its been discussed in the other B.yond topic & it was also clearly stated in the B.yond FAQ astro doesnt offer a solution as yet for condo/apartment with centralized dish...why u sign up for it i dont know...

Dish & decoder needs to be replaced, and there's also suggestion that the cabling needs to be replaced as well..astro needs to work with property managements to replace the centralized dish & the decoder for each household unit..from what i understand, the current decoder doesnt work with the new dish.

U & i both may be anxious bout B.yond but maybe not everyone else in ur apartment/condo..replacing the dish may be a matter of 1-2 days issue & simple as snap of finger but to replace each unit's decoder may not be welcomed by everyone else except u & me...

the management cant simply issue a statement requesting tat everyone change their decoder simply becos this dude in unit 1046 wanna enjoy HD content or issue them a ultimatum tat all unit owners need to replace their decoder by month end...

U must understand there are ppl who couldnt care less what astro offers..this is different from black-white to color broadcast change..analogue tv broadcast is scheduled to run till 2015 i think...only if sufficient time frame is given & ultimatum is issued from government will ppl accept the changes..

unlike landed properties, apartment unit owners doesnt owned the entire building..there are specific rules & regulations to adhered to from cases to cases...

With Astro dish..older apartments will allowed for individual dish installation becos they did not have centralized dish installed during construction..newer apartments mostly will be installed with centralized dish during construction along with cablings run to each units..

If one unit starts installing its own dish then others will follow suit and before u know it instead of apartments balcony we see satellite dish install for every units...

Rules & regulations set by the management is for the best interest of all unit owners..if no one adheres to the rules & regulations then there's no diff in staying in a 300k apartment or 70k PKNS flat..

a small tiny hair line glimmer of hope that i may be able to watch the WC2010 in HD

this notice was released by my condo management last week:



from what i understand, Astro will bear the replacement/upgrading cost isn't it? they didn't elaborate what they meant by 'replacement of components' could be only MDU + individual receiver set up top box or both + cabling...in which case, i honestly dunno how they gonna rewire the cabling unless all of them were in PVC conduit & can be easily replaced.

anywayss...can only wait, watch SD for now, and wait.....