Astro have more money. They can do anything they want. For HyppTV till today their not provide Dolby Digital 5.1/7.1 & PVR service due to lack of customer & slow UniFi rollout..

Need to think logic about this. Astro already more than 21 years for this business & HyppTV just 7 years and only use IPTV protocol. What i know is HyppTV can launch as many channel they want. Because it's unlimited from internet service. For Astro, they need to depend on existing & new satellite(if full) to launch more HD channel.

But we know that Measat 3b has more space to make Astro to launch 50+ more HD channel. But Astro is monopoly the market. And slowly or not to launch the channel because to earn more profits...

And most Astro subscriber, especially old Malay like to watch Ria & Prima channel. Because if you change the channel to english. They will not layan. Because the story always about action & horror(standard english TV Series ). That why i Astro focus to make more in-house content. All TV series, such as new gen layan one like anime, comedy & Korean show can just easily be download from the internet. And they not layan tv everyday. Balik rumah terus main phone. Buka games & Youtube...

No wonder Astro agressively to push Astro GO to the new level. They have more money. The future will change. So, about time they can improve streaming quality and so on..

Where is this?

Well u get what u pay

If can wait okay..

If seriously needs to change, then no choice. Expensive also must buy..

4k tv is not really ex nowadays. the price now is about the same for full hd tv few years back for the same size.

yerp , wait for middle this year , rumors say price will drop for the 2016 models

These are what I mean.

You can see from the position of the TV channel logo which it is not box setting that causes it, but the source (astro) broadcast issues.

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4k tv is not really ex nowadays. the price now is about the same for full hd tv few years back for the same size.

4k tv is not really ex nowadays. the price now is about the same for full hd tv few years back for the same size.

yerp , wait for middle this year , rumors say price will drop for the 2016 models

Yup Sony malaysia they had announced new 4K tv yesterday. The 2016 model should be go on discount now and then soon.

Yeah. It's not that expensive already.

Yes. The channel provider (TVB) transmits in 16:9. Whenever they show old 4:3 programme, pillar box will be added by them.

Still, Astro will still transmit in 4:3 with letterbox because the feed is in 16:9.

In a nutshell, TVB transmit its feed in 16:9 + add pillarbox during old 4:3 programmes = pillarboxed in 16:9 frame + Astro transmit in 4:3 with letterbox = windowboxed.

Yes. The channel provider (TVB) transmits in 16:9. Whenever they show old 4:3 programme, pillar box will be added by them.

Still, Astro will still transmit in 4:3 with letterbox because the feed is in 16:9.

In a nutshell, TVB transmit its feed in 16:9 + add pillarbox during old 4:3 programmes = pillarboxed in 16:9 frame + Astro transmit in 4:3 with letterbox = windowboxed.

Yes. The channel provider (TVB) transmits in 16:9. Whenever they show old 4:3 programme, pillar box will be added by them.

Still, Astro will still transmit in 4:3 with letterbox because the feed is in 16:9.

In a nutshell, TVB transmit its feed in 16:9 + add pillarbox during old 4:3 programmes = pillarboxed in 16:9 frame + Astro transmit in 4:3 with letterbox = windowboxed.

Yeah, that's why I feel terrible. The old drama resolution is already poor, now it becomes like this. Even worst. Super terrible to view. 

That's why I feel the astro broadcast is really poor nowadays comparing to hypptv.

The same old programme if view from Astro (Satellite) vs HyppTv, the image quality has big difference.

Yes. The channel provider (TVB) transmits in 16:9. Whenever they show old 4:3 programme, pillar box will be added by them.

Still, Astro will still transmit in 4:3 with letterbox because the feed is in 16:9.

In a nutshell, TVB transmit its feed in 16:9 + add pillarbox during old 4:3 programmes = pillarboxed in 16:9 frame + Astro transmit in 4:3 with letterbox = windowboxed.

Only Astro does that...

why they use MPEG2 instead of MPEG4 ?
what is the best reason for astro stay in MPEG2 ?
I think that astro has support H264/MPEG-4 since introduce of byond decoder
Astro is using H264/MPEG-4 for their HD channels and MPEG-2 for SD channels

Anyone know how many customers now using the HD services?

I read the news long ago, but I couldn't find where is the link. It is more than 1 million of customers, almost half or more than half of all Astro customers subscribed to HD.

the balance still on the legacy Astro boxes?? 

Yup Sony malaysia they had announced new 4K tv yesterday. The 2016 model should be go on discount now and then soon.