Upgrading to Jio Fiber STB plans

What is use of stb? In jio fiber?

If you are thinking to upgrade Firestick, get FS 4K max.

asli_shashikant wrote:
What is use of stb? In jio fiber?

TV settop box

Original wrote:

If you are thinking to upgrade Firestick, get FS 4K max.

3.6K, Does it worth it? Coz I was using fire stick, and barely used anything apart from youtube, even though I have big 4K TV. 

Call cc and ask for box. You can close plan after 1 month too. Another option is to close this account and get new connection with stb. They are giving it free with advance rental. 

If only youtube is needed, just get fire stick 3rd gen for 2k (some offers might make it 1800 or so)

jambui wrote:

Call cc and ask for box. You can close plan after 1 month too. Another option is to close this account and get new connection with stb. They are giving it free with advance rental. 

Can we use our own subscriptions on the box

RichSoul wrote:
TV settop box

Ok. Settop box streams channels like dth?. I don't know as I have tata sky dth.

Download firetv remote app from playstore and keep using old firetv stick 

Even though you watch only youtube you will slowly start watching web series or movies on other OTTs.

OTT majors like SonyLIV, Zee5, and Hotstar comes with 899+GST plan same 100Mbps

I have been using the 999 plan (14 OTTs + 150Mbps) for almost 3 years. I only use JIO STB because it has all the OTT apps. I rarely use Firestick.

so for an additional 200 per month for OTT apps and STB or Buying a new fire stick is your choice.

Santushal wrote:

Even though you watch only youtube you will slowly start watching web series or movies on other OTTs.

OTT majors like SonyLIV, Zee5, and Hotstar comes with 899+GST plan same 100Mbps

I have been using the 999 plan (14 OTTs + 150Mbps) for almost 3 years. I only use JIO STB because it has all the OTT apps. I rarely use Firestick.

so for an additional 200 per month for OTT apps and STB or Buying a new fire stick is your choice.

I stay with a friend, and we both rarely get enough time to watch series and all. I only use it when any of our friends visit our home. It feels awkward to have a 65" Tv in the living room without a connection. I have a tata sky set top box I rarely used. I think I will go with JIO STB, I already have access to many OTTs that I got through my airtel postpaid. I rarely had chance to use them. 

RichSoul wrote:
I stay with a friend, and we both rarely get enough time to watch series and all. I only use it when any of our friends visit our home. It feels awkward to have a 65" Tv in the living room without a connection. I have a tata sky set top box I rarely used. I think I will go with JIO STB, I already have access to many OTTs that I got through my airtel postpaid. I rarely had chance to use them. 

If you already have airtel postpaid, then think about AirtelBlack. You can remove tatasky also.

Santushal wrote:
If you already have airtel postpaid, then think about AirtelBlack. You can remove tatasky also.

I used Airtel Black earlier, but they often mess up billing, and the amount of time I wasted was terrible. I will keep mobile and broadband separate. Tata sky is an old connection, I am no longer recharging that. 

Santushal wrote:
If you already have airtel postpaid, then think about AirtelBlack. You can remove tatasky also.

Never ever even think of Airtel black

Santushal wrote:

Even though you watch only youtube you will slowly start watching web series or movies on other OTTs.

OTT majors like SonyLIV, Zee5, and Hotstar comes with 899+GST plan same 100Mbps

I have been using the 999 plan (14 OTTs + 150Mbps) for almost 3 years. I only use JIO STB because it has all the OTT apps. I rarely use Firestick.

so for an additional 200 per month for OTT apps and STB or Buying a new fire stick is your choice.

Does the OTT stuff work only on their STB? Would like to know how its user interface, remote control works compared to Fire Stick, Chromecast (with remote) etc. 

i have been using JIO stb for more than a year. UI is super smooth. All ott apps are there. Better to close connection and buy jio postpaid fiber with advance rental where you get jio stb free. i will recommend as im using daily.

Santushal wrote:

Even though you watch only youtube you will slowly start watching web series or movies on other OTTs.

OTT majors like SonyLIV, Zee5, and Hotstar comes with 899+GST plan same 100Mbps

I have been using the 999 plan (14 OTTs + 150Mbps) for almost 3 years. I only use JIO STB because it has all the OTT apps. I rarely use Firestick.

so for an additional 200 per month for OTT apps and STB or Buying a new fire stick is your choice.

I also use 999 plan , but to use OTT, do we mandatorily need jio STB? I already have smart TV.

prabhagar wrote:
Does the OTT stuff work only on their STB? Would like to know how its user interface, remote control works compared to Fire Stick, Chromecast (with remote) etc. 

once you active them in their STB, you can use anywhere... similarly every time you recharge jio , you have to open the app atleast once in their STB only then the subscription life time increases in the OTT app... lets say you recharge for a month... all the premium membership will be valid 1 month. when you recharge JIO after that one month, you have to open those OTT apps in STB to reflect new end date .

regarding interface, its highly customized android os. but we cannot install ant app we want, it must be coming from their store. no side-loading possible.

Remote - works fine just like any other remote... voice search is good.. other than that nothing special...

youtube casting alone you can do...

Santushal wrote:

once you active them in their STB, you can use anywhere... similarly every time you recharge jio , you have to open the app atleast once in their STB only then the subscription life time increases in the OTT app... lets say you recharge for a month... all the premium membership will be valid 1 month. when you recharge JIO after that one month, you have to open those OTT apps in STB to reflect new end date .

regarding interface, its highly customized android os. but we cannot install ant app we want, it must be coming from their store. no side-loading possible.

Remote - works fine just like any other remote... voice search is good.. other than that nothing special...

youtube casting alone you can do...

Thanks @Santushal for your insights. Glad to know the OTT apps work fine on any device. This helps a lot in comparing the cost of Jio STB vs individual OTT subscriptions.👍🏼

prabhagar wrote:
Thanks @Santushal for your insights. Glad to know the OTT apps work fine on any device. This helps a lot in comparing the cost of Jio STB vs individual OTT subscriptions.👍🏼

even though Jio claims 14 OTT apps free... only consider SoyLIV, Zee5, Disney+Hotstar, Voot, SunNext, and Discovery remaining ones are crap. Amazon Prime is also free only for the 1st year.

nipun1188 wrote:

i have been using JIO stb for more than a year. UI is super smooth. All ott apps are there. Better to close connection and buy jio postpaid fiber with advance rental where you get jio stb free. i will recommend as im using daily.

Which channels do they give for free when they mention 400+ free on demand tv channels? Are the major channels like star plus etc included in this 400 channel list?

Tanmayyy wrote:
Which channels do they give for free when they mention 400+ free on demand tv channels? Are the major channels like star plus etc included in this 400 channel list?

I dont use jio stb for free channels. Just ott. For star, sony and all u need to have hotstar, sony liv subscription

RichSoul wrote:
I used Airtel Black earlier, but they often mess up billing, and the amount of time I wasted was terrible. I will keep mobile and broadband separate. Tata sky is an old connection, I am no longer recharging that. 

You mean tata sky is workin for you without recharge ?

beastboy wrote:
You mean tata sky is workin for you without recharge ?

Na, I have the box, but not using that.

Tanmayyy wrote:
Which channels do they give for free when they mention 400+ free on demand tv channels? Are the major channels like star plus etc included in this 400 channel list?

I'm also interested in knowing this. Do we have DTH channels (like Airtel/TataPlay/DishTV DTH) in there? If not, there's not much use of just getting just OTT stuff. I have a Mi Box and I use Kodi JioTV + Pikshow. I used to have Airtel DTH (360 plan) + using Local ISP along with Mi Box. I need to upgrade my ISP to Airtel/Jio now, so which one would be better for DTH+Broadband? Need help on this 🥲

panchabhut wrote:
Never ever even think of Airtel black

Why? Did you have a bad experience? Mind sharing?

RichSoul wrote:
3.6K, Does it worth it? Coz I was using fire stick, and barely used anything apart from youtube, even though I have big 4K TV. 

its freaking lags like hell, regret buying it at 3.2k lol. didnt see any difference from my smart tv lag and this one. both lag like buffalo cart. maybe the my frame tv are lagging by default, IDK

ashb009 wrote:
Why? Did you have a bad experience? Mind sharing?

Once you are in Black, you are in their grip. You will not be able to surrender any of the connections individually. Your bills will not show in any other app and you cannot take benefit of any discounts etc.

Santushal wrote:

once you active them in their STB, you can use anywhere... similarly every time you recharge jio , you have to open the app atleast once in their STB only then the subscription life time increases in the OTT app... lets say you recharge for a month... all the premium membership will be valid 1 month. when you recharge JIO after that one month, you have to open those OTT apps in STB to reflect new end date .

regarding interface, its highly customized android os. but we cannot install ant app we want, it must be coming from their store. no side-loading possible.

Remote - works fine just like any other remote... voice search is good.. other than that nothing special...

youtube casting alone you can do...

i will be getting the 899 plan next month. Just wanted to check if they have VH1. I ot of forums say that its channel no. 521. Could you please confirm if jio fiber STB offers VH1?