Hi,

Just would like to do a survey on PQ of Astro's channel.

I'm well aware that overall PQ of Astro channel are bad, that is if you compare it with HD source like DVD or Blueray.

But I'm quite sure that, at time, you do experience an 'acceptable' PQ from certain Astro channel. That also sometimes it depends on the program itself.

For this survey, I would appreciate if all of you could maintain your 'expectation and judgement level' within the channels offered by Astro, and give your experience on general basis.

Here is my result on my Panny Plasma:

ACCEPTABLE CHANNEL

TV1, TV2, Prima, OAS, NTV7, ZEE, AEC, IVIEW, KBSW, JYU, WLT, PHNX, TVB8, XHE, WATV, HBO, MAX, SMV, AWANI, BRTV, CTV9, BBC, AJE, CNBC, BTV, TVIQ, HISTORY, CER, NICKLODEON, CARTOON NETWORK, AXN, AFC, HITZ, 8TV, ANIM and GOLF CHANNEL

BAD CHANNEL
TV3, RIA, TV9, CNN, AUSN, DISCOVERY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY, DISCOVERY, ANIMAL PLANNET, PHDC, DISNEY, HALLMARK, TRAVEL, SWR, E!, MTV, V, ASSP, ESPN, STAR SPORT AND ES.

I will appreciate if you could share your experience here.

Thank you.

What piss me off the most with Astro is the charges they impose compare to what they offers.

Look at country like India. They are charging only around RM30 per month for more than 130 TV channels (international and local content)!!! In addition, they have about 5 cable TV providers for customr to choose.

In my case, I'm paying around Rm119 per month and that also not all the channels!!! Furthermore, the content are sometime so old and repeat like no body business. With the recent news on Astro winning right for BPL, not surprising that Astro will increase the price for sport channel very soon.

The other thing that also piss me off is the way Astro package the channel. It really does not allow us to really choose and pay for what we want.

I'm surprise how come not many people complaining about the charges and the packages. Guess Astro is doing a great job of supressing all the complaint from the media.

Really can't wait for Astro to end the monopoly in this business.

As for the survey, I would like to apologize to anyone of you wo feel that it is not relevant. It is purely for my own interest.