You mean astro IPTV bundled with Time/Maxis fibre internet?

Oh, really? Latency must be quite high!

See what extra channels you will get on the website and decide if they are worth the extra 32rm/month. IMO the answer is probably yes. Plus you get the PVR with the superpack too right?

1. I don't see why an upgrade to 20mb would be any less stable compared to your current 10mb.
2. Nope, the TV and internet do not share the same bandwidth so you are good to go.

No probs, good luck with the upgrade.

The HBO series and movies sections is definitely included for me, but a lot of the other content requires $$$. Not sure if this is because I have a superpack or because I am on IPTV though.

Anyway most of the stuff on VOD is rubbish, the HBO stuff is ok but they never add new content - it's all the same as when I first tried VOD many months ago...

Are there any plans for astro to convert it's SD channels to 16:9, at least the ones that are already letter-boxed? It can't be difficult...

Any idea what % of people are still on the old boxes? I thought astro were replacing them all quite some time ago.

If they migrate to the new decoder, they can letterbox all the widescreen channels (instead of widescreen customers having to letterbox 4by3 channels).

Do they get those calls at the moment for Astro Supersport SD channels which currently are 16:9 letterboxed?

Hmm, yeah I agree, there will always be a section of customers who are resistant to change. I guess what they could do for 4:3 TV users is upgrade the 4:3 channels to 16:9, but then set these channels to be cropped by the new decoders if connected to a 4:3 TV set (or give the option to letterbox alternatively). This would be similar to LB expand which some widescreen users use now to crop off the top and bottom of a 4:3 channel.

Actually, this would end up being no different for 4:3 users on some channels. E.g. on BBC world news, the original feed is 16:9 which is then cropped to 4:3 by Astro. So they might as well deliver the widescreen feed to all, and allow users to crop it themselves if they choose so in their settings.

Of course some of the channels don't have a widescreen feed, so widescreen users will be stuck with a 4:3 feed for these anyway, but it would be good to give people the option of both. What do you think?

NO!!! WHY?!