plz 2010 jan not 2011 jan
cannot wait la liga LIVE Barca vs Vllreal in HD

1. apexg2
2. kelvin (Penang)
3. torreto (Subang Jaya/Kelantan)
4. rayfoo
5. l_berd (Penang)
6.RAMChYLD (Klang)
7 Cyberian (Sepang)
8. azri (U5, Shah Alam)
9. teikwing (Taiping, Perak)
10. AjKR06 (Bgn Serai, Perak)
11. horray (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)
12. LCP (Penang)
13. pknride (pekan,pahang)
14. dsubra (Klang)
15. tHeRiDdLeR (Serdang, Selangor)
16.economist (PJ,Sgor)
17.honamd77(Kuantan,Pahang)
18. zwanvedder(meru, setia alam)
19. ape (Shah Alam)
20. Iman210 (Pinggiran USJ, Subang Jaya)
21. kuekss (Sunway SPK Damansara,KL)
22. crossmaniac (saujana utama sg buloh)
23. ssyam ( dungun, Terengganu )
24. edthrax (ttdi, KL)
25. twL (Klang)
26. maja_5365(Nilai)
27. pirateguy
28. stimix
29. tailesley (Bukit Jalil)
30. suffeylp (Shah Alam)
31. snake1x (Bandar Seri Putra, Kajang)

Unless you're rich, don't rush in to buy a HDTV. Otherwise you'd have buyer's regret.

B.yond will be in HD regardless if your TV is not. So look around for a HDTV that you can afford with a picture quality you like with a design you like, then see if has HDCP as well as 2/3 HDMI inputs.

If you have the red/white stereo cables, use that. It should work.


fuad

dec 25: applied online
dec 27: no t&c call, applied via cs
dec 28: called cs complaint that no t&c call
dec 29: t&c called
dec 30: sms from cs with installer phone no.
dec 30: called installer but was told that went back home town, can only install on jan 4
jan 2: installer called for installation tomorrow at 11am, yipee !

but when told installer that I have two acc and requested for two connector at the new dish, he said he will install new dish and keep the old one for old decoder, told him that some lyn forumer able to use one dish for both new & old decoder, he said he never done it before, need to check with astro...

Yes, I should mention I am using the new dish, but its basically the same dish as the old Astro decoder (60cm instead of 65cm).

the audio in @ tv is the kind of line-in hole so don't think I can plug that on tv

Yes, i have already make a choice..

Thing is, I'm not interested in recording off HDMI. It's just that it's been part of the plan to relay HD satellite to the HTPC since I built it. That's why the HTPC has the biggest screen and 5.1 speakers. Besides, in the future, the decoder will have PVR function (maybe have to pay and bring your own external USB hard disk), and I can always use composite to record. Right now the composite of the decoder is connected to my ye-olde-VCR (what is that? it's a magical device from the 1980s!) which can receive the SD image from the decoder fine with no problems at all.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 2 2010, 10:38 PM

for 2nd question, i tink astro can't charge us extra if they add more HD channels within the 12mths contract period. If not then whats the benefit for consumers if accept the contract. After the 12mths, thats another story

I noticed that if I press the I..II button on the remote (the language and subtitle button), then press OK after that, the volume will suddenly increase by quite abit. The volume will stay like this till you change the channel. Anyone else experienced this?

all astro hd all 1920*1080 resolution, but the problem r the astro stream traffic just 8Mbit/s enough for the full hd standard, i found that some time similar broke pixel for the >42inch full hd lcd,

china cctv hd using 18Mbit/s to stream the channel
japan nhk hd using 12Mbit/s to stream the channel with 60Hz,

above all using dvb s-1 system, 1920*1080 resolution

compare with Fashion tv full hd using dvb s2 system with 7Mbit/s,

i am not sure which will be more HD, any ppl know about that?

vietnam satellite tv will broadcast 30hd + 70 sd tv this Q1 2010 with price just around RM60/month, do astro fair to malaysian???

any ppl know astro using dvb s1/2 turner for the new receiver

DVB-S2 is used for:

Broadcasting television programs (BS, Broadcast Services) in SDTV or HDTV. Optionally, this transmission may be backwards compatible with DVB-S (Backwards-Compatible BS), but does not benefit from the 30% extra bandwidth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB-S2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVB-S


This post has been edited by chooncc: Jan 2 2010, 11:03 PM


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I wonder what is the optimum bitrate to watch full HD in the sharpest...

wow.. hot to get those transmission?

i just installed astro b.yond service but somehow i can't get any picture for HD channels only...i have sound but no video at all, i can only see a "locked" message on the screen...also, anyone knows how to change the resolution from the two vertical bars on the left/right to full screen on my TV? thanks all!

just saw another full hd programme from china cctv1 not same as normal and cctv hd, different type, this programme also stream at 18Mbit/s

wat astro do for the malaysian??? just 8Mbits/s around 1Mbytes/s


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Anyone can recommend digital coaxial cable from decoder to tv dvi in? I dun hav home theater (yet). I only saw one type of digital coaxial cable at senq but need to connect to digital audio in @Av receiver

So are you trying to connect this digital coax to your TV's audio input using DVI in? If this is the case, then you DO use the red/white cables and depending on the audio in, you either use RCA-to-RCA stereo or RCA-to-miniplug stereo. THESE CABLES DELIVER ANALOG AUDIO, NOT DIGITAL.

If you want digital coax, it's using a single RCA cable to the digital coax IN to a receiver.

Then you can search for the online manual/specs to know for sure if the HDTV has HDCP.

Not really. Some channels/programs are only in 720p. The decoder can UPCONVERT the 720p to 1080i.

First off, you need to know that you're not going to get master tape quality with B.yond HD. The closest to that is BD.

Secondly, since the video is not 1080p, 8 Mbps can still do a lot. You have to remember that H.264 is not like VCD where the MPEG-1 is at a constant bitrate. This is variable encoding where the bitrate is allocated higher if the scene is filled with more info. If the scene is a static blue screen, for example, it needs less than 2Mbps.

Sound like you claim these broadcasts are in 1080p. How are they transmitted anyways? OTA or satellite?

MORE HD? Explain please.

What I know from Googling: Vietnam has only Vinasat-1 for now. It has 12 KU and 8 C transponders. So far they have these channels in HD: VTC HD 1, VTC HD 2, VTC HD 3, ESPN Asia HD, National Geographic Channel HD Asia, CCTV HD and Luxe TV HD. So using 20 transponders, they'll provide 30 HD channels and 70 SD channels sometime this year.

Measat 3 has 24 KU and 24 C transponders. Measat 3a has 12 KU and 12 C transponders (original info claims that it's only KU band). So combined, 72 transponders. No doubt a lot of it will be leased to other providers.

But just do the numbers. 30 HD channels with 20 transponders vs so far 4 HD channels with 72 transponders.

No idea. But probably DVB S2 since the tech is already there and it allows for future expansion; once everyone migrates to B.yond, DVB MPEG-2 transmission can cease which will enable better picture quality. DVB S2 transmission is already being done aboard Measat 3 but not on Astro's downlink.


fuad

This post has been edited by writesimply: Jan 3 2010, 12:09 AM

i think astro will put many other hd channel as they have their medium to do that...the question is, is the other hd channel content can be within our culture...?malaysian tv are always think of that...

The highest on BD is about 34Mbps. That's just video at 1080p. But that's not sustainable and only used for scenes with many movement.


fuad

bro..please update the latest stat...i think its 40+ now...tq

Hoho live la liga match on HD now. Lost commentary for first 5 min but the fun is able to compare with ch811 n see the difference clearly