Like imunity or something like that...

hrm.. i recall astro also did set foot in india, perhaps tata sky is astro's india services, of course with diff name but shares the similar gui etc... cheaper that way instead of hiring new bunch of ppl to setup another diff decoder n programming stuff... even that espn hd logo was the same as we had previously over here before switching to sg feed

That make sense...

check this sh*t!!! 150Mbps for that channel????, fashion one fullhd + 3d, direct broadcast from hong kong to measat 3....

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Added on October 24, 2010, 11:04 pmcheck here too: http://www.dxsatcs.com/category/video-sect...5-e-measat-3/3a

play those celestial movies clip, the one with joey yung.... its 10Mbps for that channel... wow... its really good lol, highest bitrate of dvd specs... if its widescreen, it will be perfect lol

This post has been edited by kaspersky-fan: Oct 24 2010, 11:04 PM

Look at bitrate at audio instead...

i know its kinda pathetic for the audio, but my usual concern would always be the pic quality =P and this one is crazy... 150Mbps.... can split to 5 channels of 30Mbps or 10 channels of 15 Mbps... =o

30 Mbps for one channel? If current 12 HD channel get THAT quality, sure is MINDBLOWING...



Like that.

This post has been edited by Qash-M: Oct 24 2010, 11:18 PM

Recently, I find that my info bar has moved to the middle of the screen when I press the OK key instead of the normal position at the bottom. The actual video itself is unaffected. And when I press Menu, the picture occupies only the top half of the screen. This is on my LCD thru the HDMI connection.

The parallel picture from the RCA out to my other TV does not have that problem.

Anyone else experiencing that?

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Added on October 25, 2010, 1:02 amNvm, rebooted, now it's back to normal...

This post has been edited by kkm: Oct 25 2010, 01:02 AM

yeah..i have experienced it more than once before..just switch the power off and then turn on again,,it will be fine

there's no scaler in the byond box is there?

I've checked the numbers and 150Mbps is not right.

Say a 70-minute episode of Band of Brothers. 70 minutes x 60 seconds = 4200 seconds. For that episode to utilize a 150Mbps bandwidth, it will total up to 630GB full of HDD space. A 630GB for a 70-minute episode is indeed possible BUT that amount of data is achieved when you're using UNCOMPRESSED video.

If you take a look at the image, you'll see that the video is compressed with H264. Not only that, it is INTERLACED video. So "150,000" is not 150 Mbps. Maybe it's just 15 Mbps.

DVD bandwidth are just that. You can't compare that to HD's H264.

See above.


fuad

Tehe... Then again, what's the QUALITY of NHK World TV with only 3.5 Mbps then our HD channel feed?

This post has been edited by Qash-M: Oct 25 2010, 08:40 AM

Hey fuad, at first I also feel that 150,000 isnt 150Mbps, but if you browse through that site, they have more sample screencaps of different channels. Those normal SD channels are 4,xxx.

As for the DVD bandwidth feedback, I think you got confused with what I'm trying to say. What I want to mention is the channel Celestial movies, the broadcast stats were around 10Mbps, which is already the maximum specs of a DVD bandwidth. I did not compare anything on this channel with HD's bandwidth.

I wished someone had compiled bitrate comparison of B.yond all 12 HD channel...

I can understand that screencaps is some form of truth. But to do 150 Mbps for a H264 file is completely unnecessary. Basically the channel is giving you an uncompressed DigiHD master tape content (the audio is not master audio). Imagine you recording it. You wouldn't want to keep it. Lastly, satellite bandwidth is limited. Giving 150 Mbps for one channel is completely wasteful - it's wasteful to uplink, it's wasteful to re-transmit and it's wasteful to downlink.


fuad

yup, my thoughts exactly, if look at some sd channels, their bitrate is 30Mbps =__=

hai all..noob here with astro beyond.
wanna ask if anybody here pasang the splitter for 1 astro beyond but 2 television?
i have been used a splitter before at my old astro so now im trying to do it with my astro beyond.is it possible?
will it effect the pic or sound or the hd channel?

anyone, help?thanks

That depend.

This is Astro respond to my enquiry to AOD broadcast in HD.

CARE/049931/10

Dear Mr WongSF

We refer to your email below with regard to Astro services.

In response to your request, please be informed that currently we are not broadcasting the Astro On Demand (AOD) programme in HD. Should there be any updates we will notify our customers and members of the public accordingly via our website, on air promotions and major newspapers.

Should you have further enquiries in any other aspects, please contact our Contact Centre at 1300-82-3838 which is operational from 8.00 am to 12.00 midnight daily or email us at wecare@astro.com.my.

We appreciate the opportunity to be of service to you.

Yours sincerely

Sarah Camillia Jasman Thomson

Associate

Correspondence and Operations

Customer Service Division



[As if I don't know AOD is not broadcast in HD, reply like no reply.]

This post has been edited by wongsf: Oct 25 2010, 05:27 PM

hello, when is the WWE free???
is it 29TH oct???