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 when is ASTRO going digital (HD) ?, beyond 720p

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fujkenasai
post Jun 10 2009, 03:28 PM

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QUOTE(MyDevil @ Jun 5 2009, 01:52 PM)
The next Astromax replacement decoder is rumoured to have component output.
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I do not think that AStromax have HDMI out put right?
fujkenasai
post Jun 11 2009, 11:50 AM

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Arghh screw Astro with HD Im happy with watching just Bloomberg, al jazeera and other news channels with current quality on a CRT TV. For HD just get other sources, even if Astro introduces HD they wont be providing 1920X1080 quality pictures anyway.
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post Jun 12 2009, 04:30 PM

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When a solar storm hits all of these will be irrelevant even analog. Probably analog will be a bit better off.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/myst...day_031027.html
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post Jun 15 2009, 03:58 PM

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QUOTE(SiriuslyCold @ Jun 12 2009, 10:14 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
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Haha yeah so true esp when satellites are involved. I wonder what will happen to our GPS and our astro when this happens.

Probably we should start a fiber optic TV service in malaysia to ensure 720p and 1080p quality pictures.

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