try negotiate with the installer, but if astro is giving out 20m for free, why not just take it

invite your uncle over during installation day and help the installer to lay wire nicely

modern plasma/lcd can de-interlace 1080i, so we effectively get 1080p, no?

denon receiver avr1910 seems to be able to de-interlace digital signal better than TV panel, don't know how good is the screen output?

yes it does, refer to this post for picture
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry30616326

read FAQ http://www.astro.com.my/byond/faq.asp
5 HD channels, RM20/month on top of existing subscription fee chargeable from april onward, exchange old decoder set for HD decoder FOC

but can you still watch HBO HD even without movie package subscription?

current astro HD box is DS830 from Pace

this box TDS850 has 2 HD tuners

the on-screen codes seem to be disappeared, you guys still have it?

which channel? LOL

measat 3a Launched 21 June 2009, has 12 Ku-band and 12 C-band transponders, design life of 15 years

old measat 3 launched 11 December 2006, has 24 Ku/24 C band transponders

This post has been edited by neb: Dec 19 2009, 11:16 AM

yes, BigTV from india occupied 8 KU-band transponder on older measat 3
I think astro has already reserved all ku-band transponders on measat 3a

negotiate with your installer, if you read previous few posts, some lyn member got their HD installation without putting in new cable

the installer will test out the old cable, if no-go then it must be replaced

This post has been edited by neb: Dec 19 2009, 03:08 PM

my understanding is that lnb head is the same for old and new dish, the only difference is the dish size, so sd and hd decoders can both share the same new dish

just realized that dish size increase is not to tackle rain-fade, but to allow for drifting error in one of the satellite position, measat 3a seems to be drifting from 91.5° east, also the dish must now pointed at centre position between these 2 satellites to receive optimum signal.



astro currently uses these ku-band transponders on measat 3 for SDTV broadcast, each transponder carried about 14 SDTV channels:
10982, 11062, 11102, 11182, 11482, 11522, 11562, 11602, 11642, 11682 (in MHz)
for these downlink frequencies, 9750MHz lo (local oscillating) frequncy is used, no need to use 22KHz to switch to 10600MHz, that is why we can share sigle LNB dish to multiple decoders.

if astro is to use higher downlink frequency to broadcast HD channel, thus must use 22KHZ switch to select 10600MHz lo frequency, then dish can no be shared


wow lots of money to spend for HD broadcasting!


This post has been edited by neb: Dec 20 2009, 07:05 PM

any phosphor-based screen will suffer permanent image retention problem

HD box is custom made version from pace, ds830NA, "A" stands for Astro?

picture from 吉米

vvvip got special privilege

astroMax= 2 tuner + recordable
HD box= single tuner + HD, currently no record function available

HD box with astromax-like function = may be available some time next year, very expensive, customer may need to pay for it

take your pick

monitor with DVI or HDMI + HDCP can be connected directly, dvi need to add a converter