Dont think its too late for me to congratulate u on Brighton's promotion to the Championship next season..hey..i even saw them on Sky News today!!! Comical goal u got though..

But people..we have to be careful for what we wish for..when we start crying out loud in anger for another provider to carry sports such as football and EPL, u should have a proper and strategic plan that benefits the consumer..what most people dont realise is that competition for astro and their exclusive rights could burden the consumer even more..

I have said this time and time again an Im sure most of u already have heard this before..but having two providers could make u pay double for what u want..again I take Singapore for example..they have 2 providers and in recent years, the rights for the EPL have changed hands on numerous occasions..and look what has happened now..u pay one provider for the EPL and u pay another provider for other football leagues and also sports..football fans would hate this..u pay Astro to watch EPL then u also need to pay TM to watch Champions League..

n im not only talking about sports..other examples are already happening now in Malaysia between Astro and TM..some people pay Astro for a content or channel they like there but they also pay TM for something they like there..and how much would that cost u? So do u really think 2 providers is the ultimate answer? Hell no..

People here blame Astro for having exclusive rights to this and that..at the same time people are saying TM should do this and that so that Astro will go bankrupt..how certain are u that TM wont do the monopoly business like Astro are doing once they acquire exclusive rights..? How certain are u those rights acquired wont lead to a price increase..?

My point is, with these 2 business empires and money sucking moguls at play with the gov backing, there is no guarantee that we the consumer will be the beneficiary of having 2 providers and so on..the only thing that could start the wind of change is for the 2 providers to have the same content and rights..and then its up to them to fix the best price that can outdo their rivals..this way, its up to the consumers to pick which provider gives u the best content, package and price without having to worry about the content the other provider has..this would also stop the need for consumers to pay for two providers for content they wish to see..

will this happen? Not likely unless someone from the government actually 'fights' for the 'rights' of the rakyat..until then, we will continue to bow down to both TM and Astro's business masterplan..

of course..because u still have the normal Byond decoder..but if the astro installer already come and installed the PVR decoder and still cannot use the functions, call them to activate it..

and Im sure u have to pay RM300 rite for the new PVRdecoder..?

just upgraded to astro byond. but the installer told me to not to unplug the power cable of the decoder. he said, if i unplug it, the decoder will have problem to receive signal and have to wait 1 day for the CS to calibrate the signal. huh? what happen if the decoder got lightning (kilat/ sambar petir)?

Did you experience any issue when you power on your B.yond PVR? No
Astro installer also told me not to power off the B.yond PVR. Ignore him

Anyone know what is the reason not to power off the B.yond PVR? There isn't one

It possible if NTV7 is a satellite channel but imposibble if it is a FTA channel

Hi all,

For those who had the dilemma of connecting Astro B.yond's coaxial digital out to their receiver that only support optical (Toslink), like I had before...
Just purchase this little device that will convert from coaxial to optical, so no more headache whether to change your receiver. 

Coaxial to Optical Digital Audio Converter


This device even come with DC adapter (support 110~240V AC).
It worked as advertised, but you will need a Toslink cable and a Coaxial cable to connect it. 

EDIT: I bought this from Amazon, I don't know if I am allowed to add the link here.
But for those who are interest, just do a search at Amazon.
I bought it for USD17.81

Opps... you also need a US -> UK plug converter... 

How old is your cable? When you first getting Byond set your cable should be changed to new one.

Thanks for the info..and thank God Astro picked 833 as the number instead of ch830..would have been stupid to have ASSP HD on ch831 and ASSP HD on ch830..