astro people are too lazy-a lack of desire to expend effort

haha..maybe they got their own reason abt this....who want to rugi in business?

And could Astro claim the promise to put 3 more HD channel by next month?

Asian game's standard is much higher yet we're stuck with SD broadcast.. how ironic

And could Astro claim the promise to put 3 more HD channel by next month?

maybe bcoz of that we didn't receive any HD Asian Games!!!possible rite!

yes that's how ironic Astro was.. not the game broadcaster itself

Hi all,

I have a few questions that I think many of the HD veteran here should be able to answer:

1) Does all B.yond box customers currently watching the movies (either SD or HD channels) that were encoded with MPEG-4 AVC...?

2) I can't find information about my satellite signal strength within B.yond Settings menu, do they even have the information exist...?

Thank you in advance...

1. Only HD Channels are encoded with MPEG4 compression... SD channels are still stuck with older MPEG2 standard.. The standard that Astro used since their launch on 1996...

2. You can find the information regarding your signal strength by pressing

HOME-->
SETTINGS -->
INSTALLATION SETTINGS -->
ENTER THE DEFAULT PIN WHICH IS "0000" (Four times zero) -->
SATELLITE SETTINGS (don't bother to change any entry there) -->
PRESS OK --> CHOOSE ENTRY 18 (or u can try all of 18 entry available) -->
Now, you can see your signal strength and signal quality. If u use Byond PVR which has 2 tuners, it will shows four signal bar... Normal Byond will only shows 2 vertical signal bar...

OIC.... OIC.... wow.... many thanks for the information...

The reason I asked question (1) is because last time (old Nokia DMT) I saw a lot of bad or low bit-rate encoded scene in many of the movies.
I can clearly see a lot of compression artifacts like square blocks in fast moving or complex scene, for example: the moving water of swimming pool...
But I didn't notice it since switched to B.yond... maybe I haven't seen it happen yet......

For the satellite signal strength, I never thought I can still press [OK] from that screen... Thanks!

The setup was default to using "7 MEASAT 3(VL)" and I am too chicken to choose other number after it pop up a warning message....

But it is just hard for me to believe the reading....

Both Signal Strength and Signal Quality bar are full!
Signal Level: 255
BER: 0.0E-7 <---- I don't know what is this...
My previous Nokia DMT only got 72% signal strength, how can it be "full bar"now?
Maybe it only can display full bar?

BER= bit error rate, it is digital signal, so zero is good for you

This post has been edited by neb: Nov 15 2010, 11:44 PM

Rugi?? astro takkan rugi, if just to apply close caption to their programme. They still got a huge profit every year

My signal strength only 160 - 170. is this normal ?

Not sure which one are normal, but I got 179-180.

As long as you can watch the programs without interruption, then it's normal..Ha ha

Yes, I agreed...

Is it possible to connect B.yond > HD PVR without HDFury?

HDFury, new term for me...sifu, teach me!!

What are the 3 new channels they want to have?

no clues abt the new 3 channel...maybe got maybe not!!