guys looks like Astro has put up 9 TEST channels today hope got HD channels coming !!!

check list of channels

Lets not forget RTM is supposed to go HD this year get ready for another thread RTM HD !

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 5 2010, 06:46 AM

Bro I dont think RTM HD is Free, When HD, RTM got standard oredi cannot free decorder also NOT FREE !!

Please ,I hope the dont come up with tuners now. As it is most of us bought HD ready sets 7 yrs ago with component outports and with Astro's HD all the sets are best disposed.We never used those sets cos there was no HD. We were cheated too now we know HD ready and full HD are 2 different things. As such its best they dont add digital tuners now cos many of us just upgraded our HTS and we cannot afoord another change !

as far channel shoice is concerned for Astro its take it or leave it situation. They are big so they always control channels and channel contents.The monopoly of being a sole provider helped them prosper.Arena has been shelved cos of RTM's intervention for some rights , I read somewhere.The same old story again RTM HD tak jadi, TMIPTV tak jadi MITV tak jadi but Singapore so small you have two providers there here so big but only one walks tall Indian fare is worst, at least you guys got AOD! AOD can be replaced with another super package for all at least we wl have more choices! I pay 124pm but at times I have nothing to watch !

I think they wl have it last minute cos public interest matters !

Astro always has channels which wl listen to them, BBC has standards of its own it wont bow to Astro so it went off !Kampus Astro is politics who cares what decorder they use !
I too have the same question if DETV can stream why cant TMIPTV ? Maybe some experts here can shed some light !

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 10 2010, 09:07 AM

If that claim is true half of Astro channels should have gone by now !! Granada was put in kicking out BBCE to sell Metro package with Bio !

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 10 2010, 11:27 AM

Is TM launching IPTV end of the month ? Only KL or nationwide ? :hmm:Heard or read nothing about it so far ! BTW just upgraded to 1mbps sad to say it stinks !

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 10 2010, 01:58 PM

Dont change cables it wont work .You cant change the feed, we are at their mercy we take it or leave it we have put up about 15 years now so wat the heck ! Do we have another choice ?! I bet they wld never roll back just watch bcos they are a bunch of genious people !

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 11 2010, 11:36 AM

Now see closely you guys wl discover HBO HD stinks ! Check it out closely HD is perfect for NGC. SD after zooming all Indian channels are like shit !

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 11 2010, 06:02 PM

Astro rules no such thing as roll back afterall in thier words it is done to enhance ,,,, blah ! Blah ! Take note astro is HIGH DEFINITION:furious:

Astro treats us like ediots sikit sikit they talk .... like international broadcasts standards............., this is part of satelite broadcasting..... is it only Malaysia uses satelite and is Astro the sole satelite operator in the world ?

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 12 2010, 11:13 PM

briefly said ! well said !! leave it for a while guys

No choice contract signed next month we are paying, we are at their mercy. Saw how the cunning plan works ? Only way to teach them get about 50000 to terminate sports package right away, confirmed they wld bang bbbbs Pls refer The Star on the article saying the Beyond advert shown on Tv and Cinemas is actaully Not Real !! Sillly perhaps !Or maybe made based on international standards !

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Added on March 13, 2010, 10:34 ameyond reality
WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?
By HAFIDZ MAHPAR


WHEN you watch a horror movie, sometimes you may feel like screaming to the characters: “Get the hell out of there!”

The same thought crosses my mind when I watch the Astro

B.yond TV commercial, now playing regularly on Astro and in cinemas.


A shot of the Astro B.yond commercial featuring a scene where a submarine emerges from the ground in a suburban neighbourhood.

Would you still sit in your living room reading the newspaper if you notice a growling cheetah barely a leap away?

If your son is lying on the lawn making a window with his fingers and a fire-breather blows a ball of fire at him, would he continue to lie there waiting to be barbecued?

If your two eldest daughters are playing by the pool and a Chevy Camaro, flipping through the air, nearly crash into them, would they continue giggling? Would they enjoy seeing a motorcyclist crashing through your house’s glass door before she proceeds to launch nasty-looking missiles from her state-of-the-art motorcycle?

Meanwhile, your little daughter is riding her tricycle close to the road, apparently with no one watching her.

Maybe you don’t think passing cars are a threat, but wouldn’t you be just a little worried when a submarine emerges from underground, cracks open the road right in front of your daughter and sends chunks of granite and dust flying?

When a long-necked dinosaur blows its hot breath on your whole family, would you and your loved ones stand happily on the same spot, thinking: “Hey, it’s probably just a herbivore”?

You know what I’d tell your family in that situation? RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Flee like that family from the movie Poltergeist, check into a hotel, and throw out the TV set, where all these scary things seem to emanate from.

Creating fantasy is fine, but the world of imagination created should still have some logic. However, in the B.yond ad, there is a lot of unrelated elements thrown haphazardly together ­- from goalkeeper to Native American on horseback - and the family at the centre of the madness, for the most part, does not react like a normal family would.

Contrary to what the commercial’s voice-over says, this is not real.

Any creative could come up with the hackneyed premise of having elements from TV shows appearing live in front of the viewers. We’ve seen this in movies and music videos. The trick is to transform that premise into something fresh.

A lot of hard work has clearly gone in at the post-production stage. But just like Astro’s high-definition package take-up will depend on good content being available, technical achievement alone will not make an advertisement great. The commercial has an advantage of high frequency of airing and an unusually-long running time of 2½ minutes, but it has no real emotional pull.

There was a time not so long ago when many thought traditional hand-drawn animation was passe with the huge commercial success of Pixar’s CGI animated films, but Disney’s The Princess and The Frog changed that. More than technology, it’s the content that makes a difference.

I hope this does not jump-start agencies into placing more importance on technical execution rather than on ideas.

● Associate editor Hafidz Mahpar is so backward in technology that he still uses a cassette tape recorder when conducting interviews.


This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 13 2010, 10:36 AM

Astro wld stick to pillar box cos thats the best way to hide thier poor pirated VCD video quality I wld trust them no more cos they are good at cheating and misleading the public. Wait and see very soon they wld show upscaled HD. For that they wld come with another story! Look at the sound increase between SD and HD what expaination for that ?Ask the technical team and engineers of Astro to come out for a public debate we wld send our experts there to .... them up . Dont make changes and hide behind lets talk and give your a piece of our mind

Imagining Asto's reply ......................................................We have noted that beyond subscribers have raised the issue of upscaled F1 on ESPn. Pls be advised that Asto follows strict international standards of broadcasting and upscaling content is part of satelite broadcasting.We wish to add that Asto is proud to be the first to bring upscaled F1. We wld from time to time add more upscaled HD channels.............................

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Added on March 14, 2010, 10:56 amPls cofirm its upscaled and we must make Astro say it then only we can take furteher action by reporting it. My worst irritation is the volume level when u switch from SD to HD I wonder what f... standard is Asto talking about.

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 14 2010, 11:03 AM

Start a petition right away we wl all sign and submit to MMC complaining we have been misled. Call Sin Chiew to highlight the matter I am sure they wl do it cos this is cheating. :angry:Call them for a press conference and let us hear what c... they want to talk now ....

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 14 2010, 05:05 PM

Upscaling SD to HD is a common practice from what I know but most TV stations acknowledge that they are screening upscaled content not like our friend misleading the public to fall for Beyond ! I suspected long ago except for NGC and History all the other HD channels did not carry full HD content but upscaled content instead. Very soon by upscaling they wl be full HD in the region . At last Beyond was NOT real anyway,how sad !!:(

This post has been edited by smileguy: Mar 14 2010, 05:17 PM