taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_telev...tro_contents-15

Digital terrestrial TV

[edit]Free-to-air
In 2005, the Ministry of Information announced their plan to digitalise nationwide free-to-air TV broadcasts led by Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).[1] Trial broadcasts were undertaken, involving one thousand households in the Klang Valley from September 2006 till February 2007. According to the then-Deputy Minister of Information, Chia Kwang Chye, the trial received "very positive" feedback, i.e. "more than 60 percent said the quality of the signal ranged from good to very good. Over 88 percent said the picture quality improved, while 70 percent said the sound quality was better."[2]
Accroding to Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek, RTM is expected to fully complete its digitalization in 2012 as part of its three-year restructuring process.[3] Each household, once equipped with the necessary equipment (set-top box or iDTV set) is expected to receive up to 19 channels, seven of which fall under RTM and the rest for private broadcasters such as Media Prima (TV3, ntv7, 8TV and TV9).[4] Thus far, besides simulcasting TV1 and TV2, RTM is test-airing RTMi, Muzik Aktif and Arena exclusively on the digital TV platform, transmitted at UHF channel 44, modulated at 64QAM.[5] RTM is also expected to launch regional channels for each state and/or territory in Malaysia, making it 20 RTM television channels.[6] Media Prima is expected to commence trials on March 2009.[7]
Malaysia and all other ASEAN nations had selected DVB-T as the final DTV standard, and are expected to switch off analogue broadcasts completely by 2015.[8] On June 2008, participants of the 6th ASEAN Digital Broadcast Meeting from seven south-east Asian countries (including Malaysia) agreed to finalise the specifications of the DTV set-top box for use within ASEAN, and also set up an ASEAN HD Centre to provide training on HDTV content to broadcasters in the region.[9]
HDTV

HDTV broadcasts is hard to come by[17], although the first HDTV sets hit electrical stores in the middle of the 2000s. Overtime, the sales of these sets rose higher as they have been sold rampantly[18]. According to consumer laws, a buyer cannot return the item claiming dissatisfaction with the fact that the item did not correspond to what was advertised in the first place in the shop.
RTM was originally expected to initiate high-definition television (HDTV) trials by 2009[2], however during the Beijing Olympic Games, RTM test-broadcasted the opening and closing ceremony, and several events on HD.[19]
Astro is currently looking into HDTV development before launching its service[16]. Chief executive officer Rohana Rozhan said that:
“ The world is moving towards HD and there will be certain segments in Astro's subscriber base that will want the service. ”



So, i think astro is going to HD sooner...haha, astro sure dun want defeated by RTM la...

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so, so, any doubt that astro will not broadcast the hd channel?

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Added on May 19, 2009, 3:28 pmanother info taken from interview.. http://www.nds.com/worldvision/forty_seven/article_2.html


What new services are you planning to launch?

We plan to launch our new standard definition XTV™ DVR with push VOD by the middle of the year. By the end of the year we expect to add the NDS progressive download service otherwise known as “pull VOD” on the DVR.

Early in 2010 we plan to offer an HD DVR as a premium product. All our next generation boxes, whether DVRs or zappers, will be IP-enabled, capable of hybrid DTH and IPTV operation and interconnection via a home network.



by all this explaination, i think astro is going to have the HD DVR for option la i think early next year....and bcoz of this, i think our lcd or plasma tv prices surely goes up a bit la...i think so la..

This post has been edited by apexg2: May 19 2009, 03:28 PM

ya...me oso waiting....but soon or later, we can watch hd channel via astro..haha!!!!have to buy plasma now...later, price da boom

i think it has been done la...

measat 3 oledi launch rite?maybe there will launch measat 3a..hehe........after that we can enjoy HD astro..

btw, as u noticed, if u click channel 130(mustika) on astro, the PQ there quit impress, is it HD?2cent question..

erm..so now we are "enjoying" the los res astro rite..

got model that didn't come in with s-video?i think its all equiped....how about use player that have hdmi and link to tv..i think it oso help..but player with hdmi port quit expensive(not like ordinary player price la)

even its not perfect but i think it helps...but extra electric charges la...for more entertaining, use external speaker(i mean sound system la) that can plug with ur player...so, better picture and sound osos...my 2cent

i think i got ur point...me too....haha!!!

any other way that we can use component cable watching astro...?might see the difference rite if can la..

i also heard that..maybe its the testing for year 20** when all channel going digital..

y so dissapointed..hehe....i dun think u watch RTM nowadays..haha!!

info's says that astro going digital by end of the year n using new decoder..

i think they will sell it separately...ur choice....like astro max..

* a little info...
today(11 June), NST got article about measat-3a...i think this satelite will bring good signal.....n i think we can get the "Digital Astro" soon..hehe!!

This post has been edited by apexg2: Jun 11 2009, 08:27 AM

anybody have tried hdmi converter.....how about the price...sorry if the question have been ask before..

so, it is compulsory for new registration....sorry if im wrong..

me oso thanks in advance....

ya la..rtm first digital...but dun forget, astro pq is still ......, then if put digital, the pq just quite better a bit...correct me if im wrong..

haha...anybody can tell us about bandwith that astro use?

waaa.....u mail to them ar.....so, good explaination there..

me oso mail to them after i read ur post....they post the same.....