Does it still work under the rain condition? I wonder this could encourage myself to get one..

Thats right too, so then maybe complete HD could be just rumours !

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Added on January 26, 2010, 11:57 amThe answer is NO Asstro is NOT weather Proof

This post has been edited by smileguy: Jan 26 2010, 11:57 AM

its on heavy rain rite...if the rain oni a bit, should be no problem la i think

That's something worrying mate..

i'm still waiting for record capability....

record capability is in the future use...and dunno when it is...the system oso dunno...have to pay or not...

thanks bro..

that's quite a pain in the arse ain't it?
wonder why doesn't Astro have a simpler way of just doing things... register and straight away get it...

Like I said a dozen times before, If you think about it, it's just not practical to upscale SD to HD. Upscale HD means more bandwidth only on Astro's side and the picture may be no better than the decoder's own built-in upscaler. Couple that with the fact that there's no more than 2 dozen HD channels available in Asia region. Converting to DVB-S2 and H264 completely but maintaining current resolution, on the other hand, does have advantage of reducing bandwidth while improving PQ tremendously, meaning Astro can offer more channels and sharper picture because bandwidth reduce.

US sat providers like Dish and DirecTV charge customers for that function. Hope Astro doesn't.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 26 2010, 12:12 PM

It does not need to be raining at a location for it to be affected by rain, as the signal may pass through precipitation many miles away, as the dish has a look angle.

Called Astro to enquire ESPN HD, she said by Jan,i said less than a week? she laughed & said, yes. Hope she tells the truth. Keep our fingers cross.

I heard from the installer that install my B.yond. May need to purchase the so call "Recording Kit" and not simply plug in the USB hard disk.

Yeah, hope so. Provided the decoder hardware has the capability to record & current astro max doesn't need to pay additional monthly fee, just need to update the firmware only. But we might not be able to record while watching other channel.

currently using astro max, actually i don't bother with the recording function but my wife love it, so have to wait byond with record function...

It probably worth recording if the contents are in HD. But SD does the magics sometimes..

where oh where is ESPN HD? They can swap supersport HD with ESPN HD anytime, in my opinion!

Does ESPD HD transmitted to Singapore too?

http://mio.singtel.com/miotv/channels-on-demand_channels.asp
http://www.starhub.com/tv/moreforyourtv/hd...ml#tabcontrol-2

MioTV:
- HD5
- Li
- We TV
- Sundance

Starhub:
- HD5
- Nat Geo HD
- Discovery HD
- History HD
- Sports HD
- ASN HD (the channel Astro Supersports HD is leaching off 99% of the time)
- HBO HD

Hmmm, looks like Singapore has no ESPN HD after all... Does this channel really exist or did Astro pull the name out of thin air?

Also, where's AXN HD?

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Jan 26 2010, 01:54 PM

Lets not cast too many expectations on ESPN HD it may not be as expected just Wait N See ! Astro assured ESPN HD but remember the schedule could be a surprise or could be a dissappointment. I guess the schedule terms is causing the delay .As it is we have Asian versions and now even malaysian versions so hold on please !

AXN HD now in Portogal only. For now.

This post has been edited by Qash-M: Jan 26 2010, 01:58 PM

Please note that Astro supersport HD is only showing selected matches from ASN and is Off air most of the time