For those not sure whether to go HD or not, better wait till some of us already use the thing for a year. Later you cannot escape because of the 12-month contract.

World Cup in middle of year... cannot wait for 12 months

no need to wait on year mah, just need to see how is the picture and audio quality when it comeout. anyone know does Astro have a showroom at their HQ? i live near by TPM so can go checkout the quality first.

I just subscribe Astro B.yond online through Astro website. Don't how long their will contact me and upgrade my system.

ya i did that last night as well... i am hoping for byond up and running before the new year... (yea right)

it will be within 14 working days....

i currently connect my astro to
1) PC
2) TV downstairs

they using the RF connector port, once change to astro byond, how to share it? guess have to change new cable? and how about control the remote

HDMI splitter + Extra Long HDMI($$$$)

You can use the AV to RF converter which normally you can find at electronic stores. Astro Byond decoder still got the good old AV output.

I got a problem here. My cables (from the satellite dish) to the decoder had been concealed in the wall.

Do we need to change the cable completely? If yes, then I may have to hack the wall to chg the cable type.. wife is not going to like it.

Guys, my HD ready TV uses Component cables port .Can i buy HDMI to Component cable and use for Astro ?Or is it better to connect direct using Component cable RBG ? Infact most earlier sets all use Component only the latest have HDMI ports.pls help

ok...let it clearly here...i already enjoying the hd byond...and for your info,the quality is better than usual, even sd channel...like b4, if u use the component cable, the picture will be more clear, now using the hdmi cable, for sure the quality of sd will be more...but dun aspect so much from la, better than before..
about the channel for hd, i think if anybody want to subscribe to hd, i think better do it now coz, later so many want to subscribe then u have to wait for ur turn....the 4 channel will start at 18 dec but, u think ar, if u subscribe now, its oni 3 days more and i think oni some of us will get it b4 18 rite...now they are playing hd channel on channel 100....and the picture, dun compare it la, sure like u watch the tv at shop with the bd player...u wont regret(from my own opinion)
they will change the cable, remote, decoder box and oso the dish...me got picture but better if somebody else put theirs here...
erm, i think all the info can get from the astro website...
the interface is better than b4, no more the blue bar....

Yeah, i subscribed to astro byond few days ago online.still waiting for them to call and confirm. hopefully soon.

i have the same problem with you... no idea why the contractor wants to conceal the darn cables... my best bet would be ignoring the concealed wire and drag the wire from dish and drill 1 hole near the window side to bring it in... hope this idea helps...

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ysterday i called astro, she(customer rep) said......they wll install b.yond within 10 days and wll start charge rm20 in2 my accnt by April. i can keep my current decoder ( max) but have 2 pay rm80 ( installation charges).........sounds good!!..........any different story??

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Starting charges in april??? is this true??? so generous its shocking me....

i think its wrong info la..

Does anyone know how to connect astro to the router?
And which software do I use to watch on my PC from the router?

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...=record+tv+show

currently i planning to record HD TV show

recording hdtv with those? its as good as breaking it lol... if you want to record hdtv without DRM embedded, your current best bet is Hauppauge HD PVR.... though of course it isnt digitally saving the stream, but resampling the video...kinda wasted.... better work on how to extract out the DRM protected video files from recorded hdds

better just go to torrent site to find the episode unless it is local content.