dang.....might as well go for second decoder. since the dish is so near my bedroom but but...i'll need to pay the 50% myself

From FB page
This is looking to be a good deal. Can change to the new decoder but still don't want to subscribe to their HD channels? 

white + red + yellow----wut they call this, composite rite?

Component output

HDMI output

USB

if not mistake la...

I don't understand - what relevance does the TV output have with respect to your ability to change channels?

Okay I called them.

They have 4 HDMI ports so no need splitter and you can connect up to 4 TV. According to them, HDMI wiring will be provided up to 20 feet. Extra 1 feet = RM 2.50.

That's what I thought. Becuase HDMI cables are impossible to be that cheap. : /

BTW, Devil, you subscribing? Can help me ask your technician who help you install? The Astro hotline half-past-six lah.

Bro AStro is always the winner ! As far HD is concerned all are new customers  !! See from that point ! So all are tied as newbies, By the way when did Astro ever valued its customers ? Even  phone companies  have started giving discounts for  Auto Debit and prompt monthly payments but I paid my bills promptly for 12 over years Astro doent care I am still a new customer on the waiting list !  

the usb means we can attach a USB HDD and records? coz i saw REC words on the decoder?

So far any other review?

Wonder able to share this decoder with 2 TV or not?

If I have 2 set top boxes, can I replace one of them with the HD box, or is it compulsory to replace both? I don't want to lose the recording capabilities of my astro max box until they bring out a HD pvr.

The english guy says astro need to lunch a new satelite if they want increase capacity. It's that means astro need to lunch new satelite if they want to broadcast more new HD channel. Current measat satelite only can support 5 more HD channel. Correct me if i'm wrong.
New satelite means new cost to customer.

There is no broadcaster in the world broadcasting in 1080p, it uses too much bandwidth and there is no agreed standard. DirectTV in the USA has 1080p but only for downloaded over broadband content not broadcast over satellite.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080p - quote from the page:

There has been some research on 1080p, but mostly at a reduced frame rate which kind of makes it pointless. The industry is waiting for better encoders and an agreed standard.

If you wanted Astro to wait for 1080p then HD would have been at least 2 years away and the decoder so expensive they would have to charge you for it and each channel so expensive to broadcast they would be charging 20 bucks per channel! As this price they would "sell" less of them and the lucky few would be paying a fortune! I know which I would choose!

As I said in another post the HD Astro is broadcasting is one of the best in the world that I have seen (and I have seen hundreds!), the USA is the worst as it is MPEG2 HD!

On my Astro B.yond media box at home I have a great HD picture and the SD looks better than before thanks to the aspect ratio handling and that fact that the SD shows the full overscan (giving about 30% more picture).

For best results on your TV turn off all the features, use no picture enhancement, turn down the saturation (my friends LG shipped in "vivid mode" it looked terrible) and switch off any 100hz or 200hz modes. Astro has spent millions of bucks delivering HD and it is the best it can be as they transmit it, there is no clever electronics in your TV that will make it better... will a $10 chip in your TV improve a picture that has been through a multimillion broadcast center ran by experts? I doubt it!

Infact, I'm having two units of decoder, one downstair and one upstair, when my inlaws are here, I could bring my own card to upstair for my own watching.

I hv connected my Byond set to 2nd TV via AV splitter connectors (1Male 2 Females). >>AV-RF converter >>RF>> RF remote converter >>2nd LCD

Problem now..Signal very bad..lotsa distortion & the sound keeps on buzzing on the 2nd TV..

Any help?

Last choice-lah..The AV-RF converter only RM15 compare to this thingy