Oh, i see. Can't wait to see Discovery HD World promo.

hihi, wanna ask usually how long does it take for the installer to come install the new dish and decoder after subscription for a. beyond....

10 working days?

hihi, wanna ask usually how long does it take for the installer to come install the new dish and decoder after subscription for a. beyond....

hihi, wanna ask usually how long does it take for the installer to come install the new dish and decoder after subscription for a. beyond....

Astro: Price hike only for premium content

KUALA LUMPUR: Not all Astro subscribers would have to pay higher charges as a result of the price revision, which begins on July 11, its chief operating officer, Henry Tan, said.

Instead, he said, the new charges would also allow a group of its customers to enjoy savings while the prices for others would remain unchanged.

Tan said it was customers who subscribed to premium content, such as sports, who would have to pay more.


"The revision is inevitable. For premium content like sports, in particular, the cost increase can go up to 300 per cent with every renewal (each new season).

"It is unfortunate that some quarters only highlight the increase but fail to mention there are at least 25 per cent of our customers whose charges remain unaffected and another group that actually enjoys savings."

Tan was responding to a call by the Malaysian Islamic Consumers Association (PPIM) to boycott the satellite television operator for putting profit ahead of its customers.


He said Astro's content cost had increased from RM760,000 in 2007 to RM1.3b this year.

"That is a hefty increase," he said after the launch of Stadium Astro's Live It. Live, which brings subscribers live broadcasts of all 26 matches in the 2011 Copa America from Saturday to July 25.

He added that customers who did not want to pay for content could still use Astro services to watch free-to-air channels.


"For RM37.95, customers get access to 38 channels, which is about RM1.30 per day. How is that not good value?

"We are offering the customers a choice. We offer 18 packages to cater for all budgets."

Tan said Astro had rationalised the price increase with its regulators and had been open about its expenses.

"Like any business, when the cost goes up, we have to find a way of passing it on. Then, it might end up in some kind of increase."

On Monday, PPIM advisory council chairman Tunku Azwil Tunku Abdul Razak questioned Astro's move in revising it prices, claiming that up to three million customers supported the boycott.

He said the association would appeal to the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry and Information, Communications and Culture Ministry to protect consumers' rights.

Meanwhile, Astro sports business head Lee Choong Khay said Live It. Live would, for the first time, bring all 26 matches to Malaysians in high-definition and a viewership exceeding 50 per cent of that for the English league was expected.

"We're expecting a fairly good viewership because it is the football season and most of the league football has stopped. This is the only big football event in July."

There is  a bit of nuisance with it Bro. Here is my experience.I tried the splitter  one in two out. My hall Tv is linked to HTS while  the room is on its own. Watching both video together no problem. When u adjust ur room TV volume the HTS to increases ! The room tv no sound until u off the HTS,Its just too complicated.Each time u hv to off here and there.Then when u off ,comes the problem of resetting stereo or 5.1 sound on your beyond for room tv to get sound. All I wish they just had a F...... switch  to enable  one or both the TVs,so think before u get one,I lost almost  RM400,incl. a 10m HDMI cable !End of the day its back as usual with the faithfull composite cables!!   Maybe some seniors here do hv  a solution for this.

what do they mean by Live It.Live? New football channel or jsut a new brand? I thought it mean ASSP HD 2?

Lesson learned... thanks smileguy... 
I think that is another kind that uses wireless transmitter, maybe it is better, but sure will cost a lot more... 

Wireless is abt 1000K but I  cannot get the assurance that 2 tvs wl work independantly i.e when one is adjusted the other Tv will NOT follow suit.I just wish for a switch to on and off signals accordingly, lets wait for some help here !

Should be 1K 

So, expect 2, maybe 3 HD channel + ch.188 for Imam Muda final in HD for tomorrow?

2. if we put the decoder into a standby mode, is it able to record scheduled program automatically?

Aditya that always repeat 24h to much