I am fortunate enough to subscribed the old Platinum pack. Compared to the new package, the old have more variety, such as Chinese, Hong Kong, Sports, European and American channel. But at that time there was only 30 channels available and only few in HD. I guess the individual channel wasn't attractive enough since most people already on Astro hence they start bundled everything into one pack (Platinum pack).

Since then they are growing rapidly and added lots of channel. The revised package is understandable and make sense from business perspective. I have nothing to complain.

I like the selection of classic Chinese and Hong Kong movie from Channel 226 and 227. I'm bit old school when it comes to entertainment. Enjoy the 80's and 90's stars a lot.

Thinking of adding more since i'm the subscriber of old Platinum pack which didn't include most of channels in Ruby pack. Maybe should go for Mega pack. But still hesitate since there are no subtitles for most Chinese, Hong Kong and Taiwan programme.

Although i'm fan of football but i think i'll pass the sports deal until they include motorsports (SBK, motoGP, F1 etc) and pro wrestling. Beside i rarely have chance to watch TV during prime time.

HyypTV definitely on the rise. Are they partnered with TM or operating as separate entity?

Typical. Like to complain without fully understanding of the situation, still comparing Astro Sports channel to this HyppTV sports pack. Of course HyppTV will always look inferior.

And as always, rule no.1 read the T&C before agreeing to anything. I did that before subscribing to Platinum. All details can be found on the official website. I was fully aware it's 12 months contract.

But those people on FB as always act first, think later. Then accuse TM of scamming.

Yup, the remaining 4 could be big matches. Astro will always look in their interest first since they're the rights holder.

Even so i think HyppTV sports pack (more like football pack) does really well if people aren't into EPL exclusively. Their coverage of La Liga and couple of South American football are top notch on Fox Football HD. HyppSports HD acover most of big Europa and Champions League match, with the ability to replay or rewind it (sorry, i don't know the correct terms). Don't think Astro offer the same functionality (i could be wrong though).

I think people sometime are guilty of getting used to one dominant service only (Astro), without giving fair shot to the newer one (HyypTV).

HyppTV actually is better than Astro in term of variety, picture quality and more importantly the pricing. The only thing that they lacking so far is sports channel, not surprising since Astro paid hefty sums for broadcasting rights.

Why so sudden FOX Football has been cut out? Kinda regret upgrading to Jumbo, should've stick to the old Mega pack. The Chinese and Hong Kong channel offer far more variety than Sports package. Here they will rebroadcast the same damn friendly match from US tour months ago daily.

This post has been edited by Angel of Deth: Sep 16 2015, 05:09 AM

They can't do much with the Sports pack due to Astro monopoly on that sector. Too much red tape and paper work. The sports channel contains like 80% of niche' sports, such as Kayaking, Supercar, Nascar Camp Truck, NCAA College Basketball, lower tier of American Football League etc.

currently I don't think it is worth the asking price.