there are always better alternatives 4 sure

Technically no.. Except if you fall for the CS's pujukan rayu

sebenarnya boleh je... bagitau cuma nak tukar dekoder sahaja tanpa upgrade HD..
rumah aku dh buat...semua free x perlu bayar apa2..
lgpun astro tgh kempen semua pengguna tukar dekoder lama silver ke beyond..
nak sama ratakan semua kot

Not only standardize all the decoder, malah the beyond decoder cannot use smart card from other decoder.

At least we can expect codec change.. Codec Change = More Channels.

1 month ago we install astro, beyond hd pvr, samsung decoder.
then we noticed, some channels like to black out for 1 or 2 seconds then resume, then black out again a while...
then for a few times, once we turn on astro, the screen look pink like attached photo... and then we click anything on the remote also the decoder would not respond... have to power off the astro and power on again.

photo...

This post has been edited by prawnny: Nov 6 2013, 01:46 PM

Sometimes I got this issue too when waking up from Standby with the Samsung PVR unit. Need power off completely and restart to fix it. Hopefully the new firmware will fix it

ooh... so it's not the decoder hardware issue.. did u face the occasional 'black out' every now and then?

Black out nope. I think the black out should be due to the cabling or the signal issue. Sometimes when is raining it will black out blink for few times then back to normal. Unless it is too heavy rain till it black out for few second then display the error msg.

guys, wanna ask, now i'm using old decoder. It's at the "ruang tamu", but also connect it to my room.

now plan to change new decoder(beyond hd), but is it all the ports are the same with old one, coz now i worry i can't use back same setup to connect to my room tv.

please advise. thanks

Guys/gals need your input. I'm currently on Superpack4 package. Now that Astro has increased their fees by $8 ($2 Family + $6 Sports), I'm thinking to downgrade my plan. Basically, I still want something like Superpack4 except the sports package.

Any recommendation? Of course, I will also do my own research. But if you have any inputs, that would be great. Thanks.

my decoder after replacement from pace to Samsung also liddat. I think its the overheat issue. Then I put notebook fan under it Bo Liao. Its better u ask cs to replace your decoder.

rain shouldn't affect anything. Won't blackout unless you have low signal. My location heavy heavy rain still can watch. Unless you see the sky damn dark dy, then you should be able to watch.

your room tv HD or not?
HD= HDMI Cat5e extender
SD= AV to RF extender

hi,

since i do not want to resetup anything else, i think better i just buy av to rf modulator/extender should be enough, right. (i don't mind my room quality remain SD like old decoder)

this one ,right
http://www.lelong.com.my/universal-video-m...7-01-Sale-I.htm

http://www.lelong.com.my/av-rf-modulator-h...7-01-Sale-I.htm

thanks.

This post has been edited by stranger88: Nov 7 2013, 05:53 PM

I have the first one. It works fine for me. As for the second one its more advance so you have to setup it also la. I got conned by the installer last time. He charged me 200 ringgit (wtf).

so first one easier to setup, can do it myself, just plug & play?

yah, both has its advantage la.
for the first one easy setup
second one u can setup which frequency you want it to output.
if you need help just pm me la

ok thanks alot for the advices

i just ordered the first one.