I think PQ should be the same as before for SD contents. Unless the box has an excellent built-in scaler. But I doubt it would be any better than most good branded plasma/lcd TV.

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Added on December 13, 2009, 10:00 amI think all EPL games are exclusive to Astro also.

And... the have rights for ALL the world cup games next year.

Practically, Astro is pretty invincible now.

This post has been edited by putih: Dec 13 2009, 10:00 AM

Agreed. I watched Blu ray using 3plug RCA and SQ and PQ was really good though no Hi Def.
And you can't record HD content coz of the HDCP protocol, hope you know that. Make it simple, watch in HD, record is SD.

wow, new info for me. Thanks. And if the TV has excellent line doubler, 1080i should produce better picture I suppose.

Even free for HBO? Until April?

On pic no. 3, the Astro Supersport Logo is quite in the middle of the screen, not on the very edge. Does it happpen on all HD channels?

find a reason to move to a landed home?

better take whole day because... you will know

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Added on December 23, 2009, 10:03 amI tend to agree. It's not time yet to charge per HD channel.

This post has been edited by putih: Dec 23 2009, 10:03 AM

nope... still waiting for the mercy call haha...

USJ

Yes, take photo from front and rear panel. TQ

[quote=atih007,Dec 23 2009, 08:46 PM]
wanna ask for those who subscribed.. we just add rm20 monthly and get everything including hd channels?

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Tertinggal keretapi lah kawan

Mine was quite fast. Monday morning called to register, 6pm same day called by cs to confirm t&c, friday 6pm came and installed.

Need improvement quickly:
1) Picture on HD channels sometimes is lost even tho the sound is there. On/off decoder solves problem.
2) The 4:3 source display should be more than 2 only i.e pillarbox and stretched. Should have other modes like smart stretch, panaromic and zoom like in most flat TVs.
3) Sound often got echo especially on supersport channel.
4) The decoder should have audio output option either through HDMI, digital coax or analog. Currently audio is output simultaneously on all outputs. If your TV use HDMI and if you set sound to DD5.1 on the decoder, your TV will make loud buzzzz sound. Alternatively, the HDMI output can have auto detect like in PS3 to see if the monitor supports DD5.1, and if not, downmix to stereo.

Hope to see firmware updates soon.

Other than that, Astro B.yond...... KICKS SERIOUS ASSSS!!!!

There's nothing you can do if your HT system doesn't have a digital coax input. You can only channel out stereo sound from astro box. I blame on both sides coz any AV multimedia should have at least one of both coax and optical inputs/outputs.

On the intermittent sound problem, it could be coz you're running digital sound out and analong at the same time. Should never happen but even on a single HDMI connection to TV, we sometimes lose pictures or left and right stereo sound not synch. It's only intermittent and I can accept it. They will fix by firmware updates but I don't know when. Live with it

Agree bro... stereo sound on all channels is more realistic now

sure next friday? It says january, not 1st january

Don't expct too much for RM20 extra ... take it easy la... it will get better over time. But I'm still thankful to astro for bringing HD to us... How many can afford Bluray to make full use of your HDTV...? I only have 10 BDs and already think I have spent too much.

Welcome to the digital age Technology brings benefits to both sides ...

Dark night must buy blu ray la

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Added on December 28, 2009, 5:04 pmYour story very "best" lar....

This post has been edited by putih: Dec 28 2009, 05:04 PM

Your Plasma doesn't support 5.1, so you must choose 2ch in your configuration. If you want to choose 5.1, you must connect coax to your amp, and mute your TV. Then you can hear 5.1 from your AV surround system. Alternatively, you can connect HDMI from byond to your amp and from amp to TV. But you need to turn on amp everytime watching byond. Either way, you must have a 5.1 av amp to hear 5.1 sound.
Err... the byond should be smart enough to detect if your TV doesn't support 5.1, it should downmix to 2ch instead of silence or loud buzz... apara....