www.psisat.com is a Thai site that advertises an alternative Satellite TV.

Unfortunatley most of their web pages are in Thai (for me anyway)

Can any members who read thai, give us the run down on this system?

Seems like installation is 17k and no smart card etc is reqd.

I presume it picks up a signal from Asia Sat - but not sure if it is KU band or C etc.

For those of us in the Issan area I also noticed a satellite/Hifi shop in Surin (Just round the corner from the Big KFC and about 3 doors away from the Travel agent) with an advert for PSI outside.

I was pushed for time and did not stop but will make enquiries next time I am there.

Hi croftrobin,

I think they'll probably use asiasat2 or 3s, but it'll be c-band, since the footprint of the Ku-band doesn't cover Thailand.

For Europeans the best one would Asiasat 2 since they carry a couple of the European channels (called European bouquet), both radio and television.

Asiasat 3s does carry star sports though...

I would certainly not call this an alternative to UBC since all the decent channels like movies, CNN etc still need a subscryption...

Check out following links for available channels:

Asiasat 2 channels

Asiasat 3s channels

And take a close look which channels are encrypted and which not!

Update:

The dish they market is movable, so you can receive from any satellite visible.

Download following file for overview of all available channels: (a zipped .pdf file)

List of channels over Thailand

I did see however some channels of which I know for sure that they are not available anymore!

Still no free moviechannels, only one free sportchannel, no CNN, no discovery, no national geographic, no discovery and guess what? These are exactly the channels I'm watching on UBC.

Guess this system is perfect for Chinese, Indian and Middle Eastern nationals! They have probably 150 channels to choose from!!!

Guys,

I did a little rearch on this prior to going with UBC. It involved a few beers and enjoying my neighbor's company for a while.

Long story short: although UBC leaves a few things to be desired, it's the best between the two if you're looking for farang type programming.