Astro B.yond, HD Content Available
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 Dec 20 2009, 11:59 AM
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234 posts Joined: Nov 2008 From: SerdangSometimesMalacca  
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QUOTE(mr_habuk @ Dec 20 2009, 08:40 AM) da*m it..!! i've registered on sunday..they called me on monday morning on confirmations..but until today still nowan called regarding T&C or installations. be patience boss he3   |
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Dec 20 2009, 12:08 PM
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1,548 posts Joined: Oct 2006 From: ugly kingdom 
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QUOTE(tHeRiDdLeR @ Dec 20 2009, 11:02 AM) pic taken from my hp. what i found the sound is more clear & loud when i switch the setting digital audio setting from stereo to dolby digital. and the logo DD appear on my receiver. another subscriber already got byond...  when u order this byond? I still waiting..waiting... and waiting for installer to call me....  This post has been edited by AjkR06: Dec 20 2009, 12:08 PM |
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Dec 20 2009, 12:15 PM
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561 posts Joined: Aug 2006 From: Kajang, Selangor
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huhuhu I just receive called from Installer to install at 3.00PM yahooo BTW Kajang area here.... Register on Monday .... T&C at Wednesday and on Sunday B-yond wohoooo... Maybe I got lucky because my area not many knows about B-Yond hahahahaha...
 ASTRO. For a reminder for all of you... change everything even if they say no need..... trust me....So the next 10 channels when it will be implemented?? What channel AstInst?  My saliva keep on drooling now hahahahahaa.... This post has been edited by zonan4: Dec 20 2009, 12:21 PM |
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Dec 20 2009, 12:19 PM
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61 posts Joined: Feb 2005
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QUOTE(AjkR06 @ Dec 20 2009, 12:08 PM) another subscriber already got byond... hissh.. me too... when u order this byond? I still waiting..waiting... and waiting for installer to call me.... still waiting.. any info anyone outside klang valley already got byond? |
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Dec 20 2009, 12:39 PM
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69 posts Joined: Dec 2009
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QUOTE(zonan4 @ Dec 20 2009, 12:15 PM) huhuhu I just receive called from Installer to install at 3.00PM yahooo BTW Kajang area here.... Register on Monday .... T&C at Wednesday and on Sunday B-yond wohoooo... Maybe I got lucky because my area not many knows about B-Yond hahahahaha... :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs: ASTRO. For a reminder for all of you... change everything even if they say no need..... trust me.... Ah! Unfortunately I don't know channels or anything like that. All I possibly can predict is that they will launch in batches of 5 as this is how many channels fit on one transponder.So the next 10 channels when it will be implemented?? What channel AstInst? :drool: My saliva keep on drooling now hahahahahaa.... :drool: I don't really have any inside information on this, my expertise is more on what happens once the signal has left their broadcast center and on its way to us. I have done professional installations for nearly 20 years and helped trial many new technologies. I do have some dealings with Astro but not directly. As a preview of what is to come look around the rest of the world! What was a surprise in their launch line up was Astro Super Sports HD, this must mean they have also installed some HD infrastructure to compile their own channel! Also, the ESPN HD Asia feed is available nowhere else, are Astro the first to have ESPN HD Asia? I think they might be... note ESPN Asia is totally different to the rest of the world due to rights issues. I agree, change everything, new decoder, new dish and new wires.. see my previous post... the new dish almost doubles your signal strength (especially as you cannot use splitters). BTW: did you know that every splitter halves your signal strength, if you have 4 boxes and one dish your signal could be at one quarter the actual strength! which means more rain fade! |
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Dec 20 2009, 12:41 PM
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1,548 posts Joined: Oct 2006 From: ugly kingdom
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QUOTE(zonan4 @ Dec 20 2009, 12:15 PM) huhuhu I just receive called from Installer to install at 3.00PM yahooo BTW Kajang area here.... Register on Monday .... T&C at Wednesday and on Sunday B-yond wohoooo... Maybe I got lucky because my area not many knows about B-Yond hahahahaha... OMG!!! you order on Monday,, but today already got byond... ASTRO. For a reminder for all of you... change everything even if they say no need..... trust me....So the next 10 channels when it will be implemented?? What channel AstInst? My saliva keep on drooling now hahahahahaa.... I order since their first launch on Friday.., but until now installer still not call me... I think la, astro only install byond first for the user who stay within Klang Valley... for outside klang valley.. it will take a long time because maybe byond set still not arrive to the installer outside Klang Valley... Added on December 20, 2009, 12:43 pm QUOTE(AstInst @ Dec 20 2009, 12:39 PM) Ah! Unfortunately I don't know channels or anything like that. All I possibly can predict is that they will launch in batches of 5 as this is how many channels fit on one transponder. I think, you're an engineer in the satellite broadcast...I don't really have any inside information on this, my expertise is more on what happens once the signal has left their broadcast center and on its way to us. I have done professional installations for nearly 20 years and helped trial many new technologies. I do have some dealings with Astro but not directly. As a preview of what is to come look around the rest of the world! What was a surprise in their launch line up was Astro Super Sports HD, this must mean they have also installed some HD infrastructure to compile their own channel! Also, the ESPN HD Asia feed is available nowhere else, are Astro the first to have ESPN HD Asia? I think they might be... note ESPN Asia is totally different to the rest of the world due to rights issues. I agree, change everything, new decoder, new dish and new wires.. see my previous post... the new dish almost doubles your signal strength (especially as you cannot use splitters). BTW: did you know that every splitter halves your signal strength, if you have 4 boxes and one dish your signal could be at one quarter the actual strength! which means more rain fade! you seem very known about this things... and your post also very informative.... This post has been edited by AjkR06: Dec 20 2009, 12:43 PM |
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Dec 20 2009, 12:51 PM
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1,409 posts Joined: Jan 2005
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QUOTE(AjkR06 @ Dec 20 2009, 12:41 PM) OMG!!! you order on Monday,, but today already got byond... Maybe that explains why mine is taking longer with me being in Sarawak.I order since their first launch on Friday.., but until now installer still not call me... I think la, astro only install byond first for the user who stay within Klang Valley... for outside klang valley.. it will take a long time because maybe byond set still not arrive to the installer outside Klang Valley... Added on December 20, 2009, 12:43 pm I think, you're an engineer in the satellite broadcast... you seem very known about this things... and your post also very informative.... |
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Dec 20 2009, 12:51 PM
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467 posts Joined: Jan 2003
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QUOTE(AjkR06 @ Dec 20 2009, 12:41 PM) OMG!!! you order on Monday,, but today already got byond... Maybe their install to landed property first. Flat & condo need to wait a bit longer I order since their first launch on Friday.., but until now installer still not call me... I think la, astro only install byond first for the user who stay within Klang Valley... for outside klang valley.. it will take a long time because maybe byond set still not arrive to the installer outside Klang Valley... Added on December 20, 2009, 12:43 pm I think, you're an engineer in the satellite broadcast... you seem very known about this things... and your post also very informative....  Me also register on first launch day on Friday. Until now still waiting for the installer, after CS call me only last Wed for T&C.  Wonder to know if in a single house have 2 decoder, is installer going to install the new disc direct to new HD decoder and leave the old disc to old SD decoder since new disc cannot be shared. |
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Dec 20 2009, 12:51 PM
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1,543 posts Joined: Jan 2009 From: Somewhere in Damansara
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QUOTE(AstInst @ Dec 20 2009, 12:39 PM) Ah! Unfortunately I don't know channels or anything like that. All I possibly can predict is that they will launch in batches of 5 as this is how many channels fit on one transponder. Existing installer try to sell me some device that will increase a satelite signal that can decrease rain fade problem. But i think it all just a gimmick.I don't really have any inside information on this, my expertise is more on what happens once the signal has left their broadcast center and on its way to us. I have done professional installations for nearly 20 years and helped trial many new technologies. I do have some dealings with Astro but not directly. As a preview of what is to come look around the rest of the world! What was a surprise in their launch line up was Astro Super Sports HD, this must mean they have also installed some HD infrastructure to compile their own channel! Also, the ESPN HD Asia feed is available nowhere else, are Astro the first to have ESPN HD Asia? I think they might be... note ESPN Asia is totally different to the rest of the world due to rights issues. I agree, change everything, new decoder, new dish and new wires.. see my previous post... the new dish almost doubles your signal strength (especially as you cannot use splitters). BTW: did you know that every splitter halves your signal strength, if you have 4 boxes and one dish your signal could be at one quarter the actual strength! which means more rain fade! It just a small device attach between cable and decoder. They also tell me that are no problem when using a splitter. I means for existing decoder. Not for a byond decoder. BTW: your explanation is very informative. This post has been edited by minimize: Dec 20 2009, 12:55 PM |
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Dec 20 2009, 01:03 PM
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247 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Sri Serdang
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QUOTE(AjkR06 @ Dec 20 2009, 12:08 PM) another subscriber already got byond... order on monday. got call from astro customer service twice and from installer on friday. installation done om saturday afternoon. quite fast service from astro. actually they said within 10-15 days. when u order this byond? I still waiting..waiting... and waiting for installer to call me.... |
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Dec 20 2009, 01:07 PM
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100 posts Joined: Jan 2003
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I just got mine installed this morning at 9:30am. Location in Cheras next to Bdr Tun Hussein Onn.
Surprisingly, the installer changed everything except the cable. He said it is the same cable but he did give me the new bundle of cable. The new cable feels slightly thicker than the old. Everything seems to be working ok. Anyone experienced similar situation where the installer didn't change the cable? I have a feeling it the installer is taking shortcut as recabling is lots of work since mine is double storey house. the old cable runs into the ceiling top floor and then all the way down to grd floor. This post has been edited by Jase: Dec 20 2009, 01:08 PM |
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Dec 20 2009, 01:09 PM
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1,543 posts Joined: Jan 2009 From: Somewhere in Damansara
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QUOTE(AstInst @ Dec 20 2009, 10:47 AM) To scan the channels you do not need to decrypt them and it does not follow that you can view them. If data from Measat is unencrypted so we can use SkyGrabber to intercepts satellite data. Just like insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan that intercepted live video feeds from Predator drones. HahahaThe data you see is transmitted as DVB SI (Digital Video Broadcasting Service Information), this is unencrypted and is used to describe the channels so the decoder can receive them and only then start decryption. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Video_Broadcasting If you want do this yourself buy a PC Satellite card such as WinTV-DVB-s from Hauppage, see http://www.hauppauge.com/html/dvb_s.htm. You will be able to look at all the SI data you can eat, but able to watch nothing as these PC cards dont have any decryption at all. |
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Dec 20 2009, 01:21 PM
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399 posts Joined: Mar 2006
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QUOTE(aiman04 @ Dec 20 2009, 11:50 AM) Thanks for the answer bro. In even shorter: hahaha. i am really sad. called my management, they r clueless abt Astro HD, then fwd me to our nominated MATV contractor, she askd me to calld astro on their date of launch, WTF!!! she got a free lecture abt Astro Byond fr me, so in conclusion ,my apt's central system is not HD compliant, and oni god know's when they will upgrade it to be HD ready... hahahha in the mean time i m REALLY contemplating to install an independent dish, that would be illegal according to our House Rule yo, and my homw is facing outside, it'll stick like a sore thumb......1. No, only the main shared trunk cable. 2. No. OK, I'll for an answer from my management then. Thanks again. |
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Dec 20 2009, 01:29 PM
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1,543 posts Joined: Jan 2009 From: Somewhere in Damansara
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Astro already advertise Byond on TV right now. No wonder it will be attract more people to subscribe.
Damm.. just dont take my quene please. I cannot wait more than 10 days as they promise. |
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Dec 20 2009, 01:40 PM
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1,409 posts Joined: Jan 2005
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The submarine advert was silly. They could have done more by explaining the advantage of Byond in terms of picture quality & features. What a waste.
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Dec 20 2009, 01:44 PM
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1,008 posts Joined: Oct 2007 From: Capital Square Kuantan
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area Kuantan..ada sesape dah dpt bYond?
blh share no hp installer?.mane tau nama dlm list diaorg 5 day past edi..left 5 day..hope got gud new 2mrow nowadays raining..extend install bYond is posible.. |
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Dec 20 2009, 01:49 PM
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1,543 posts Joined: Jan 2009 From: Somewhere in Damansara
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QUOTE(pirateguy @ Dec 20 2009, 01:40 PM) The submarine advert was silly. They could have done more by explaining the advantage of Byond in terms of picture quality & features. What a waste. Hahaha.. they can explain more after I get my Byond first.  |
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Dec 20 2009, 01:56 PM
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399 posts Joined: Mar 2006
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QUOTE(pirateguy @ Dec 20 2009, 01:40 PM) The submarine advert was silly. They could have done more by explaining the advantage of Byond in terms of picture quality & features. What a waste. yeah they shoud've capitalize on the better quality pikjers and sound system... the details of da pikjers.... instead of the submarine.. |
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Dec 20 2009, 01:58 PM
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247 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Sri Serdang
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QUOTE(Jase @ Dec 20 2009, 01:07 PM) Anyone experienced similar situation where the installer didn't change the cable? I have a feeling it the installer is taking shortcut as recabling is lots of work since mine is double storey house. the old cable runs into the ceiling top floor and then all the way down to grd floor. yes, the installer didn't change my cable. used the existing 1. my cable not so old because i already change the cable last year. dont' wont to spoil my plaster ceiling & redo the conseal. |
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Dec 20 2009, 02:05 PM
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3,580 posts Joined: Oct 2007 From: everywhere in sabah
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QUOTE(pirateguy @ Dec 20 2009, 01:40 PM) The submarine advert was silly. They could have done more by explaining the advantage of Byond in terms of picture quality & features. What a waste. that advert i think not finish lahave part 2 or 3 it's like just a preview i think the advert means watch astro HD is like happening in front of u...which mean very realistic This post has been edited by MR_alien: Dec 20 2009, 02:06 PM |
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