Not... I "bought" it from Astro....
exchange it with my previous Byond...
According to the installer who came to my house (the same installer who installed my Byond six months ago)..,
I'm the first who owned B.yond PVR at my district....

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 19 2010, 06:38 PM

Yes, you're right.
But, with PVR, you can record one channel while watching other channel.
Or record two channels simultaneously but you will stuck with one channel that you're currently record.
I don't think that you can fill up 500GB space on B.yond PVR so quickly...
I have recorded about 30 programs on my B.yond PVR, mostly in SD.., and 5 in HD if i' not mistaken.., but I still have about 200 hours free recording space....

For record failure i still not face it, but record failure due to conflict i have....
it's because I record 2 channels simultaneously, but suddenly wanna change to other channels...

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Added on June 20, 2010, 1:21 pmfor the time being, we still cannot connect any ext HDD to B.yond PVR.
Maybe sometimes, after they do firmware update....

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 20 2010, 01:21 PM

how about user who are still stick to normal SD Astro DMS??
sure they will "mengamuk" you know....

For sure, it will be so slow transition in Malaysia....
Now already mid-2010, but still no news regarding digital TV... if i'm not mistaken, at 2015, govt. target that all analogue TV transmitter in Malaysia will be closed down and move to digital transmission like what USA does on 12th June last year...
But now, only RTM already simulcast their tv channel both in digital and analog... How about media prima? I heard from "reliable" sources, they now are testing transmitting TV3 in DMB-T/H around Petaling Jaya... it was transmitted from their HQ, Sri pentas...

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 20 2010, 10:49 PM

That's why they should standardized all of Malaysia digital teresterial broadcasting to DVB-T...
If i'm not mistaken, our govt. chose DVB-T as our broadcast medium....
or maybe TV3 just doing the test on different medium, DVB-T, DMB-T/H or maybe ISDB from Japan...

Astro actually acquired TV3 from Measat satellite. So, it is alrwady Digital. Maybe Astro compressed TV3 stream too much and what can I said, TV3 is one of the most channels that have low PQ on Astro... Last year, I saw suddenly TV3 become jerky and picture become pixellite and it shows an information bar : MLK TV DIGITAL - Measat - Service not available. It only appeared for about 3-5 seconds, and TV3 became normal again...

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 20 2010, 11:22 PM

Installation will take about 40-60 minutes. For my case, it only takes about 40 minutes including activation of smart card...
Activation of smart card was so fast, it only takes about 5 minutes after installer called astro CS...
Installer just need to change the LNB and lying another cable to your house...

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 21 2010, 11:31 AM

It's optional you know...
you are not "force" to change it...

experience like never before...
That's the difference between HD and SD....
and your eyes now surely has been trained to watch in HD....

B.yond PVR was totally different from MAX
It was far more stable and easier to operate than Max...

It's optional... if u don't want take HD package, you will not be charged RM20 per month
And may I know your current decoder now? It's that Max or Byond?

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 22 2010, 07:25 PM

I think, we can't trust all of what CSR person said...

It's already happened to me... when I asked them, can I do slow motion play with B.yond PVR? ,

He said that I can't do slow motion with B.yond PVR, and he even add some more, with PVR, I only can record and watch back the program that I have recorded

I think they also donno what function available on PVR.., or maybe they don't have time to explore it...

But when I asked here in LYN, suddenly someone said that I can do slow motion with PVR, and he also teach me how to do it....

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 23 2010, 07:51 PM

I think, this is for normal astro decoder.
For B.yond, regardless HD or HD PVR one, you need to press Back Button on the remote to hide the WC Red Button features.

HDMI will only turn on by Astro when u subscribe to HD services...
Astro can control it, enable or disable it...

yes, that's really "silly" actually, but I think, Astro need to pay "royalty" to integrate HDCP to their decoder....

I read at Astro FB, they will also cease TVB8 from their channel line-up this month.. It's that true? But when I tune to TVB8 just now, it's still available...

http://www.facebook.com/#!/Astro?flyin...hettimonster=ts

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Added on June 24, 2010, 7:51 pmI only watch Astro Wah Lai Toi on Dynasty package... TVB Drama at 8PM and Off Pedder at 9PM

Other channels seems don't interested to me plus astro did not provide any English/Malay subtitles at all....

cannot understand it...

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 24 2010, 07:51 PM

he also seems so "berlagak" you know...
just wanna show off that he was the first batch of astro subscriber (the time when Astro DMS was RM1600 something)
He openly show his astro account number at Astro FB... 0800******

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 24 2010, 10:13 PM

Change the modulation from DVB-S to DVB-S2 and change the compression method from MPEG 2 to MPEG 4 .

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Added on June 25, 2010, 8:28 ambut why Astro disable HDMI output when the subscribers did not subscribe to HD services ?
since you said it just one time payment and very small amount....

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Jun 25 2010, 08:28 AM