Want to hear a plot twist?
Analogue broadcast in central and southern region of Peninsular Malaysia is not "switched off". Turns out, it's just.....


It appears that the tasks for the person-in-charge to carry out the ASO are:
1) Wait till the channel closedown at midnight.
2) Once closedown, insert this picture of the ASO message as an image overlay and show it 24/7. (Who knows, that ASO message is just a JPEG image, but glad to see that it is nicely done in 16:9 aspect ratio  )
3) Mute the audio and leave it as it is, 24/7.

But after inserting that ASO image overlay, they "underscan" it from their side, making it able to see that they're still getting the actual channel feed meant for analogue TV channel is playing in the background.
You may not able to view the sides of the image on your TV, as your TV might overscan by default, which crops the sides of the image by 5-10%.
Not all TVs allows user to disable overscan and display 100% of the screen without any crop on all video Source, including analogue TV broadcasts.

This picture below is a simulated image of how it looks like if your TV overscans the original picture, which you can't see the very edges of the original image.


I think, the reasons they could be doing this are:
- just do this on purpose to check whether the original feed is still on or not, or for their technical reference.
- the image of the ASO message itself is not done with enough safe area, so they underscan it more on their own so that older TVs that tend to overscan more can still see the important part of the picture.
- the broadcast people just didn't notice the small little detail on the sides (seems unlikely to me, but nvm).

Btw erm if the ASO broadcast guy are seeing this post, just leave it as it is 

So, analogue switch off, but not technically "analogue switch off", but more like "no more analogue TV for you      ".
Of course, credit goes to this YouTube user, Farz Bom. I guess he must be using some TV tuner card to record the analogue TV channel.
Watch how it looks like here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcAE-FvDW4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YybsyPFsv4Q

Ironically speaking, they can like, remove the image overlay of the ASO message and ta-da~ analogue TV broadcasts is back nationwide. 😂😂😂😂😂

I just realised today that it appears that in Klang Valley, all analogue stations from Bkt Sungai Besi and KL tower has gone completely off air, No Signal at all, no more showing ASO message.

Just to ask any differences between the MyTv decoder vs other brands of decoders selling online?

Cos the Mytv one is quite expensive if compared to the rest..

Wangsa Maju Ampang and Cheras.

Problem is the videostation software is quite limited, can't even manually scan frequencies. only options available:






Maybe my area has no signal yet. haih

Anyone review the Botato decoder from Lazada? Want to know is it really certified decoder, what are the pros and cons as compare to other cheap brand?

https://www.lazada.com.my/products/sirim-mc...NhG3r7&search=1

just received this SMS despite never use any of the service nor register interest with myFreeview before, is it send out to everyone or only interested users?

it is irrelevant to me because i am not staying in Pahang and been years never watch analog TV. they just mass sending to everyone regardless he/she is a myFreeview user?

I am not at home now so I will just recall from memory. There was RTM1, RTM2, TV3, BES, and a Sports HD (unsure).

The signal strength is about 50% or less, definitely not 70-80% range.

From my experience, it is possible to receive both MUX with DIY indoor antenna at ~50% signal strength. The important thing is the signal quality has to be >80%. Of course for outdoor antenna should get >80% or even >90% signal strength with 100% signal quality. Besides using good quality RG6 cable, HDMI cable that are transmitting a 1080P signal should be kept away from the antenna cable as well as it may interfere in some cases and cause a drop in signal quality.

Anyone had same issue as mine?
During raining day, DTV display became block, and if Heavy rain, signal lost!

hi i am quite slow to update
but which tv have built-in/DVB-T2? to receive the channels?
budget around rm500-600

Hi, auto scan many times but cant get tv1 and tv2. Any guide on how to get them?

Sorry guys, just a noob question, the cable to connect the decoder with the central aerial of my condo use male2male of female2male? And also the botato decoder is good enough compared to the official myfreeview decoder? The price different is quite huge, +100 so I'm not sure if it worth to just get the botato version.

Cause I want to purchase both cable and the box together online, so can't really inspect them physically. Thanks anyway!

May I know what is the reason if the decoder show signal quality = 0 but signal strength = 90%? Cannot get the signal even I try use indoor antenna and outdoor antenna. It is possible area cannot receive the signal? I check in the myfreeview website it does has coverage in Butterworth.

The decoder is from Shopee :https://shopee.com.my/MCMC-Approved-TVBox-Astro-Full-HD-1080P-HDTV-Decoder-TV-Decoder-Terrestrial-Receiver-TV-Box-Astro-Antenna-Compatible-i.141014052.2667290356

In this case, how can I know is the antenna issue or the area is lack of signal?
I use dvb t2 box and TV with build in tuner still the same.

Got the 2nd one

Can recommend me any antenna?