Very tempting to sign up for this. Only thing is Maxis internet seems to have very bad reviews...

Just thought I'd add me take on the Astro on-the-go service. I linked up my account a while ago but never really tried it out.

I'm quite impressed actually. Watched all the Football league highlight shows on demand and the quality is quite good. Live channels are good also, just a shame there are only a select few. Why don't they have all their channels online?
I hope they continue to develop this service as it has a lot of potential I think!

(My only gripe is it doesn't work overseas, else I'd use it for live BPL matches while in the UK...a lot cheaper than subscribing to sky sports)

I received a call a few weeks ago regarding the Astro/Maxis TV and internet bundle. As my 2 years on Unifi was up we decided to take them up on it as it was cheaper. It was installed today but I am overseas until April so won't get a chance to have a look at it for quite a while . Apparently there are some new channels, does anyone have a list of them (with channel numbers) as I can't seem to find them on the Astro website? Thanks.

If they need you to upgrade to one of the new STBs then can't you just replace your old one with a non-pvr b.yond box (without a HD subscription)?

What is the point of this? So slow changing channels!

Ah ok, that's quite cool actually!

Is Diva Universal a 16:9 SD channel now?

Oh, I was hoping that astro had implemented SD 16:9 channels .

Seems silly that they get 16:9 feeds yet they letterbox them before broadcast. Why not broadcast them as received and let the STB letterbox it if the user has a 4:3 TV or display it au natural if the user has a widescreen...

I heard BBC Entertainment was meant to be on Astro IPTV (along with 9 other channels from their "Astro Select" category) but I can't find it anywhere...

Is there HBO VOD on astro? I have iptv, does this mean I can access it?

Yeah I want to know this too!

Hmm, when I swapped to Maxis IPTV they replaced my 1st gen PVR and non-PVR boxes for two new 1st gen PVRs, not the second gen one. Is there much difference apart from the wifi?

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Looks like it's not going to work I am afraid.

Is RTM available in HD now?

Yes

Just saw that. Probably will be some simulcasts for live stuff like football.

The internet and tv have their own bandwidth allocations so one won't slow down the other.

Works fine most of the time, although a few weeks ago for a few days the tv would cut off every evening for a few hours. OK now though. Worth the $$$ savings over satellite subscription and unifi fibre.

They really need to reorganise the sports channels so all the ASSP channels are together then the FS channels, then the rest. Not so intuitive to surf through them in the current order.

Any chance on us getting FS2 and 3 in HD?

I would pay the 1400 and get the iptv package.