toenail Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 The Chinese-Thai owners do speak English and their children have gone to English International schools so have perfect English. I think the family does not care about doing their best in service and quality, they just look at their bank account. They know better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 who wants to use a cable tv provider these days when you can watch all the streamed content you want online ? As long as your internet is fast enough just subscribe to one of the expat packages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 who wants to use a cable tv provider these days when you can watch all the streamed content you want online ? As long as your internet is fast enough just subscribe to one of the expat packages. Me. No wifi and no decent internet connection. And I like just having it on in the background while I use the internet or do other things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I can understand that if your internet is slow and not reliable. But I watch Tv-shows on one laptop connected to my 42" tv while I read the news online on another device. All you need is a fast internet line and you can say goodbye to overpriced cable tv subscriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Now Fox News is gone. At this CH Thai 5CH is showing up. Can't find Fox News even on a manual scan anymore. You should be paying double rental if they are stopping you from viewing Fox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The Chinese-Thai owners do speak English and their children have gone to English International schools so have perfect English. I think the family does not care about doing their best in service and quality, they just look at their bank account. They know better. Just check out the Political affiliations of the owners and you'll see why Farangs are on their I don't give a @*&k list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konying Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Do Sophon have an English speaking customer service department? I would guess, "no." Mainly because, they would have to address grievances then. You would guess wrong. They have people who speak English, however if its internal problem, it takes time to fix. They also now have a marketing manager, who welcomes all feedback. If anyone wants his number, PM me and will try to find it. Had a meeting with him and he gave me his card, so happy to share. However from personal experience, they are having some tech difficulty at the moment in some areas, not all. 3 road is fine, Sukhumvit road has been some problems for past couple of days. If anyone thinks 200 baht per month cable is the worst, they need their head examined, or switch over to True, where having movie channel and some english channels will cost close to 3000 baht per month True gold costs 1500 baht a month ,we hardly watch most of it but its there if we want it ,nowhere near 3000 baht ,personally i think its a waste as i download everything but the wife likes the history channel and nat geo. Not sure of pricing in Pattaya or package deals, in Bangkok, Gold was 2500, plus box rental 300 plus extra movie channels option, from memory 400. I turned off true some years ago, useless customer service, outrages pricing and hardly anything worth watching. 150-250 baht Sophon at least is dirt cheap, and shows latest movies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Bloomberg is still on. There are location shuffles from time to time. I think that are in channel 23 slot tonight. Sophon has improved a lot in the past 10 years. What is your better alternative? I could not find Bloomsberg, S23 is the Australian Channel. More recently I think Sophon has deteriorated, from an English language perspective. The 3 film channels now seem to be padded out with disco and condo adverts and the stuff off the old Pattaya promotional Channel. The picture quality I get is up and down, seems to depend on the time of day, when one is very good and another barely visible. As others said films can suddenly end in the middle, or are being played with Thai soundtrack or director's commentary. The DVDs themselves are often poor picture quality. Yes they are cheap, but after 10 years I am beginning to think time for a change. Edited February 22, 2015 by jacko45k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryB1263 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 If u don't mind losing local news and have decent Internet get yourselves an android box at tuk.com and get a 250-550bt subscription with that. I Still have sophon but it's indeed awful Sent from my S4 LTE How much would the box cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryB1263 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 who wants to use a cable tv provider these days when you can watch all the streamed content you want online ? As long as your internet is fast enough just subscribe to one of the expat packages. Can you give examples of these online services? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) who wants to use a cable tv provider these days when you can watch all the streamed content you want online ? As long as your internet is fast enough just subscribe to one of the expat packages. Can you give examples of these online services? I subscribe to ntv.mx. which is the most popular for British and Scandi TV, also with lots of US channels. You can choose between several packages . HD-quality most of the time. You can also buy a Mag250 box if you don't want to use your computer. http://ntv.mx/?c=2&a=0&p=10# This is my package: Entertainment 5 Star 5 USA Alibi BBC Four BBC One BBC One HD BBC Three BBC Two BBC Two HD CBBC Channel 4 Channel 4 HD Channel 5 Channel TV Comedy Central Dave Drama E! entertainment E4 Eden Fox Gold Home ITV 1 ITV 1 HD ITV 2 ITV 3 ITV 4 ITV Be More 4 Pick Really RTE 1 RTE 2 Sky 1 Sky 2 Sky Atlantic Ulster TV Watch Yesterday Sports (29) At The Races Box Nation British Eurosport British Eurosport 2 BT Sport 1 BT Sport 2 CTH Stadium 1 CTH Stadium 2 CTH Stadium 3 CTH Stadium 4 CTH Stadium 5 CTH Stadium 6 CTH Stadium X ESPN NBC Extra 1 NBC Extra 2 NBC Extra 3 NBC Extra 4 NBC Extra 5 Racing UK Setanta Ireland Setanta Sports 1 Sky Sports 1 Sky Sports 2 Sky Sports 3 Sky Sports 4 Sky Sports 5 Sky Sports F1 Sky Sports News Music (2) VH1 Viva Documentary (15) Animal Planet GB Crime and Investigation Discovery Channel GB Discovery History Discovery Home and Health Discovery Science GB Discovery Turbo H2 History Nat Geo Channel Nat Geo Wild GB NTV Cars HD NTV Guns HD NTV Hi-Tech HD Quest Lifestyle (7) Good Food NTV ClubMusic HD NTVFitness HD Sky Arts 1 Sky Arts 2 Sky Living TLC GB Kids (5) Cartoonito CBeebies Disney Junior Nick Jr Nickelodeon GB Movies (12) CBS Drama Film 4 Movies4Men Sky Action Sky Comedy Sky Drama Sky Family Sky Premiere Sky Sci-Fi and Horror Sky Showcase Sky Thriller TCM News (5) Al Jazeera English BBC News CNN Euronews Sky News Edited February 22, 2015 by balo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryB1263 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 who wants to use a cable tv provider these days when you can watch all the streamed content you want online ? As long as your internet is fast enough just subscribe to one of the expat packages. Can you give examples of these online services? I subscribe to ntv.mx. which is the most popular for British and Scandi TV, also with lots of US channels. You can choose between several packages . HD-quality most of the time. You can also buy a Mag250 box if you don't want to use your computer. http://ntv.mx/?c=2&a=0&p=10# This is my package: Entertainment 5 Star 5 USA Alibi BBC Four BBC One BBC One HD BBC Three BBC Two BBC Two HD CBBC Channel 4 Channel 4 HD Channel 5 Channel TV Comedy Central Dave Drama E! entertainment E4 Eden Fox Gold Home ITV 1 ITV 1 HD ITV 2 ITV 3 ITV 4 ITV Be More 4 Pick Really RTE 1 RTE 2 Sky 1 Sky 2 Sky Atlantic Ulster TV Watch Yesterday Sports (29) At The Races Box Nation British Eurosport British Eurosport 2 BT Sport 1 BT Sport 2 CTH Stadium 1 CTH Stadium 2 CTH Stadium 3 CTH Stadium 4 CTH Stadium 5 CTH Stadium 6 CTH Stadium X ESPN NBC Extra 1 NBC Extra 2 NBC Extra 3 NBC Extra 4 NBC Extra 5 Racing UK Setanta Ireland Setanta Sports 1 Sky Sports 1 Sky Sports 2 Sky Sports 3 Sky Sports 4 Sky Sports 5 Sky Sports F1 Sky Sports News Music (2) VH1 Viva Documentary (15) Animal Planet GB Crime and Investigation Discovery Channel GB Discovery History Discovery Home and Health Discovery Science GB Discovery Turbo H2 History Nat Geo Channel Nat Geo Wild GB NTV Cars HD NTV Guns HD NTV Hi-Tech HD Quest Lifestyle (7) Good Food NTV ClubMusic HD NTVFitness HD Sky Arts 1 Sky Arts 2 Sky Living TLC GB Kids (5) Cartoonito CBeebies Disney Junior Nick Jr Nickelodeon GB Movies (12) CBS Drama Film 4 Movies4Men Sky Action Sky Comedy Sky Drama Sky Family Sky Premiere Sky Sci-Fi and Horror Sky Showcase Sky Thriller TCM News (5) Al Jazeera English BBC News CNN Euronews Sky News Incredibly detailed and concise answer. Thank you Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZurf Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) True gold costs 1500 baht a month ,we hardly watch most of it but its there if we want it ,nowhere near 3000 baht ,personally i think its a waste as i download everything but the wife likes the history channel and nat geo. Not sure of pricing in Pattaya or package deals, in Bangkok, Gold was 2500, plus box rental 300 plus extra movie channels option, from memory 400. I turned off true some years ago, useless customer service, outrages pricing and hardly anything worth watching. 150-250 baht Sophon at least is dirt cheap, and shows latest movies. I don't know where you're getting these prices but here is the price of the most expensive package that True offers. And the reason Sophon is dirt cheap is that it's...well, dirt. Edited February 22, 2015 by MZurf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I could not find Bloomsberg, S23 is the Australian Channel. There it is S11, but it seems to be a different, rather dull Bloomsberg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity11 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 sound STILL NOT in sync how hard could that be to fix? going on weeks now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZurf Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Now Fox News is gone. At this CH Thai 5CH is showing up. Can't find Fox News even on a manual scan anymore. Well, thank Buddha for small favours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keesters Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 sound STILL NOT in sync how hard could that be to fix? going on weeks now? Seems like Sophon haven't improved much since I had it installed over 20 years ago. It was removed a month later due their failure to sync sound/picture. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 According to my wife, most of Thai people are very happy with Sophon, which I suppose is their main goal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crickets Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 I dont understand why all 3 movie channels have to have those two people from inspire magazine, the "doc" and that old german woman on at the same time with no movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petercool Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 A troll post removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Sophon offline this morning at my location, Nong Plalai area, was on last night but dead this AM. I only need it for the news in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko45k Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 I would like to add Sophon fixed the problem quickly, I am back on-line now. A local amplifier that failed, likely from last weeks rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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