Hoping that BBC Entertainment is the next to go HD. You have no idea how short stick we're getting when it comes to Doctor Who.

Afaik Hypp Sensasi is all local Malay programming. Nothing of interest to me, but some people may like it.

I think they used to have E! before the shutting down of their website-based service, but dropped it during the site repurposing as HyppTV Everywhere and let Assteruk pick it up.

No harm in putting in a request for the channel on Facebook. They may just listen since they're desperate for content just like ABN. Who knows, they may even pick up the HD version to one up assteruk

But on the other hand advertisements for other channels slip through, as in HyppTV doesn't bother blocking advertisements for channels they don't have. You won't believe how many times I've seen advertisements for Animal Planet on Discovery Kids.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Aug 6 2014, 05:41 PM

Not sure. But wireless STB means will eat up normal Internet bandwidth, right? Since it will use Wifi which cannot be VLAN tagged.

Well, at least they let you buy ala-carte. Although admittingly, it's still a better deal buying package. RM9 for one channel is a bit ridiculous, but still reasonable if all you want is one or two channels. For me tho, I took the platinum pack for RM30. Most of the important channels like BBCE, WarnerTV, SyFy HD and the kiddie channels already there.

Yeah, it is. Also notice that they cost a bomb (RM40/month). I suspect the deal between Assteruk and Unifi was reluctantly done and this is what soured TM when it came to the WC deals- the price demanded by assteruk is probably insanely high.

Try a HD channel or On-demand movie? On the other hand, they're probably just following broadcast standard since highest res available through broadcast is 1080i. Because I can see a difference on my 19" Sharp 1080i TV if I view a HD channel compared to a SD channel.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Aug 14 2014, 03:40 PM

Hmmm, strange. I have the old box, and consensus is that the PQ is better than assteruk beyond. On the other hand, many of HyppTV's HD channels have the bad habit of just showing upscaled SD shows (ie RTL CBS * HD and SyFy HD are regular offenders) because many shows in their library were made before there was HD standard. I noticed that Walker Texas Ranger PQ on RTL CBS is no different than SD, because the show is SD upscaled (made in the 80s). Try a confirmed HD channel like [V]HD?

As for the promos, I agree. We should be grandfathered into the new packages. The marketing people are not doing their job to retain old customers well.

What if you try to downgrade to 5Mbps, wait a few days, then upgrade back to 10Mbps using the promo?

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Aug 19 2014, 12:30 PM

Most channels are 4:3. But iirc there are some channels in Widescreen.

Not sure. I didn't connect my HyppTV decoder to a HT set. But I suspect it's only stereo especially with the newer Android-based boxes.

Usually firmware upgrades for the old boxes are delivered when the box boots up. So if you have connected your box lately, the firmware would've already updated the last time it started up.

TBH tho I don't think I've seen the upgrade screen for almost a year. I suspect that they've given up on the old box now that they have a new Android-based one.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Aug 28 2014, 05:24 PM

Finally got Comedy Central. Been asking for that channel like, what, two years ago?

Not happy that they're wasting money on Assteruk inhouse channels tho.

Probably an compression fail. Which channels are these happening on? Should report it to HyppTV. Maybe request for a method to override display aspect ratio as well (I don't mind picture stretching to full screen - in fact, I prefer it to LCD persistence forming lines on my TV), but some people apparently do).

I looked into the setup aspect ratio settings. I think that only affects the menu UI, the show will always stretch to meet screen aspect ratio.

Not surprised. What you get when you vote for conservative gomen like BN >.>

Our CC will also have South Park blocked from transmission like on Assteruk IPTV and ABN... The only thing watchable on the channel is Colbert which is already going to end.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Sep 1 2014, 03:13 AM

Hmmm... Not sure if these are in-house or Taiwan. If it's the latter then should file report with them, not TM.

You know laa.

However Comedy Central is one of those channels that is available on all three platforms (although assteruk only has it if you sign up for assteruk IPTV on Maxis Fiber). I remember reading that the CC feed on assteruk IPTV is blocking South Park. I assume TM and ABN are taking the same feed.

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry60468856

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Sep 1 2014, 11:09 PM

Connect the HDMI to monitor as usual, connect the RCA audio to powered speakers or an amplifier. If you have speakers/amp that have optical in, use the optical in instead.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Sep 2 2014, 01:24 AM

No conflict, still can produce sound. I use this all the time - HDMI to TV, composite video and audio to old Macintosh.

Btw, the better deal would be to look into a monitor with speaker integrated. Some monitors have this ability- most notably some higher end Dell and Acer monitors.

They're upscaling SD content. HD channels tend to cheat like that. They broadcast in HD, but their library is mostly SD shows. So, air upscaled content most of the time.

Even though HD has been around for almost a decade, studios only started producing HD content for TV in the last 4-5 years.

This post has been edited by RAMChYLD: Sep 2 2014, 10:37 PM

Afaik the old box is not rootable, it uses a proprietary OS.

You can root the new one however. And I think TM will change the box if you say it has problems.

If that's the case tho, I think then TM won't hesitate to sell you the new box as well. Might as well call up and try, right?

The newest box is said to be running Android. However it doesn't have VFD on the front and is smaller.

Not sure. I'm only saying what I've heard on the forums. You may want to search past posts for more info.

Idk, never seen the new box up close yet. Only thing I know is that it runs android, it can be rooted, and it's dual mode and can be used over Streamyx 4Mbps and 8Mbps lines as well aside from UniFi- old boxes only work with UniFi fiber.