Recently, I got 5.1 channel speakers for my computer for gaming and entertainment.  I just looked over the market.  Some brands like Intex, Altec lansing, Creative, JBL, Bose, Perx , zebronics are selling 5.1 channel speakers.  I heard Intex , Perx, Zebronics are very bad no sound quality just like a loud speakers.  I don’t have any difficult in picking up the speakers between Altec Lansing, JBL , Bose and creative . Altec Lansing and JBL and Bose speakers are expensive so I have not gone near to them. Creative is the only one brand gives good support and been in Indian market from past a decade and reasonably affordable prices.

I have checked 5.1 channel speakers in creative.  I have to choose between Gigaworks, inspire and I-trigue.   Creative I-trigue is not available with the vendor so no other option for me in choosing between Gigaworks and creative inspire. Before choosing the speakers I visited creative website and checked the specifications and decided to opt for Creative inspire T6060. These speakers are good to hear for home Desktop computer.  I cannot say that they are extremely superb. Its value of the money. Compare to Gigaworks it has balanced speakers and subwoofer.  In Gigaworks subwoofer and speakers RMS is more which is not required to have that much for a computer. Inspire T6060 has balanced RMS for speakers and subwoofer and affordable.

Specifications of creative inspire T6060
8 Watts RMS per channel (4 channel)
18 Watts RMS center channel
22 Watts RMS subwoofer
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR): 80dB
Frequency Response: 40Hz ~ 20kHz

I am very happy to have these speakers.  If you are planning I suggest have a look on creative I-trigue 5600. I have not got those speakers in the market. They are supposed to be excellent speakers but bit expensive.

On the other hand, Gigaworks are focused high-end speakers for computers but will it replace home theatre? Computers are always computers not a home theatre.

Creative Inspire T6060 costed Rs.3900/-

Initially i have taken 128kpbs paying around 700/- per month and upgraded 2 months ago to 256kbps Rs.750/- with 50/- local talk time free. I am very happy with the offer they offered me.

Recently i forgot to pay the bill amount on due date. My due date of every month is 17th. I called to toll free number around 10pm on 17th  and informed that i have to pay the amount and its night what should i do. He suggested me to go to spendid towers, begumpet its opened upto 2am  and i asked whether i can pay through credit card. He said yes.

If i have not paid the amount before the due date i have to pay fine of Rs.100/- more. So i thought to go and pay the bill in time. As i went to splendid towers the executive seating there said they will not accept the credit card after 10am because daily account settlement on the machine use to do around 9.30pm. If i swipe the card i have to do after 12pm.. That is early morning of 00.00 hours and he informed though next day is sunday no need to worry and suggested to pay the bill before monday 11am and no late payment charges will not applicable. I said ok .

Next day sunday around 9pm on the way and thought to drop to airtel office and pay the amount. When i went to the counter to pay they said they will not accept the card after 8pm in the evening. Only thing to make on cash.

I got different answers everytime. I really loosed my temper. I consult 3 people and given me 3 different answers within the organisation. Airtel is very good in customer support. If they start hiring such kind of idiots how they can meet the services. They have not given proper training to the executives or inefficient front office staff. 

Finally i have learned that if anyone should make payment by card please swipe the card before 8pm every day. Begumpet office is opened upto 2am to accept the bill payments.

I felt so bad that airtel have not noticed such kind of inefficient staff. Felt very petty on Airtel.

Tip : First year of warranty we can get new battery if the back up time reduces.. Just check your battery status around 11th month from your purchase date and get it replace. During extended warranty battery is not covered.

First year i faced Dvd-writer issues,Hinges becoming lose and instantly i got it replaced. End of First year battery, hinges and dvd writer replaced.

Second year touchpad started given me the problems. My note book is very stylish compare to old generation notebooks. Given more importance to the look and used lot of plastics and their is no quality of the touchpad. Touch-pad started loosing the paint and touch never used to work properly and slowly got replaced. After 2 months of use again i got the same touch pad and hinges issue. Again they have replaced. After using about 2 years notebook becoming very hot and shutting down. If i connect any external portable hard disks, shutting down in 15mins to 20mins of time. Again with this touchpad and dvd writer started creating problems in not working

I went to service centre on 28th of april 2008 and listed out my problems with them. They said only 2 parts can be replaced because its a rule under warrnaty it seems. And that too one week gap should be there for giving another complaint. Its really sucks on hearing such kind of rules. Imagizine guys if notebook burns because of heat they replace only 2 parts at a time and should wait weeks to get new notebook by installment.

Coming to the story they have changed my motherboard, fan and dvd-writer and told me to pick my notebook around 6th of May 2008. As i have prepared myself to pick the notebook and wanted to test all the periperhals i have taken portable usb hard disks, pen drives, Memory cards to test the mother board. And to check DVD-writer i carried dvd-media’s includes data, videos, songs and carried compact discs.. While testing none of this worked. Apart from that, service engineers scratched my laptop backside very bladly. Given them without scracthes they have delivered with me with the scratches. It looks like their is no professionalism. When i raised a query regarding the scraches theyh realised and promised me in changing the backcover. When i showed Dvd-writer and motherboard not functioning they asked me to come next week so that they will change the backcover. And i have told about the touchpad issue and shown the errors in not functioning . They said everything will get rectified if i will them some more days.

Till today i have not received my notebook and the service engineers are not responding my queries. I dont know whether they will give my notebook in good condition. Purchased my notebook for Rs.70,000/- before two years and Rs.7500/- paid towards extended warranty. My warranty period will be upto November 2008.

Always one or the other problems araising with the notebook and tried in going to service centre every time. They will replace the parts but where is the quality of the product. Spend an huge amount for the laptop and get cheap quality product.

Engineers in compaq service centre dont have knowledge and they are not checking the system whether it works or not. I recommend strongly to the power users not to buy the presario laptop. I heard hp model notebooks has very good quality control and good performance.

At the end compaq presario notebooks has excellent features and good in pricing good after sales and service. But quality levels have come down.. Frequently should go around the service centre.

Parts replaced in my notebook from the day of my purchased are : motherboard, Fan, DVd-writer(2 times), Touchpad( 2 times), Batteries ( 2 times ), Hinges ( 2 times), Power Adapter and Back plastic cover…

Purchase date : 1st november 2005.

Specifications  of My Notebook – Compaq Presario V4103AP

Intel Pentium-M 760 @ 2.0GHz Processor
Intel 915 GM Chipset  2 MB L2 Cache  533 MHz FSB
1GBMB DDR SDRAM
100 GB HDD ATA
LightScribe 8X Double layer (8.5GB) DVD+RW/+R
15.4″ Widescreen with BrightView Screen Technology WXGA TFT Display
Intel graphics media accelerator (GMA) 900  DVMT 3.0 up to 128 MB
Next Gen Express Card 54/34 slot
Altec Lansing Stereo Speakers
6-in-1 Digital Media Reader
6 cell  Li-Ion Battery
Touch pad
56K Modem
NIC 
Integrated Wireless 802.11b/g
Integrated Bluetooth
S-Video TV Out
IEEE 1394
4 USB 2.0 Ports
Win XP Home

If any of them faced similar kind of problems please comment in this page.

We want the vehicle should be full metal and little bit of plastic. Any mechanic should able to do work and also it should be cheaper. Going through all the vehicles we finalized TVS super XL. Costing on road Rs.25,000/- better than any other moped in pricing and  performance. It’s around 70cc and from so many years it’s successfully running on the roads.  We have found all other vehicles are 30+ above. 

Tvs scooty, Honda activa, Bajaj Kristal dts-i and others comes with lot of plastic and heavy maintenance compare to TVS-super XL. Best two wheeler in the city to ride safely and good mileage.

Safe vehicle easy to park and easy to ride by anyone.

I feel, before opening the airport the connectivity facilities such as roads, trains and transport should have given prior importance. Passengers are suffering a lot. Actually there is a proposal in laying high speed trains to the airport, but the central government has not sanctioned. On the otherway the government sanctioned 2000 cores to Secunderabad Railway station for renovation which is already renovated. 12kilometres flyover is coming up in short period connecting from airport to city.

Good news to the drivers for Radio cabs. They are getting paid Rs.10000/- per month and after a period of 48 months they will be given ownership of the car which is going to be a gift. Radio cabs required more drivers to fill 2000 cars. Mahindra Logan is placed for the taxis with good trunk (very good luggage space). Initially they planned Tata Indigo unfortunately Logan has taken the lead.

I will be posting more and more info on the Airport very shortly and I recommend visitors to post their experiences in this regard.

Their Tariff plans are very attractive .. value for money … but extremely bad in the services. You can never come out without any problems.. It sucks..

I hold TATA INDICOM wireless LAN connection from past 6 years. They never use to give good services for an instance charging more BILL amount and if we request for detail billing never use to give a copy. Recently i want to opt the phone for safe custody. Given a call to customer care and informed, they said i have to visit nearest Tata indicom office and give a request and given some office address. As i have reached to the offices no one is taking a request and telling me that they dont have this services and re-directing me to Head office. From my place to head office is around 30 kilometres. There are more than 10 tata indicom exclusive Out-lets good for nothing. Finally i want to cancel the connection for that also i have to go head office. No office in hyderabad/secunderabad does not provide any services apart from selling their products. When i have given a call from one of the tata indicom offices to customer care even they cant able to take phone requests and also send emails /fax there is no action . This is what the services providing to the customer. Please change your mind if you are planning to take TATA INDICOM connection. Whether its mobile prepaid or post paid or broadband or any services strictly say NO.

The Indian government is not taking any kind of action though being compliant to the authorities. This is Indian Government letting TATA to do the business. They are sucking the blood of the people. No Human Rights.

I will appreciate if you have your own experiences faced in TATA Indicom please post it.