful presenter. Has the BBC sunk to such depths they have to have employ badly spoken reality trash like that.

I have 2 LG inverters 12,000 btu and they have been great over 2 years. On sleep mode they are virtually silent.

I had CTH installed last week (for EPL). Phoned True and asked what I needed to do to cancel their service. Cutting a long story short they reduced my contract by the same amount I'm paying to CTH.

I intend to ditch Truevisions Gold and get CTH. Does this mean True are giving you a service 900 baht a month cheaper. If so i might stay with them.

What I'm finding is that a lot of Thais just can't count even with a calculator. I think it's a counting issue as much as anything as I'm often given too much change.

They find it amazing that I can calculate bills in my head, I find it sad that they can't.

Oh, and anyone that's been out for dinner with a Thai lady knows that they strike like a cobra to grab the bill when it comes, and they pour over it with forensic accuracy. They are more aware of overcharging and over pricing than any of us.

I used to sit there and say "just pay it already" but a couple of sharp stiletto blows to my shin put and end to that.

It's got nothing to do with counting. I get the wrong change loads of times but it's ALWAYS in their favour, so it's obviously an attempt to scam. I even got it at the cinema on 2nd road one time.

Good, he should be fined 10,000 baht. Smokers use the rest of the world as their personal ash tray and they should understand this is not acceptable to decent people.

As soon as it starts to rain I lose my CTH signal. Anyone else have the same problem?

Yes as soon as it starts to rain i lose my Truevisions signal. In fact i often lose it when it doesn't rain. That's why i'm changing to CHT.

It works the other way too. Try buying Singha or Leo in the UK, it won't be 35 baht a bottle.

If the condo rules say no pets then YOU are breaking the rules. The Committee can enforce that and take action against you.

I would always get a fino over a scoopy. I bought my tgf the new fuel injected fino which is great.

Who is Tata Young?

There is a rental shop on Soi Buakhau. It's on the left about half way going from Soi Diana to Pattaya Tai. DVDs 30 baht a night, originals not copies.

You can always watch over the net on wiziwig.tv or on the BBC iplayer using a VPN

It's strange at the moment i get a lot of pixellation on channels 122 124 130 133 which makes them unwatchable but most others are OK. If it was a signal problem i would have thought it would affect all channels. It's mainly the HD channels that i watch so if it continues it will be bye bye Truevisions and hello CTH.

I recently bought an Samsung HT-E5550. It's a 5 speaker system with sub woofer and a 3d Blu-ray player, also wireless rear speakers. Great for home cinema, radio music etc. Power Buy have them for 14,990 baht.

I think it's worth paying a bit more to get an LED TV. I have seen the LG 55LM6200 for around 40,000 baht. It's a 55 in LED 3D smart tv with very good specs. I think Power Buy at the top of Pattaya Klang are giving even better deals sub 40,000.

I bought 2 LG inverters (for 20,000 each) 1.5 years ago. They have been great and very quiet on sleep mode.

Consider that that satellite is at 103 degrees south , this is nearly 180 degrees opposite those ubc dishes you see everywhere.

103 degrees south? I dont think so. The measurement is degrees east of south for TV satellites visible here, and degrees west of south for satellites that serve the US etc, and both east and west of south for satellites that serve the EU, and so on.

And if one geostationary comms satellite is 180 degrees distant from another then it is on the other side of the planet, and hence both of them cannot possibly be visible from the same point on the Earth's surface. Separation of 65 degrees or so is about the most that is generally usable for domestic TV satellites and domestic installations, and a few degrees more for large dish installations such as those used by the military or broadcasters.

I understood the Truevisions satellite was at 240 degrees (ie pointing south west) and the CTH at 112 degrees (ie pointing south east). Surely at any point in Pattaya you can face the sky at any angle. It's important to me because my balcony only faces north and east. (maybe south east).

Did you buy this in Pattaya? If yes, where please.

Yes in Pattaya, at Winners on the 3rd floor Central Festival between Power Buy and the Samsung shop. I think they were selling fast at that price though.

Hi Chris.

Isigned up for mine yesterday,was 3,500 naht for dish,set top box and installation,then 899 baht a month,or cheaper if u want to pay a full 12 months up front

The office is near the top of pattaya thai,heading towards Sukhumvit,on the right, and says CTH office on the window/door.They speak english and seem a decent company,Also cable out soon but i want mine in before Aug 17th.

I have reduced my true vision payment from Platinum to Gold,which is 1,500 baht and will cancell if CVTH is good,and they have 147 channels i think,even though its football mainly i want.

Forgot to say,they are installing 2pm on Monday, so quick too.

Thanks for that. Could you let us all know what the picture/quality is like after installation. I have Truevisions Gold but pay 1750 a month and am fed up with the lousy reception on most of the HD channels. Will move to CTH if it's OK.

Can anyone recommend a satellite dish installer in the Pattaya/Jomtien area to get the new CTH service (and EPL). Has anyone had it installed yet, what was the cost? I understand the dish faces south-east 112 degrees.

The CTH website is not very helpful (especially if you don't read thai) as to how to get the service.

I've just bought the Nexus 10 (for the great price of 9,900 baht). It's brill, much better than my ipad2. Although there is no space for a micro SD card you can attach USB sticks (with a 100 baht lead) which gives, in effect, unlimited cheap storage. Add to that the best resolution screen in the world, 2 front facing speakers and a quality build there is no beating it for that money. I was thinking of the Sony Xperia tablet Z but they want 23,000 for that !!!

From Bangkok you have to point your dish to 112 degrees (very roughly South East).

Whereas Thaicom 5 (Truevisions) sits at about 240 Degrees ( Very roughly South West).

So with an Eastern looking balcony you should be OK as it's only just over 20 degrees more to the South compared to straight East.

Thanks for that, looks like CTH for me then. I could never get a dish to face 240 degrees.

are the satellites near enough to use just one dish?, True Thaicom 5,

CTH Ku band is Viasat ?

regards Worgeordie

Unfortunately not.

They are way apart, about 110 degrees if I'm not mistaken.

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I am thinking of getting the CTH dish, what direction does it face? The balcony on my condo faces north and east so siting a Truevisions dish was always a problem.

If you go for CTH can i ask what direction the satellite dish is aimed. My condo balcony faces north and east which is in the wrong direction for a True dish (which i think has to face west).