astro super efficient

27 Jan morning - register thru call astro cs
27 Jan noon - receive call to confirm subscription and t&c
29 Jan - just received call from astro installer to confirm installation 2molo
30 Jan (2molo) - i can enjoy my astro beyond and watch ESPN HD (tennis grand slam final & BPL)

congratulations to astro for super efficient service and keep the promise for ESPN HD.

long live astro....

just get my astro beyond last saturday. picture quality one words to describe, SUPERB. but the HDMI cable quite cheapo, can see sometimes the picture stop for a while. saw astro montly magazine advertise abt monster audio cable, that advertisement also list the bad features of current HDMI cable provided free by astro. i think need to upgrade the HDMI cable liao to see whether really got big different. anyway one things i can sure abt the SD picture quality after upgrade to astro beyond, the picture quality bcome bad. actually previously i not directy connect my astro to tv, i connect this way:
1. Astro to my dvd recorder using S video (with upscale 1080p features)
2. DVD recorder to my Denon AVR 2310 (with video upscale featres also) using HDMI
3. Denon AVR 2310 to my Sony X series LCD (HDMI)

picture quality not bad. but after upgrade to astro beyond, really bad the picture quality. anybody know why?? coz if transfer using HDMI, shd be picture quality much more nicer. i think must be the source problem???

anyway since upgrade to HD, i think i will avoid watching SD channel liao. coz i watch the liverpool vs bolton match in SD channel, really cannot acceptable liao. hope in near future, all the SD channel picture quality must upgrade lah...


1 things to mention, Dolby Digital can be transfer thru HDMI, no need coaxial cable. anyone here know what the new 10 HD channel that will be launch starting April?? Channel that display at the poll above?

Hi bro RAMCHYLD,

actually i already get HD picture quality, only i want to comments is that for others channel in astro (SD channel), picture quality bcome worst then using my previous decoder.

Hi Bro,

actually previously i connect my old decoder to the dvd recorder (with 1080p upscale) and then to TV using HDMI and the picture quality improve. But since change to new decoder (astro beyond) using same way, the picture quality are not the same. bcome worst for SD channel.

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Added on February 1, 2010, 11:57 amdun think monster audio cheapo, so maybe look for other brand HDMI cable

This post has been edited by cyberkoh88: Feb 1 2010, 11:57 AM

Hi Bro,

must put decoder in standby mode. me also after install beyond, upgrade my packate to include learning package in order to watch NATGEO & History HD. astro CS normally say betwee 24 hour but for my case, less than 5 minutes, already upgrade and can watch.

can the new decoder using the old satellite dish and cable to watch HD & SD channel?

coz this coming CNY, will be back to hometown in KL. my family astro still the old one. Can i just take my new decoder and plug to my family home and watch HD and SD channel?

if cannot, then cannot watch football liao this CNY. my family only subscribe WLT package only

HD channel cannot? if not mistaken, recently i read some post here stated that when astro installer goto some fella home to install astro beyond, bcoz of out of stock problem on the astro new dish, they just installed it with using old dish and cable, still can watch HD channel.

receive multiple answer for this.
1. SD channel can, HD cannot
2. must change the old dish LNB, then HD can
3. SD and HD can without doing anything

so which answer is correct?

actually i also want to try only need to go back to KL..me working in JB mah...anyway will let u all know when i go back hometown this cny...i think logical shd be answer no 2....

hi bro neb,

ic.... thanks for yr information..so based on that, shd be 3 lah...anyway thanks for all brothers here discussing this issue...

anyone can clarify which brother is rite, bro neb or bro zonan4?

ok regarding whether can use new astro decoder to plug it to old dish and cable to watch SD dan HD channel, will let all you know in 3 weeks time (after CNY).

yesterday i change my setting to use #18 satellite...signal strength only 244, too bad. anyway still better that original setting, only manage 217..better picture??? i dun think so..whether can watch astro at bad weather, dunno yet coz JB town nowadays shinning all the way

if u watch sport channel more than learning or movie channel, then set at 720p, else 1080i

me also not here to defend astro or what. just mine opinion. as u all know, astro installer are all over the states and surely new set of decoder need to distribute first to the astro installer, not based on order. some states must have high demand, some might not and this demand really sometimes cannot predict. surely u cannot ask other installer to cross state to install for u first rite. if u are doing business like astro, sure u wont do that. Pls think rasionally. regarding the matter when got 1 subscriber where information not fill in correctly and astro take more than 10 days to correct it, this one astro need to improve their services. just to share my opinion here, not to disrespect any brudder here...1 Malaysia

fyi,

1. New byond smart card are tie to yr decoder, u cannot use yr smart card in other byond decoder or old decoder.
2. can use new beyond smart card plus decoder and connect it using old satellite dish (60), mean if yr frens or yr parent hse still using old decoder, u can just bring back the new byond decoder + smart card and plug it into it (can view both SD and HD channel)
3. Old smart card can be slot into byond decoder but only can use normal video cable only to view the picture. If u use HDMI cable, no picture. i also dunno why. maybe got any brother enlighten on this issue (or need to do additional setting)
4. If u live on condominium that using centralized dish, u still can use new byond smart card + decoder and plug into it. (Only can view SD channel only, HD channel cannot, need to wait for yr condo management to upgrade the dish)

all the scenario above tested.

yeap already back to JB last Wednesday....waiting Chelsea to slaught Jose Maurinho's Inter kau kau thursday morning on ESPN HD

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Added on February 23, 2010, 5:37 pmyeap already back to JB last Wednesday....waiting Chelsea to slaught Jose Maurinho's Inter kau kau thursday morning on ESPN HD

This post has been edited by cyberkoh88: Feb 23 2010, 05:37 PM

wah got 3 HD channel for learning package..sure all beyond customer add this package...worth it mah...i feel Astro shd add AXN HD first so can target for those subscribe the cheapest package. if not, what the reason for those customer to subscribe HDleh...hopefully 2 of the confirm subscriber to AXN HD in South East Asia to be launch in May is Astro...