Same here....still waiiiiiiiting....register online on Friday, get comfirmation on 16-Dec. Call again last evening....CS said WAIIIIIITTTTTT 10 days.


Installer may install the new disc to HD decoder and leave the old disc to old SD decoder...

My Yamaha RX-V1900 AVR is doing exactly just that for SD analogue video to go from 576i to 1080p... complete picture sometimes with funny blinking/moving white dots on top of the picture on certain channels. And can really see a lot more at the edges, things that you thought are already cropped out on normal TVs.

And I only watch 4:3 SD with two black vertical bars at the side so I don't get squashed picture, many of my friends called me crazy fella saying that I am wasting the available (and expensive) screen areas on my TV... sigh... (I'd rather see the black bars than distorted human bodies... )

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Added on December 21, 2009, 3:18 pmAm from Penang too, still waiting, today's the 5th day already since the T&C call...

This post has been edited by LCP: Dec 21 2009, 03:18 PM

owh yeah? then should change both to HD then... cos my wiring all inside the wall, renovate house last 2 years... isk.

I really don't understand what you are saying here?

Measat 3a is only available to Astro B.yond decoders that have had the correct installation done so they can tune to the high frequency range transmitted by Measat 3a. Measat 3a is not available to the older SD decoders as they cannot tune the high frequency range and they can only receive DVB-S not DVB-S2.

The HD channels on Measat 3a (from my testing using a PC card) are at 8Mbits/s using DVB-S2 modulation in MPEG4, for modern encoders, which I assume Astro has, give a really good HD picture.

Your statement of "sholud align back their M3A to reduce Video Gain for SD material" does not make sense to me, can you explain further?

(Just to save further comment, my PC card can only look at the signal and it's parts, I cant see any video or hear any audio as it is encrypted. I use the PC card as an analyzer professionally to check the make up of a satellite transmission.)

This post has been edited by AstInst: Dec 21 2009, 03:33 PM

10 working days? or 10 days? Anyway, i only saw people in Klang Valley have their new decoder. Not fair at all....

10 working days from the last call from astro for confirmation....

The customer service lady told me 10 days, inclusive of weekends and public holidays...

bawa banyak2 sabar bro. hehehehe

Im talking about watching SD (Standard Defination) channel in B.yond. Picture is terrible burning, stratchtable and 'sakit mata bila tengok'. It worst than previous set (Not HD). Last time the set (Not HD) M3 transmitted using Mpeg 2 and some channel transmit at 9mb/s is better while watching SD material. That is my statement about.

Another thing the Dolby Digital Sound (5.1) also sucks, (Echos) when u watch HBO HD. If u set to Analog than ok, but you cannot experience in 5.1. Other 3 channel in HD is OK when setting to DD5.1

This post has been edited by hasratusaha: Dec 21 2009, 03:57 PM

just called astro hq kuantan today..

diorang baru terima set decoder beyond hari ini..

maybe esok installer akan start pasang kat area kuantan/pekan

so, dia mintak no akaun / no. ic untuk check work order pemasangan decoder byond..

malangnya, diaorang kata nama aku tadek dalam sistem..

so aku call semula astro yang nombor 1300-82-3838..

aku tanya pasal status permohonan...

selepas 5 minit menunggu, diaorang kata masa orang yang call aku sebelum ni

dah silap masuk kan data...

so, aku kena tunggu call untuk t&c dan confirmation semula...

lepas tu baru diaorang boleh proceed application aku.. hadoi..

sengal betul kan?

I think I get what you mean, if Astro was to increase SD MPEG 2 to 9Mbits/s then we would only have 3 channels per transponder, a total of 30 channels... so which 70 channels would you propose to remove in order to do this?

The SD channels on Astro B.yond are the same Measat 3 transmissions that was received by your old SD decoder, they are not specific transmissions to Astro B.yond.

My Astro B.yond gives perfect 5.1 audio, no echo just true 5.1. You should check your audio settings, you could have some post processing that is causing the effect. Some cinema audio systems have mode that turns stereo in to an artificial surround sound, you could have this switched on. As with the TV you should turn off all enhancement modes on your amplifier.

I would also check that you have not got crossed wires, i.e. red on the amplifier connected to red on the speaker, if red is connected to black then you could get all kinds of phasing issues. Also, make sure you are using the digital audio connections, not stereo analogue.

Im using Yammy 863 connected to my Sony Bluray, Dvico HDM7000A, PS3 and x360 with HDMI cable. All my souce tested in Dobly True HD, DTSHDMA, DTS and AC3 without any other problem including Echo Sound. But watching HBO HD the Echo starts. This is my setting.

Home>Setting>Your Setting>Digital Audio Setting>Dolby Digital 5.1 (Digital Only)

When i set to Stereo (Analague and Digital) then ok but not in True 5.1.

This post has been edited by hasratusaha: Dec 21 2009, 04:28 PM

Hi, i'm new to this forum. Got my Byond last Friday (In Klang). No HBOHD 'cos non movie package subsciber. No sound from TV if opt for DD5.1 from HD channels, other channels ok, why?

i got my HD last sat.

Nat Geo looks awesome. then last night, i saw Batman (the one with Michael Keaton in it), the movie looks like new.

i have true motion on my tv and some movies when looks like an episode of The Bold and The Beautiful. really looks a little too fake at some times.

yes... very the 'sengal' bro... how come they can do like that...
you should them !!!

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Added on December 21, 2009, 4:46 pmIf like that, already 6th day la for me... still have 4 days to go!

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Dec 21 2009, 04:46 PM

aiseh.. poor me....

you better call astro hq in ipoh to confirm

if byond decorder sudah sampai kat sana..

then, ask them to check if already hav work order for you..

if same case with me, call astro and ask for ur status..

do you have their phone number...
i already gooogle it... but i only found the address...

try call TM 103

TM(Nut) only give you the Astro call center number. Their don't provide the state office number

You should switch off all picture enhancements, like 200Hz/100Hz, "True Motion", "Pixel Plus".. all they do is either blur the picture or try to add stuff that isnt there.

The best way to view any picture is to do it as pure as possible, also flatten the color response of the TV itself. Most TVs in Asia ship in "Vivid" or similar mode.