Just installed Astro HD today. Problem with HDMI connection to Panasonic Plasma, cannot get picture when selecting 720P or 1080i. 576P does display picture but distorted.

The same plasma connecting to PS3 and ACRyan Media player with HDMI without any problem. The installer can't offer any help.

Anyone of you having such problem?

Some of you posted to use Component Video for HD. I tried but it does not allow selecting "High Definition" in TV setting. Only "Standard Definition" is shown.

Please help.

Thanks

I am having the same problem as what you described but with the HDMI output. Mine is not watchable so I connect using component output which work very well. Cannot set HD with component output.

So I pay extra to watch Astro Byond Standard Definition for now. The only consolation is that the PQ on component output is better than the S video with the previous decoder.

I think your third answer is most probable cause. When updating firmware (under low res) it work fine but blank screen with normal program. My plasma is about 4 years old, so it could be not compatible with astro HDCP. I have been using it with PS3 playing Bluray without any problem.

You see, buy too early pay the price for "bleeding edge technology" loll

The PS3 only has HDMI and play 1080i on my TV (HD ready 1366 x 768) without any problem. My TV claimed to have HDCP. Waiting for Panasonic Tech to call me.

Mine just blank screen without any message. So if it is not HDCP issue, what else could it be? It works with PS3 and AC Ryan Playon HD over HDMI without issue.

This kind of problem really drive you nut, becos you don't know for sure who to blame. Is there any other way to test whether it is the HDCP issue? Anybody know which bluray title is HDCP protected, so that I can try it on my TV?

I am also connect to my TV via component cable. How to select HD settings: 576p? The HD selection is not allow without HDMI connected in my decoder.

Try using a better quality component cable, the SD will be much better. I spend RM45 for the component cable and worth every penny.

1) The SD ch PQ will be much more better with a decent component cable.

2) The astro remote volume control is only meant for analog audio out. Digital coax is for amplifier which has its own volume control.

3) you can use coax to your av amp or use HDMI to your av amp (that support such function) first and connect from av amp to the TV.

4) this is the problem with astro and hope that they will equalize the level before broadcast. Nothing we can do.

5) It is just a transponder setting. You are not changing satellite. The gain from the transponder varies. Different channel uses different transponder.

Hope that help.

The old decoder video is analog signal (s-video or composite) and your HD TV will perform the upscaling to fill the HD screen. The byond decoder via the HDMI is a digital signal already scaled to fit HD screen so the TV will not use its scaler. Usually the TV scaler processor is much more powerful than that of the decoder and yield better quality picture. Therefore, the byond decoder viewing SD via HDMI will look worst because the scaling create lots of artifacts. To me it is not quite acceptable.

Using analog signal (component) from Byond is another story. Now the TV will use its scaler to fit the HD screen and the picture will be better. Given that the component signal is better than s-video, the results will be much better than the old decoder.

So, the question of whether Byond decoder SD is bad or good depends on the connections you use.

Most TV has both component and HDMI inputs. You can connect both of them and watch SD and HD with component and HDMI respectively.

Component cable is with 3 RCA jack, Red, Blue and Green. Buy a reasonable quality one, usually cost less than RM100.