Oh, that is not component cable. That is err, I know it as a PlayStation 2 or PlayStation 3 default cable. It's low quality coz the yellow cable carries all the visual signals while the red and white cable carries right and left sound respectively (stereo).

Component cable is capable of displaying visuals up to 1080i while the 'default PS2/PS3' cable can only do 480i/p and/or 560i/p? Kinda.. But the point is component is better. Way better. (But of course no match to HDMI) And yes, the colors of component cable is Red, Green and Blue which means it carry the signals of the cable color (Red cable carry red color signal only, Blue etc etc) which means it is much more specific rather than the 'default PS2/PS3' yellow cable that does all the visuals. Sound must be brought only with that red and white cables (which means you will get a stereo sound output) or use the digital outwadljfagrihna oh whatever the name is if you want 5.1 channel surround sound (I can't use 'em coz my sound system only accept red n white input.. 

Hope u get what I mean.

I'm looking forward to A*s-throw byond. (reminds me of PS3 ads, PLAY B3YOND)

i want to ask, my new house already split out the video from old astro decoder output to 5 lcd ( 1 room 1 lcd.. ) by connect s-video and RCA audio cable. if i get the b.yond can make it connect them back on?

i no understand recently .. got the picture to make it clear??

impossible ask me change all my wall wiring to the component cable lar..
there already fix with the s-video cable connect well as using old decoder...
meanwhile i no chance to go for b.yond 

ooo, b.yond can output the screen by using hdmi and component together at the sametime??? 
and if i connect the hdmi directly to lcd got sound from tv ?? it still required to connect the amp?

Are you talking about the B.yond decoder or HDMI in general? Because I've heard from other users that they use the B.yond->Receiver->HDTV HDMI connection and they can get DD 5.1

For the record, HDMI 1.3, which is what B.yond has, can support Multichannel PCM 7.1, Dolby TrueHD 7.1 bitstream and DTS HDMA bitstream. So logically, it supports DD and DTS bitstreams as well.
For longer splits, you need to convert the HDMI signal to CAT5 cabling and then back again.

I thought HDMI can accept any signal you throw to it? What about those DD TrueHD or DTS HDMA?

It's the accepting equipment (TV, AVR) etc that must have the capability to decode the signal that's carried by the HDMI cable. So, for the Astro Byond case, you can't set to DD 5.1 when your TV can't decode DD 5.1, thus no sound come out. Even some AVR with the HDMI connection just act as switch function but can't decode the DD5.1 signal carried by the HDMI.

i've used both proper component and those el-cheapo red white and yellow cables and i can't see any difference....but maybe that's just my poor vision

I haven't try the digital audio but is it can be used with normal coax cable or do I have to use a higher grade cable to prevent loss of digital signal ?

Sooooooooooooooooo sad
and a bit pi***d off

today Byond installer called me at 9 am
say today want to come and install
then 930 am they call and say want to come now
940 they arrived
i open the gates
then waited for like 10 minute
the 2 installer never came out of their van
Finally one of them came out and said they cant install yet
seems that astro messed up the decoder serial number form
it did not match the decoder serial number
the installer said cant be done today
office close
damn..
was so close to enjoying football in HD tonite..
Astro screwed up..AGAIN
lat wednesday, installer came to install my 2nd decoder without bringing the decoder..
luckily the nice fella came back 2 hours later at 7pm to install
N now the Byond problem
So saaaadddddddd

Is that normal when i first booted the decoder and after booting there is message: STB starting up... then the decoder is on....

Comparison to Japan's Cable 1080i to Astro's Satellite B.yond 1080i (did not manage to test JP satellites' broadcast):

Astro handles fast moving sea/water/stream flow compression much better than JP's cable provider. 1080i on JP's shows up as blocks... Byond some blocks but very miniscule.

Though JP's cable adds lots of information to their video feed, Real-time weather/forecast for local and all of Japan.... multiple languages/multiple translations... and lots of functoinal interactive stuff.

The core standards of ISDB are ISDB-S (satellite television), ISDB-T(terrestrial), ISDB-C (cable) and 2.6GHz band mobile broadcasting which are all based on MPEG-2 video and audio coding as well as the transport stream described by the MPEG-2 standard, and are capable of high definition television (HDTV). ISDB-T and ISDB-Tsb are for mobile reception in TV bands. 1seg is the name of an ISDB-T service for reception on cell phones, laptop computers and vehicles.

can I call astro b'yond tmrrw? coz use the website submition, almost 2 weeks no reply or call

Besides answer from dxjb, typing in full CAPITAL letters are rude!

That also happen with me as well..

The "mute" button also send to TV and not to B.yond box to mute the sound 

HD channel do have their static logo.

let's fill up the b.yond article in wikipedia...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_B.yond

the old method is to plug it to VCR..    (VCR got RF in and RCA out)

nope.just a period time..

like me 1 month..then 'KO'.other forumer around 4 day.
my fren never watch.depend on ur lucky.

promote maaa

less 2 week to keep their promise espn hd..plz dun delay
when watch la liga game..can imagine watch epl in HD
like in heaven..wakaka

guys how many days actually u all getting byond ??
its says 10 days (working days i presume)
now mine is aredi 11 days...how bout u guys ??
cannot wait maa...

can sue them ???

for my tv is working fine. no distortion, just nice. the 2 hd channel very nice 

its not mine anyway, my dad's 
i hope they will add hallmark , animax and axn hd channels soon.

on saturday byond installer come to my house
suddenly he checked and see the decoder serial number on the form not the same with decoder serial number he bring..
he say he cannot install on saturday la since office closed..
today also nothing..he didnt come or call
should i call astro cs n ask if he does not come tomorrow?

mine HD not full HD, currently using 1080i since 720p picture not that sharp.. do not know y..

u guys notice that on Geo HD, the 5.1 sound a bit blur with lots of noise in the back ground (like the wind blowing into the recording mic) and the narration is a bit soft?

The History & sports HD are OK though....

watched Nat Geo HD's "Inside" (Freedom of the Seas) at 9.30pm last night and ASTRO forgot to censor the f***-ing word. Was a subtitle cause the highly 'high' woman was murmuring and without the subs, we wont have a clue of what she is saying.

Was ASTRO caught napping?

Just want to gauge feedback from the community, isn't astro even allowed to blur the word, instead of snipping the whole video frame out?

Darn.. I applied through online on Sunday and yesterday, I didn't notice Astro have called me twice!! Then I immediately call their CS to tell them to call me back.. but until now, still didn't get any call.. Sigh.. My mistake.

astro byond aku ujan skit je mlm td trus xdapat..cam hampeh