Sound good.. 

Are you guyz know it is posibble that I can use new Sat Dish (came with HD decoder) with old decoder? I have 2 decoder in my home and using same Sat Dish.

well only 5 channel's, later need to pay more for more channel... 

To avoid any problem for HD reception, astro requires all installer to replace a new cable. Otherwise it will be no deal. I believe the new cable would be a much better quality then the previous cable supplied by astro. It should be still the same RG6 cable but better quality for sure.

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Added on December 15, 2009, 8:35 pm

This time around, 1 dish ---> 1 decoder. No more splitting.

the interesting part is the normal SD channel oso come with so-called HD reso.. with the side black bar that is.. why dun they just leave it in it's normal SD reso, so that can stretch using TV function.. :sigh:

How does H.264 compare with MPEG-2?

HD MPEG-2 content at 1920x1080 traditionally runs at 12-20 Mbps, while H.264 can deliver 1920x1080 content at 7-8 Mbps at the same or better quality. H.264 provides DVD quality at about half the data rate of MPEG-2. Because of this efficiency, H.264, an ISO standard, stands to be the likely successor to MPEG-2 in the professional media industry.

Possible ways to overcome the effects of rain fade are:
1)site diversity,
2)uplink power control,
3)variable rate encoding,
4)receiving antennas larger than the requested size for normal weather conditions,
5)and hydrophobic coatings.

Lot of ppl done that in my area but their are done on their illegal 1 meter dish. 

Instead of plastic bag, their using cut plastic coca-cola (or whatever) bottle (1 little bottle). 

New customers:
If you are new to Astro and would like to get the new Astro B.yond Box and subsequently view the high definition channels, you will have to sign up to the current Astro standard definition packages while we process your application for the new Astro B.yond Box.

You will be given the standard definition Astro box, complete with the free standard installation, while waiting for the new Astro B.yond Box. Once the Astro B.yond Box is available, we will call you to arrange for an exchange.

You will receive the Astro B.yond Box, a new smartcard, a new outdoor dish unit (ODU), a new remote control, and HDMI cables free of charge on the condition that you return the other Astro box, remote control, smartcard, ODU and commit to take up the high definition channels at RM20.00 per month for a minimum of 12 months, which will allow you to enjoy the high definition channels of the standard definition channels available on your current subscription.

I am just asking for HDMI out for my TV and just normal connectors out support at the same time for my PC. I understand that it wouldn't work with hD channels cause my tuner does not do HD. Thats fine with me , I just want recording for SD shows only !

Hallmark HD taken with my nokia 5800(non HD haha)

hope this picture will help
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Im very sure component cable could only go up to 1080i not p.... my lecturer told me that... and when I went to buy the component cable, I've seen so many brands but all of them support at most 1080i....

High definition
analog component video is defined by the CEA specification, CEA-770.3-rev C. The spec was last revised five years ago, and defines 720p and 1080i, but not1080p.

Even in the absence of a standard, however, 1080p component video has made its way into a surprising amount of consumer devices. Several display manufacturers support 1080p over component video, either across the line such as Samsung, or as an undocumented feature on certain models such as Syntax/Brillian’s.

Many networked media players, such as those from PixelMagic Systems and Ziova, will output 1080p via component, as will Media Center PCs.

However, the most significant source devices are the major gaming consoles, with both the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 supporting 1080p analog.

I just checked my cable and it says RG 6/U on the outside. Does that mean I have to replace it or is it OK for astroHD? It is about 10 years old by the way.