Unbelievable. Simply unbelievable.

Better make this thread last 7000 posts then.


fuad

Your petition plays into Astro's hand. They want to change to MPEG-4 - and get people to subscribe to the HD channels - but they are just waiting for the numbers to make sense before doing it nationwide. Stock availability, installation and customer support training must be there before they can migrate everyone to MPEG-4.

The reason you're playing into their hand is that the petition doesn't give the customer any benefit. Simply migrating to MPEG-4 doesn't guarantee quality. Unfortunately you do have to get technical to explain the reason for the migration. IF Astro uses the same bitrate for SD channel transmission AND uses MPEG-4 codec, the quality of the SD channels increases two-fold.

EDIT: You did mention the bitrate on your petition. What is the current bitrate for MPEG-2 SD channels?


fuad

This post has been edited by writesimply: Nov 9 2010, 12:50 AM

I wouldn't want MTVN HD if it's like MTV but in HD. MTV has been annoying for two decades.

I would want Palladia which features music performances and some (mostly upconverted) music videos in HD.


fuad

That's fairly normal as some scenes do require low-frequency humming to simulate the state of "being there". Star Trek TNG and subsequent TV series (and films) always have a constant hum whenever they are on the Enterprise.

Maybe the DVDs/BDs you got is not mastered properly.
He said Thai TV dramas, not films.

BTW, Sony said that by 2012 half of their new HDTVs will be 3D sets. I bet others are betting the same. The fact that we still have Speedy selling legitimate VCDs is showing how far we've not come to being up-to-date.


fuad

What little I've seen of IPTV's in Malaysia suggests that it's for people who like SD and HD-lite - or can't tell the difference.

Astro's strength is not IPTV or the potential of IPTV. It's the exclusive broadcast rights and the wide area in which it can operate. I've said it before in my dissection of YTL's plan for Yes IPTV. It can only work when you have enough signal repeaters on the ground; otherwise it can only cover high population areas only.

As far as the LAN port is concerned, I wished that Astro would allow the transferring of the recorded programs to the home network. But hell would have to freeze first before that happens.


fuad