Look you can revert back to RCA , that way it always works. Sure its not the best quality but if you're recording and wanna view back later its okay. Its not like you want to record every fine detail. For me , when i record drama/sit-com or some important event , i just wanna watch. I dont care much about the quality anyway

Yea.
RCA always work. If not double check to see your recorder has component or not.

CompoNENT cables (IE the one with 3 connectors on each end) DOES support 1080p. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_cable

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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 use VCR to record astro show,can i still do that after i change to the new decoder?

1080p requires a huge bandwidth compared to 1080i/720p , think of an economist's point of view instead of an engineer's point of view - it would be pretty expensive to get the cables , equipment and other stuff. Its just a matter of time , in the world currently the preferred broadcast is 720p for sports and 1080i for other shows and stuff

The good news is that SPORTS channel is finally getting progressive scan. Meaning that motion should rapid and it should be pretty good ;P

CompoNENT cables (IE the one with 3 connectors on each end) DOES support 1080p. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_cable

i think astro only provide 1080i/720p HD channel,
not 1080p,
right?

so for us that only own HD ready tv,
actually it is enough for us,
am i correct?

1080p requires a huge bandwidth compared to 1080i/720p , think of an economist's point of view instead of an engineer's point of view - it would be pretty expensive to get the cables , equipment and other stuff. Its just a matter of time , in the world currently the preferred broadcast is 720p for sports and 1080i for other shows and stuff

The good news is that SPORTS channel is finally getting progressive scan. Meaning that motion should rapid and it should be pretty good ;P

Before you get happy about 1080p is supported in Component video cable , read this

http://www.hdtvinfo.eu/news/hdtv-articles/...to-the-cea.html

How sure are you sports would be in 720p ?  I have a feeling it would be 1080i as well... because 720p requires a lot of bandwidth... and you know astro la...very stingy when it comes to bandwidth... though not to worry my tv will flip if it changes resolution....so i can tell what resolution will that channel be broadcasting =P

Ok, so if progressive video is technically better, why did they allow interlaced video in the DTV spec? Bandwidth is the short answer. Turns out in the current TV channel frequency spacing and using the compression technology that existed at the time of the DTV decision in 1996, there was sufficient bandwidth to allow only HDTV formats that would not exceed the allowed bandwidth per channel. This ended up allowing three formats that pretty well used up the bandwidth. These are 1920×1080p/30fps, 1920×1080i/30fps and 1280×720p/60fps. There are other possible HDTV formats, but these are the three that are at the bandwidth limit. Looking at pixel counts we have roughly the same quantity of pixels transmitted each second for all three with the two 1920×1080p,i/30fps being 62,208,000 pixels per second and 1280×720p/60fps being 55,296,000 pixels per second. Notice the 1080 and 720 formats are within 12.5% of each other, so the bandwidth required is about the same. The 720p/60fps format does have a slight advantage of not having to be quite as compressed as the 1080/30fps formats, so pixelation or blockyness of fast moving objects could be somewhat less. This can be a significant benefit for televised sporting events, although the reason why 1080i broadcasts have more of this blockyness is more due to multi-casting where the bandwidth is divided up to allow one channel to have multiple programs, a DTV feature that was not available on analog TV.

yes, component can support analog HD up to 1080p, ask your lecturer surf the internet more

To be honest I'm not bothered with component cables, just pointing out the facts. I will be using a HDMI cable with my brand spanking new samsung 55 incher if/hen I decide to order astroHD. The only problem is that I just did up my feature wall, and the astro cable from the satellite is BEHIND IT . Those astro technicians are going to have a fun time replacing that!

Dude , you gotta read up first

720p/1080i = same bandwidth

You can read more about it http://www.highdefinitionblog.com/?page_id=88
Its only 1080p that requires huge amount of bandwidth , thats out of the question for now. It would be stupid if ASTRO broadcasts sports @ 1080i - cause its going to be bit blur

Secondly , every TV is able to tell its broadcasting mode and secondly the setup box can determine it. You should read up on HDMI v1.3 specifications (which I believe the protocol ASTRO would be using). The reason why they want HD broadcasts via HDMI is because of HDCP

Shouldn't be any problems for the tech as you do not need to change the RG6 cables. Just need to change to the new decoder and shaft back the old RG6 cable to the new decoder and conncet the HDMI cable to your TV.

How's your new TV serving you? Enjoying it well?

conceal cable should be going through PVC trunking  pipe bury inside wall, so can be easily replaced