Seems the so-called upgrade isn't really - or as far as what is immediately obvious. They may have fixed some problems which we cannot see, but what we can is... no more stretch mode.

I think we just want the option to be available and let us choose which mode.



please send this link to Astro byond contact http://astro.com.my/byond/contactus.asp

This post has been edited by SiriuslyCold: Mar 11 2010, 02:04 PM

I would like to see fat people rather than part of people's head chopped off

Fat people ! Go Fat People ! Support !!!

Agreed. Better see a fat Rooney than headless Rooney

My choice is none of above
I like zoom with retain aspect ratio, but not until full screen. Still have pillar box, but I can control which area to crop. It will be great if byond can set to 10%, 20% - 100% zoom.

As a purist I'm a pillar box man myself. I get to see the whole picture as the producer intended me to see it. I get to see a normal Rooney, which is better then fat or headless.
I don't even notice the black bars.

Bro, so how is Astro reacting to the feedbacks? Any insider info?

haha, I'll just say they are reacting. Your comments are being heard.

Mate,
Do me a favour, just a little experiment.

Watch your channels in pillar box (no matter how much it pains you) for a day or 2 and then switch back to stretch (over component if you can't do it via your TV's settings). Then let me know your reaction to watching stretch after having trained your eye to view pillar box. I think you'll become a purist (my wife calls it being anal) like me.

The reason i want it stretched is because i'm watching byond using my plasma and i don't want to have burnt marks caused by the pillarboxing.. and zoomed cut off too much of the video feeds.. and i'm on plasma so the ppl doesn't really get too overweight

And again.. I WANT MY STRETCH OPTION BACK!!!!

Ahaha. I doubt I can stand it. But ok, will try tonight.

i with Justin on this one... i dont pay ASTRO to watch distorted pictures.. dont mind the visual effect of smaller picture in pillarbox either as my 37" LCD already felt too big in term of comfortable watching distance for my small apartment.

i jump straight from CRT to B.yond and already used to thin Rooney. He really doesnt need to be any fatter..

Is this software upgrade done automatically or you can decide whether to install it or not?

That's the point. We PAY. So we should be given the options to choose according to individual preferences.

Agree with you. Full zoom to convert 4:3 to 16:9 will lose too much video resolution. I like the smart stretch mode or panoramic mode in some flat TV models that minimize the cutting off of the top and bottom part of the video, while achieving a pretty good 16:9 output.

+1.
Why la can't asstro get it right!

No way for the zoom option, subtitles are being cut off!!!

I think the point we're trying to make is that we want the option to be available, whether we're purists and ok with black bars, whether we're ok with fatter Rooney or even if we're ok with headless - and defeeted - chickens

what if the update had taken away the pillarbox option?

if the choice is either stretch or zoom, i will just bring out my old 29" CRT from the store and use that to watch SD channels.

to think about it the other way around, maybe ASTRO dont have a choice in this matter. Maybe its a precondition in HD bussiness that producers have the right for their product to be shown in the way they originally produced....

i will call the CS when i reach home tonight,,

Is this what i get for a price of RM130 every month?

Yeah u maybe right about HD channel. But I think we here discuss about SD channels.
Stretch or zoom option right now dont give any problem to HD channels.

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Added on March 11, 2010, 4:38 pmYeah ur right. Just give us all the option and we decide.

This post has been edited by minimize: Mar 11 2010, 04:38 PM