s-video doesn't seem to have improved the picture any, it's as blotchy as ever - or is the PQ on ESPN/Star sports basically just crap?

I thought the below was true...

I thank you in advance

As has been mentioned many many many times in this thread, ASTRO TRANSMISSION IS DIGITAL.

it's just heavily compressed, is all.

And last I checked, component video connection is analog.

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meanwhile US goes digital nationwide today Gizmodo posted this



This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Jun 12 2009, 10:18 PM

especially if using satellite

the reason for digital transmission is NOT quality, it's bandwidth - in the bandwidth required to transmit one analog channel, you can compress video and go up to 6 digital channels. Unfortunately transmission bandwidth is a limited resource - and you cannot get more; so you have to go digital to get more TV channels

http://www.starhub.com/portal/site/CableTV...000464114acRCRD







This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Jun 25 2009, 09:59 AM

thats just Frank Lampard

Happy now?

now go back and read the post below


I know they are a monopoly and all that, but is there any way we can make them change to follow Starhub model? you have ONE account, each additional decoder is a $10 per month rental (HD PVR is what.. $15 a month). Can we start a dialogue, see our MP or whatever...

so your 4 decoders would cost you the price of one account with all channels loaded .. say $150 + (rental of decoder x 4)



This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Jul 3 2009, 10:39 PM

hmm where do you live? where I live Astro is already digital. in fact since they started transmission

I believe gnsumas has answered that

while the component out is analog, you are getting a digital signal from Astro, have been since the day you subscribed, in case you haven't noticed.



Can someone - a moderator perhaps, change the topic title to "When is ASTRO going HD?"

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Oct 14 2009, 08:06 PM

pictures!!! front and back

I recall reading this (or something like it) earlier on in this very thread...

just watch when this thread gets to the next page, someone will pop up and say "not until 2099"

tis is an awesome place!! everybody in this forum seems to know more than the Astro CEO

they only need a couple of people on this forum to go "OMG! OMG!! World Cup looks AWESOME on HD!!!"

... then the rest of us suckers would fall in obediently

at least two i know of

we're the only societies in danger of turning into raving sex maniacs if we can view unregulated satellite TV

in some ways Singapore is odd...there are somewhat looser regulations in undefinable areas (example) but Sex In The City on HBO finished its run on Astro before it was shown in Singapore at all (by which time everyone had downloaded episodes, probably...)

of course I was... you need batteries for this, maybe





This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Nov 1 2009, 11:51 AM

if the govt thought like that, we'd still be watching black and white TVs, riding bicycle everywhere and calculating using abacus

I think he means FTA (free to air) HD from MediaCorp