Wait a minute...HBO HD was a channel that's showing movies rite? And all movies are suppose to be in 1:85 or 2.39:1 aspect ratios rite(i don't remember any original movies showing in 4:3 aspect ratio, even in cinema).

How come they are using those 4:3(which they crop it so that it fits into our 4:3 tvs in SD) version of the movie and play it back in the HD channel???

Felt like being cheated.

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Added on February 3, 2010, 1:06 amOk, for those people who are watching Astro SD and complaining about the lousy PQ going through the HDMI cable.

Go to your installation settings, and change your HD Settings to either 576i or 576p.

Sit back and enjoy the instant improvement in PQ for SD channels in Astro     

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Added on February 3, 2010, 1:24 amOMG! I can't hide my excitement...I never thought Astro can looked so good in SD using plasma.

I can even turn of Noise Reduction and see the picture with excellent clarity!

Anyone of you tested it yet? Please give some comments after doing it. 

huh.. if they upscale all the SD channel to 1080i, then wonder if Astro will have sufficient bandwidth for their broadcast.

My decoder has been on ON mode from 11.30, i dont see any firmware update. Can you confirm?

why my other channels got problem ? now its like super bloated/zoomed in.
normally now i put it in pillar mode or else I loose some of the screen/details,
isit normal for everyone ?

HD channels seems to be ok .

UPDATING NW!!

me.. still using 1.0... need to update or not? worth updating or not? ihihih

anyone can check the Stretch screen function come back already?

mean can working normally already ? solve our problem already ar?