AFAIK,no,the cable,decorder and disk all needs to be replace...

to all who might interested to know,Astro is not oways that bad lah,see below u will know

from the inside info,astro plan(plan only,not sure) to EXCHANGE the HD decoder FREE to all existing good royal customer in the 1st batch ( but not sure how they define that ).The official press launching will be sometimes Dec.1st they will introduce 5 HDchannels for FREE,later they will get another 5 HD channels,only then they start to charge customer( see,FREE 5HD channel at 1st,good ler ). The 5 HD channels will be EspnHD,NgHD,HboHD....The new ODU disc will be arround 65mm compare to pevious 60mm.Customer will need to change new cable ( but still RG6 ) that come together with the decorder.The max resolution is 1080i or 720p with the HDMI output.There's a Coxial digital output which support DD 5.1 ( no DTS,no DTS HDMA,of cos ).

Not say to praise Astro too much but it's really SUPERB when watch with 50inches Panasonic Plasma ( not fullHD ). It's in FULL SCREEN at ratio 1.185:1,not like some BDs which still see black bar on top/bottom at diff ratio.

Last but not least,all infomations mentioned above are not officially confirm and might have some minor changes after their offcial press launching.

Yup,i'm sure some forumers here oledi watched that too I watched it in 1080i,but i suppose u can switch it to 720p,which i oways did when watched BDs,as my LCD is not FullHD.

No update about the code yet

No,i'm not,i just prefer to watch my BDs at 720p,same as with my projector(cos HD only)

from the rumour,the HD channels,about 10 channels,should be arround RM20 +,consider u oledi hv sport,movie or learning's channels in ur current package

hahaha,no offend but u remind me an advertisement ( proton service? ) after the service center done all the job and tell the lady " it's FREE " ,the lady answered : " so expensive ? "

the news is "almost" true but not 100% confirm yet.The RM20 is an extra RM20 on top of ur normal subscription package.Also,u must have a Sport Package now in order to enjoy the ESPN-HD.Same as HBO-HD,u must have movie package now to enjoy the HBO-HD

Also,like mentioned,the decorder might be free but u might need to pay normal installation fee ( sure < RM1k,hehe ).

ya,almost like that BUT all info is NOT CONFIRM yet,will need to wait till their launch sometimes this month.

no matter how it gonna be,it's sure a new era in M'sia broadcasting history,looking forward for it