Here are my complement on the NJOI offering

Comparsion of old and new NJOI offering

Old
30 TV channels (6 HD) + 20 radio channels
11 Free to air channels (channels available on MYTV myFreeview, all in SDTV format except Awesome TV)
3 Go shop channels (TV Shopping)
3 Educational channels (Tutor TV)
NJOI TV (barker channel)
12 in house/foreign TV channels (in SDTV format)

New
18 TV channels (4 HD) + 20 radio channels
11 Free to air channels (channels available on MYTV myFreeview, all in SDTV format except Awesome TV*)
3 Go shop channels (TV Shopping)
3 Educational channels (Tutor TV)
NJOI TV (barker channel)

* In this case, TV1, TV2 and TVS are available as HD format for Astro customers. However, it is available in SD format for NJOI customers.


What are similar in both offerings?
- Viewers can still purchase their prepaid channels via the same method
- 11 free to air channels (i.e. those also available on MYTV myFreeview) remain accessible for free
- No change on radio offerings
- Installation fee remain the same (RM379)

What are different on the new offering when compared to the old offering?
- 12 in house/foreign channels are now available in HD format (except CCM and Makkal TV), however in the new offering, a charge of RM15/30 days will be imposed
- No longer an attractive offering when compared to its competitiors (MYTV myFreeview/Unifi TV pay TV service, bundled for most Unifi Broadband customers for free)

Meanwhile, the picture below is the actual comparison of three services (accurate on the time of posting):


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Luckily for existing users, they are not currently affect by the changes. I could imagine outrages if existing users are affected.

I think you don't need to subscribe to HD Pack if you subscribe to any of the starter packs (Kids Pack, Kombolicious, Popcorn, Sports Mega, Serbaneka) as these packs includes HD pack by default. You still pay RM160 though but there is no need to add on HD pack as these packs already included these by default.

A HD pack or any of the starter packs is only necessary if you subscribe to any channels/add on packs.

https://www.digitalbitrate.com/dtv.php?mux=...ive=363&lang=en

Interesting to see that all the transmission data for Astro Satellite is released openly by a scanner in KL, on the famous digital bitrate website.

Of course, all services are encrypted - but transmission data is open to all to see.

Maybe someone can host a DVB-T terrestrial scanner in the future on that website?

Most transponders are on DVB-S2 @ 74Mbps.

The bitrate for each channel ranges from as low as 2.XMbps for some channels (1080i H.264), average 3-6Mbps, and would max up at 8Mbps - which explains the very poor picture quality.

Astro UHD channels is at 18.5Mbps/HEVC CBR + E-AC3 Audio, but we don't know if Astro is going to cut UHD bitrates when they launch more UHD linear channels (unlikely at this point).

For SD channels the bitrate is even lower, at the range of 1.x to 2.x Mbps. 8TV/TV9 is currently transmitting at 1.0Mbps (+ 352*576i combo, which explains the very poor picture quality that people are complaining here!)

Audio quality is 64kbps HE-AAC (AC3 5.1 audio is 384kbps)

For channels still on DVB-S, the channels have audio quality of 128kbps MP2. Radio channels are on 160kbps MP2.

Interestingly, the SD channels are still in the DVB-S transponder (including the old NJOI SD channels, which are still there), but CCM has moved to DVB-S2 transponder.

For comparison - HD bitrates for MYTV is 3.6Mbps-4Mbps (fixed) - audio 32kbps HE-AAC V2, Unifi TV is 3.6Mbps (for most channels, including sport channels like SPOTV - this bitrate conclusion is after what I have measured over months - must be done to save data costs!)

Radio bitrate is 48kbps HE-AAC V2 for commercial radio (higher for RTM Radio) on MYTV.

This post has been edited by shaun_kok: Nov 13 2024, 03:41 AM