Yup,new cables. I insisted since the old one was more than 10 years old already. Even the old dish was covered with mold,cannot even read the word astro. They took out the old cable,and used back the hole with the new cable.

According to Astro Byond PVR TnC, there's no contract for Byond PVR...

You can terminate it everytime you want. But make sure you give advance one month written notice to terminate the PVR service..

And they will take back your PVR and give you normal Byond.... But you need to remember, once you change to Byond, HD Fees which is RM20 per month is compulsary and you will be "tight" with one year contract with Astro....

You better call them for further clarification....

"If you wish not to use the recording functionality, you shall provide Astro with a minimum One (1) month prior written notice and Astro shall arrange for the collection of the Astro B.yond PVR and its Accessories and provide you with an Astro B.yond Box. If you fail to inform Astro, you shall continue to pay Astro for the monthly recording service fee up to the date of the collection of the Astro B.yond PVR. Please note that any existing recordings that you have made in your Astro B.yond PVR shall not be retrievable or transferable to another device. If later you choose to exchange and upgrade again to the Astro B.yond PVR, a prescribed retrieval fee and/or installation and set up charges will be payable by you to the authorized Astro installer."

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Dec 27 2010, 03:46 PM

SD on 994 I think while 110 is HD

Owhhh.. I also feel a bit weird, how come Astro can "prevent" Byond from receiving normal SD channels...
Hahaha.....
Now I know that SD is on channel 994....

Confirmed there is no contract for PVR. If you have HD subscription, you will still have to continue paying RM20 and complete the 1-yr contract using the normal B.yond Box instead of the PVR Box.

Thanks!

Wow that's very old

How did they take out the cables?Did they drill holes?

Nope. 110 for EVERYBODY! It's in SD. Pls see advert on The Star 2day...

there no in HD?

Confirm it's in SD?? But why I got proper widescreen and the PQ was superb!
HD tag also appear on my info bar....
My HTiB also show Dolby Digital instead 5-Chl Stereo....

ch 110 on byond is HD
ch 110 on normal dcdr is SD

understood/?

Ok...
Thanks for the clarification....

This post has been edited by AjkR06: Dec 27 2010, 04:37 PM

And also for byond decoder, got sd channel 994.

for old decoder - channel 110
for byond decoder - hd = channel 110 / sd = channel 994

yup I just called them..no contract...last week I called them also but the guy mentioned 24 mths contract due to 24 mths free recording service. thanks.

Phew viewing asstro is becoming too complicated !!

Guess Astro getting smarter! Like in simple comp prgming,
If B'yond decoder, then HD signals...Else SD...

1 Ch accomodating both HD & SD...
Haha! Wonders of Hi-tech...

UPDATE: Yup! Heard on Fiesta advert that it's available in BOTH HD & SD on Ch 110!!
Thumbs up to Astro for accomplishing such a feat! Or is it Astro's latest experiment?

This post has been edited by zeone: Dec 27 2010, 06:29 PM

channel 110 probably encoded in mpeg2, so that even old decoder can receive the signal

Don't be fooled by the channel's number.
It's just a channel no. & nothing to do with channel's frequency.

(Correct me if I'm wrong)

Astro Fiesta can be viewed on

for Astro Byond Subsribers : Ch 110 (HD) or Ch994 (SD)
for Astro Subscribers : Ch 110 (SD)

yes, no contract for PVR. However, we have to maintain our PVR service at RM 10.00 per month in order to retain the decoder, otherwise, they will swap our decoder to normal B.yond with RM20.00 HD fees for 1 year contract.

In other words, PVR is having a "lifetime" contract and lifetime "maintenance".

Correct me if I'm wrong!

Guys, i just istalled beyond today.
Have a question.

1- My Sharp LED tv is only detecting 1080i and 50hz, but my tv suppose to be 1080p and 100hz. Should i be worried?

if they can do like that 110 both SD and HD

why cant they make like Star Movies only in HD for B.yond and SD in... normal Astro, save a bit..