They didn't touch my wiring but some people have had wiring replaced. Depends on the condition of it. They will chcek it and let you know when they come for the install.

No way is the picture quality worse on SD with HDMI.
It is better.

I think most of you are noticing this becasue you just spent half an hour looking at an HD channel and went to SD. Naturally the difference is huge when doing this but it is still better then what it was.

Your brain is playing tricks on you.

It's not going to completely get rid of rain fade regardless of the signal level. I would only call if they didn't give you the new dish.
They would have tested the cable and advised you during install if it wasn't suitable.

that's your TV or it is deliberate effect on the show you are watching.

it's SPDIF and its digital audio, so yes it is good.
But since it's digital audio you won't be able to control the decoders volume when using it so be sure to sync the remote to the TV.
press OK and Vol up till the remote blinks twice to be able to control volume if connecting this.

are you using the digital audio connection? If so this is a normal operation of any digital audio connection. digital audio does not offer volume control. You have to control the audio on the device that is controlling the speakers ie the TV or home theater.

press ok and volume up till the remote blinks twice to sync you remote to the tvs volumne.
read the manual for codes to sync the remote to control power and input selection of your tv also.
If you are connected via hdmi you should be able to control the decoder volume. I certainly can

This post has been edited by TVSPY: Jan 7 2010, 09:36 PM

This is criminal behavour to anyone that understands aspect ratio

both HBO and HBO HD are delayed an hour for censorship, has nothing to do with encoding times. They are 2 separate channels with separate schedules, sometimes their programming is synced and sometimes they aren't.

Not true, HBO playout is from Singapore not Astro, Astro only plays anything on HBO if a movie is banned here and HBO is still showing it for other regions. Astro doesn't use tape for play out either they use servers. All internal channels go into a special editing system that delays the feed before broadcasting it allowing the censors to do anything they want.

You see the big banner above this page with Astro Byond on it?
Click it and read the FAQ
Short answer NO

Think about it. Why would you get them if you don't even subscribe to the SD version of the channel?

"No. The High-Definition channels are bundled within our existing packages." They are using an example to explain it for you. You need to be a subscriber of the package

Yeah the delay time I guess is just to be safe?

regarding your second point. True if astro is doing the play out but if they are censoring an incoming feed there is no tapes involved.

You are watching the correct TV input channel?
It's not the same as the component channel

Considering that almost all of these channels don't exist in HD I can't see how Astro will make your wish come true?

Why?

If you can use HDMI and Digital audio coax there is no need to even bother using component cables. Those calming the picture quality is better on SD are wrong and simply haven't set their TV's up correctly. The only difference I see is a slightly more saturated colour but no difference in actual picture quality.

by using component you will not get HD quality and you can only get 5.1 by using the digital audio coax. PLus now you have to change TV inputs to watch HD and SD channel. Do you really want to do that?

I think a lot of people have issues with their TV set up rather then the decoder. I know I spent quite a bit of time ensuring all my menu settings in my Sony TV and Home theater where set correctly before it worked properly for me.

I've seen the TVB stuff in HD and their production looks crap. Bad make-up and sets and poor lighting. It actually looks better seen in SD.

There are some fundemental issues with this. Perhaps I've misunderstood you?

1 why test on an SD TV?
2 the remote is programmed not the TV
3 might happen to some but it is not a universal thing. Definately doesn't happen with me.
4 I wouldn't consider 576p HD
5 pretty sure that playing with this does nothing more then tell you signal strength of the transponder. It doesn't actual boost your recieving reception. It is just a monitor.
6 it is down scaled to SD

How can you test an SDTV with HDMI cables? SDTV don't have HDMI inputs.

Regarding your other issues. I agree with point 2 and don't know what the "ceiling functions" are that you're refer to? But regarding having more access to programme more favourite channels then it allows then I disagree. The objective of this function is to highlight your Fav channels not to block out channels you don't want to see.

This post has been edited by TVSPY: Jan 12 2010, 12:41 PM

Oh right,

yeah would be nice to have that back.

Are you set to Dolby and have connected the digital audio cable to a home theather?

First thing to do is check that A/V sync of the Home Theather is not affecting the lip sync

Check that you are getting this issue on all channels. If it is only on one channel then someone has fallen asleep at astro and it is a broadcast issue.

I'm set at about 80mss