Last year, there's no BM audio feed of the finals in HD. This time, they've put it.

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is that when the PVR STB signal is lower, then picture quality of the HD channel will be grainier? Mine is around 45db only for Tuner 1 and 2, but the signal quality is 100%.

As per request, sorry for the bad quality of the pix (old gen phone, huhu, cannot focus as i wanted in dark lighting)...its in SD 4:3 since it can fit nicely on my CRT TV, i think so...not sure whether Mandarin or Cantonese, i cant tell the differences (saya orang melayu), sorry chuppachop, hope this help~~~


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@ 'ed - many thanks, will hamper Singtel to carry it.

fyi, starhub's new Tamil n Hindi Pack, and Deepavali free preview. Cheers.

Sorry for inverted pixs, not sure wats wrong wif my camera settings.

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Better than having nothing new to update for... Oh yeah chuppachop, any subtitles available on Vannathirai?

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that is a crappy in house ch fr Starhub. The ch recently changed their ch logo n literally copied the same design as Viacom's Colors. SD 4:3 wif no subts.


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Okay... that tv logo looks similar to Viacom's Colors.

i have a problem. my smart card for astro byond is active...checked with customer service...but everytime i insert my smart card...there are no signal. when i pull it out the astro is ok but say i need to insert my smart card

when i put it in again..there no signal..

I believe the only way to prove this is through the recorded conversation on phone. Anyway, i think i will send the Smartcard back to Astro if i terminate my Astro subscription


I was not aware of this. Thanks! Luckily i have not bought it. Think i will wait a few more months. Some said the EzRecoder will arrive in a few months time

hi, i plan to install Astro in my house...
need advice and to recommend what is the best cable management pulling from dish to living hall?
if possible, pls do share photo how the astro installer do it in your house...
how will the cable looks like around the wall? will it look messy?

If you follow the discussion between myself and ZHashim38 starting from http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry51485177, both of us get AverMedia EzRecorder HD and ViewHD HDMI to Component Converter. I'm using it right now to record from both Astro and Unifi Hypptv thru a ViewHD HDMI 4x2 matrix switch. So, it is working just fine. I connect a 500GB USB HDD to it and can bring this HDD to my PC anytime. Unfortunately EzRecorder do not support AC3 audio, for that you'll have to search for other recording device out there. It work just fine for my documentaries recording while I download HD movies.

Anyone here or anyone knows who can speed up my Astro application process? damn slow man..

They offered me that RM50 flat rate 2nd Byond more than a month ago..and I accepted and Ive been trying to get updates on the status..been calling them every three days for the past week yet their response is still no installer..

Who can speed up the process?

Thank you very much for your advice! The cable spliters is ready for the installer? Do I need to inform them before they come?

It affect HD, how about the normal one?

And yes, my home is single cable installed only.

You are welcome.

In your previous first post, you did not mention anything about whether you will be a new subscriber or will be upgrading from existing "old" Astro decoder box/Byond (non PVR) to the Byond PVR (with builtin 500GB harddisk). What you did confirm is that you already have laid a single "hidden" cable inside walls for Astro reception. What I am trying to say is that... for the Byond and Byond PVR boxes, a slightly larger dark grey dish is used when compared to the dish used by previous "old" Astro box which have been discontinued for new subscribers.

Ok, whether you intend to use cable splitter or not, do make sure these are installed for your Byond PVR... (1) Dual or Quad LNB at the satellite dish so that you can still add more cables in future in case you decide to later use more cables and therefore, no need to "change" LNB again, (2) the recommended slightly larger dark grey satellite dish is installed which will help to improve signal reception, especially important for the much "heavier bandwidth" HD reception, which will of course also help to stabilise/improve the SD reception as well as "slightly" reduce occurances of signal loss due to "rain fade". After all... these are standard items included for the Byond PVR installation so there is no excuse for failing to use them eventhough you want to use splitter for your in-wall single cable.

Hehe... do all installers come ready with the cable splitters ? Honestly I don't know. I can only use my own common sense that they will come prepared for all situations when they do the installations. Anyway, the installer will phone to you before he/she come for installation so you can probably explain your existing cable situation and also ask about the cable splitter... the installer will be able to advice you further and be better prepared before coming. Many years ago, when I was using only 2 "old" Astro DMT boxes (before Byond appeared), a single splitter was used for the old 1-output LNB... the splitter was given free so I "think" the splitter should be given "free" but that was a long time ago... at that time, no signal problem for the SD channels with the 2 old Astro boxes. Now the LNB have been replaced when I added the Byond box.

Eventhough I mention the "1 In-2 Out" cable splitter, I need to repeat my caution to you that using the splitter from one cable split to two for your Byond PVR 2 Inputs is NOT the standard recommended installation so you may or may not face signal or other problems later. So please don't blame me later if any "problems" appear in future, hehe.

Here's a "rough explanation" just for comparison...
The HD signal uses a "heavier" bandwidth with screen size of 720p or 1080i and 6 channels Dolby Digital audio at 48KHz.
The SD signal uses a "lighter" bandwidth with screen size of 576p and 2 channels PCM audio at 44.1 KHz.
A slightly bigger dark grey dish will help to slightly improve reception of the "heavier" HD signal and of course will help much more for the SD signals.

...so, what I can actually say is that... it would seem that using splitter for the 2 tuners of the Byond PVR should cause less problems for SD reception BUT does not mean it will not cause any problem because 2 tuners "share" the same cable.

I am using 1 Byond (non PVR) box and 2 old Astro boxes connected to 3 separate cables to a Quad (4 outputs) LNB so one LNB output is not used, no splitter used. Well... 3 "ugly" cables are seen on the walls of my house but I don't mind it, hehe. Since I do not use Byond PVR (with builtin 500GB harddisk), I cannot personally 100% confirm to you whether using cable splitters for the Byond PVR inputs will be ok or not for the SD channels.

Remember that each installation location is different due to different cable lengths used and where the dish is located. For example... when the LNB signal direction to the satellite above is slightly blocked by a nearby very tall condo. So... of course, if possible, using 2 separate cables will be better loh.

Just be aware that I may or may not be correct in some of my comments here. Probably anyone here who have installed such splitter for the Byond PVR can provide you with an accurate answer. Also, probably this has already been answered in some posts in the earlier thread... I don't know because I was lazy to check loh, hehe... so you can search yourself. So, for now, I guess that the only way to be sure if got any problems is to see it with your own eyes when the splitter is used... even if got no problems for the SD channels now, you may still not know for sure until after it has been used for a longer period especially when rain occurs... and when problem appear later, I really don't know whether the installer will not charge you to come again to add the second cable.

Even when separate cables are used, signal loss still occur due to heavy rain because of the 2 feet diameter dish ! No need for me to explain further on why we are still not allowed to legally (without any license) install large dish to watch satellite TV channels... the debate continues, hehe.

Its your personal decision not to install second cable and use splitter for your new Byond PVR so I hope there will be no problems for you eventhough should have less issues for SD reception only.

Well... these are my 2 cents, I guess.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Oct 24 2012, 12:50 AM

SD one HD one

Well, aren't they slowpoke...

Thank you very much for your information!

I appreciated it!

No problem, you are welcome.

The only problem is my "bad" character of making extremely looooong replies/comments. All my personal friends say that I am too fussy and too long-winded, and never use short sentences with short sms words such as "u, I c, dun knw, tks" etc, hehe. Sorry for that.

Anyway, hope you can let me know later whether the splitter can be used for the 2 inputs of the Byond PVR without any problems... just send pm to me will do.

Haha, no problem. I also seldom use short sentences, I think is due to my habit as well. Even the city name, I don't use short name as well.

For example like Kuala Lumpur, I seldom write KL.

Petaling Jaya, I seldom write PJ. Haha!

their HD channels are all supposedly broadcast in either 720p or 1080i as advertised, right?

just last night after watching my downloaded 720p Walking Dead S03E01, then switch to Astro, just in time to catch the same episode on Starworld HD

As my memory is still very fresh from just watching the downloaded version, i noticed that the Astro version is darker, dimmer, grainier and not as clear as the downloaded 720p version I've just watch

Is Astro actually broadcast in lower res than advertised?

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Added on October 24, 2012, 5:19 pmI guess it pretty much depends on the installer in your area
mine installed 3 times, all responded within 1 week
subscribe Superpack on Tuesday, Friday came install liao
then took the free upgrade to PVR on Monday, Thursday came
then took the 2nd decoder @ RM50 on Friday eve, Monday morning want to came install liao
all by different installer, and when I check with them on their schedules, they are uber packed, so many orders until hardly got time for a meal
all ever since Astro introduced the superpack packages

This post has been edited by greyshadow: Oct 24 2012, 05:19 PM