maxis IPTV only available on Maxis home fiber coverage area issit

can Astro Byond signal be delivered using conventional antenna coaxial cable ah?
let's say, replacing the TV antenna with Astro dish, using the existing cable from the TV antenna to connect to the astro dish, can run or not

btw the antenna cable is concealed within the wall, that's why dun wanna drill holes lay additional cable coz it looks ugly

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: May 11 2012, 10:20 PM

I dunno the cable hidden in the wall is satellite grade or antenna grade though

nowadays many newer homes have to resort to the built-in wall socket for the TV socket, or else the cable have to go through the window of the living hall

anyone here successfully running Astro dish using the concealed wall cable?


but anyway, isn't the standard antenna cable also unshielded one? they are still the coaxial cable anyway

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: May 14 2012, 12:13 PM

erm u split one socket to 2 cables?

the antenna wall socket?

since you said the cable is concealed in wall, so u use signal splitter?

hmm nowadays they only give out baeyong dish and decoder regardless you want baeyong service or not

well, can treat it as the method to get clearer reception of media prima and rtm channels

getting fedup with the FTA analog broadcasts

how to check the signal strength on byond decoder ah

I was able to access to that screen (the one which shows 2 vertical meter), but both bars shown zero value.. yet I was able to receive both SD and HD channels

btw, the dish was connected using the existing "antenna" cable, the installer just swapped the TV antenna with Astro dish.. surprisingly, the HD channels are just fine

edit-> after firmware update to v3.0, now is able to show signal strength

it is just 40% with value around 115-118
BER = 0.0e-7 @ 100%

as of now, clear sky condition

update-> after changed to No.1 transponder, it becomes 150 @ 60%

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: May 25 2012, 11:56 PM

HD movie channels y u no put subtitles.jpg

the network connection is also used to download VOD content to the PVR or normal STB with ext HDD

I remember what I seen earlier at Astro webpage, they did mention the minimum requirement for the network connection was 1Mbps, and users will have the option to download it for later view, or they can playback while they are downloading (sort of like youtube buffering)

I don't think satellite can offer true VOD experience, because satellite itself is only able to broadcast, NOT multicast nor unicast, the topology I use could be inappropriate but the context is more or less the same, take AOD as example, yes it can rerun the same episode for the entire day, but would we have the FULL control as to when to playback the episode, down to which minute of time we desire? NO, not without PVR.

Now, try to relate back true VOD with AOD, just how many channels already dedicated just to deliver a few TVB dramas currently, imagine the amount of extra channels required to deliver the upcoming VOD content, its almost like one show per channel judging by how they do it for Astro First

this shows that the true VOD experience can never be delivered using satellite alone, because it isn't a point to point communication to begin with

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Jun 5 2012, 03:50 PM

no, must have PVR box or normal Byond with ext HDD, need to have recording service aka PVR functionality to be enabled beforehand

they feel the pinch from TM HyppTV which also offer VOD service

and now we can also use Unifi to download Astro VOD, for as long as TM doesn't start to implement quota on their existing VIP plans

well, I rather download the HD TVB drama than paying extra $$ for the SD AOD

in my area NTV7 can get clearer picture via analog terrestrial compare to Astro mia channel 107
Astro mmg overcompress the FTA channels and news channels

then mah need to change all existing non-beyond STB liao?

i switched into that channel 981 and it showed not included in subscription

the same goes to all test channels

just to inform that my 2 year old Samsung SyncMaster B2330H accepts HDMI audio signal, though it doesn't have speakers but at the rear of the monitor it has 3.5mm jack to output 2-ch sound to PC speakers, and there's volume control on the monitor as well

not gonna happen
what u see in astro wont appear in maxis iptv
maxis iptv want to bring down hypp tv only

This post has been edited by PhakFuhZai: Jun 28 2012, 08:31 PM

ch109 cannot access also?