Installer Called for appointment at noon tomorrow. Cant wait.

Location Kuching, Sarawak. Nice chap.

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edmundq - kuching, sarawak.

got my b.yond installed. Cant watch yet cause ASTRO service centre too busy, and installer cannot get through to activate. he told me a couple of things:

the black dish are for those who need 2 LNB's, 2 seperate decoders. he installed a new 'white' dish and i got a signal of 215. Have i been told right on this?

All ASTRO smartcards will be paired to their decoders, so no more swapping. New and Old, HD and SD.

Got screwed by my previous installer. thinking of complaining to ASTRO about it.He wired the ODU to the 'low quality' concealed wire for simple antennae. So my signal for the old system was about 45 only. He says can use, no problem. Didnt check cause not activated for a few hours, and my 1st ASTRO, so know nothing.

my installer had a list of things he needed to take back. took all, cable, dish, decoder, smartcard. didnt take the AV cable though. it might come in handy in future.

mine not activated yet. installer didn't call me back inform about activation. ASTRO call centre swamped with calls to activate.

It was the old system. 45 / 100max. He said it is ok to use the concealed. I did not know anything then, so i assume he knows what he is doing. I'll write a complaint and see what ASTRO's response is.

I dont need slightest rain. Good cloud cover, i'll loose reception on some channels.

with b.yond, things are looking good for me.

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Added on January 7, 2010, 11:37 amMy installer is Mr. Bong. Nice chap.

Did the activation as soon as he could. I called him to check and it was already done by 3pm. ASTRO sucks, they did not upgrade their call centre to handle the amount of orders. you cannot activate it, must be done by installer, cause need to key in installer ID, smartcard no and decoder no into the system for activation.

I am the only 1 in my row of houses who have new dish, its slightly darker grey. I'll try post it tonight for your info.


This post has been edited by edmundq: Jan 7 2010, 11:39 AM

During heavy rain in kuching, on no.1 setting, signal strength 185 quality is 0. On no.18 strength 185, quality is 100%. All sd channels can watch. HD channels on and off. But much improved from old system.

Another Survey in the Making: 720p or 1080i?

for me: 720p.

I feel pictures not so jumpy. I felt a bit dizzy watching 1080i esp football. Maybe its my tv. do not have 100hz or true motion or those gimmicks.

what you all think?

This post has been edited by edmundq: Jan 8 2010, 08:55 AM

i feel that the 1080i needs to be de-interlaced, and the process creates the 'jumpiness'.

expert opinions??

its not because of my sharp eyes. you are using Plasma, I'm using LCD. yours is better at moving images. LCD not so good. prefers progressive scan.

ok ok, need to modify survey

720p or 1080i on LCD or Plasma.

No con, i got that mid last year, they only call chinese customers for that deal.

yes, they only charge you RM25, instead of usual 54.95.

but when u cancel after 2months, you pay RM10 for cancellation fee.

and of course you want to finish that drama before cancellation, so the days and weeks after the 2months is pro-rated using the full rate. so they dont actually loose out a lot.

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?