Dish TV Now Also Offers a Hybrid Set-Top Box for Rs 3,999, But Does it Stand Up to the Competition

The next thing of focus in the DTH and the broadcasting industry has little to do with DTH itself. Instead, the entire industry is embracing the consumers’ shift towards the OTT applications and the video-on-demand content which is pushing the DTH operators and other related platforms to bring solutions which the consumers can use to access OTT apps and content on their TV screens. We have already seen a major DTH service provider Airtel Digital TV introduce a Hybrid Set-Top Box for its subscribers so that they can access OTT applications along with their DTH subscription. However, another major DTH operator of the country, Dish TV has also introduced a similar product, the Dish SMRT Kit, which will allow the customers to do the same thing. But, the question is how does the Hybrid Set-Top Box from Dish TV map up to the Airtel Xstream Box or other competing devices in the market.

  • Make Telecom Talk My Trusted Source
  • Source of Google
  • Source of Google

dish-smrt-hub-competition

Dish SMRT Hub Features and Pricing

The first thing to note about the Dish SMRT Hub Hybrid Set-Top Box is that it comes fully packed with Android TV support which means that the subscribers of Dish TV would be able to use Google apps on their TV. They will also have the Google Play Store access, in case they would like to download more apps to their TV. Not only this, but the Set-Top Box would come preinstalled with many applications like Google Assistant, YouTube, Watcho, Amazon Prime Video, VOOT, ZEE5 and Alt Balaji. By now, you must be wondering whether or not Netflix comes on the Dish SMRT Set-Top Box. But, the subscribers won’t have to worry since the Dish SMRT Hub is based on Android TV and they would be able to sideload the app on the platform, in case they want to enjoy Netflix.