Yes of course you can. But free upgrade, I don't think so. Perhaps need to pay some installation fee.

7 days remaining for Astro's exclusive DTH licence to end, 28 February 2017.

PVR requires 2 satellite cables (RG6 cable) to be connected to your dish, so your LNB needs to be changed to the one that can connect 2 cables. Normal LNB only can connect 1 cable.

If you have concealed cabling and wiring second cable is not convenient for you, you may opt for SatCR where you can use your existing 1 cable for your PVR to work (it function just like combining 2 cables into 1). However, SatCR costs RM53.

You can still continue using your satellite dish.

Upgrade to PVR also means you need to subscribe to HD+PVR service (RM26.50/month)

Do note that PVR is included as "free" if you subscribe to HD service.

We are monopoly land since day 1 ma

Yes. Starting August 2016, HD service (RM26.50/month) will include PVR service on top of it, which is now known as HD+PVR Service, so all customers that subscribes to HD service (regardless of new or existing customers) are eligible to have PVR service for free, including Value Packs customers. With the condition of, you have to change to PVR box. Even if you don't change, you'll be still paying RM26.50/month for HD service without PVR service even if you can enjoy PVR for free. However, Family HD (RM18.02/month) customers are not eligible.

As for the installation fee, it depends on your package subscription. Naturally, for those that paying a lot a month, you are more likely to get free installation for upgrading to PVR. For those who pay not so much like me (under RM100), I need to pay RM150 for PVR installation fee.

To use PVR functions, your STB needs to be replaced to PVR box. The latest PVR box looks like this:


If you wonder, is there any catch? Erm, basically no. But based on what I assume, one of the reason they make PVR as a free service for HD customers is because of the OD feature. You know OD? The advertisement that keep annoy you, saying "Connect your PVR to your home Wi-Fi" and you can enjoy lots of programmes, bla bla bla... Prior to this, only for those that subscribe and have PVR box can access OD feature, and the problem is, the number of customers having PVR box is way lesser than customers subscribed to HD. That's why they want more customers to use PVR box to have access to OD feature. Solution? Make PVR service free for HD customers.

OD can somehow benefit them, because OD contains paid content as well. Let say there is a programme or PPV (pay-per-view) content interests you on OD library, but you need to pay to watch it. So the customer will tend to subscribe it, which eventually you are paying more money to Astro. 

And also, by upgrading to PVR box, the advantage for Astro is that, you are committed to stay with Astro service for the next 2 years as your 24 months contract will restart/start. Terminating Astro during this period will incur penalty charges, of course.

Change to free PVR given,
Contract re start back..
Very smart game by astro to lock in customers

In other words, no news means good news. It's not Astro DTH licence is overdue... It's exclusive licence ends at 28 Feb 2017, while its non exclusive licence ends on 2022. So, Astro's current licence still can operate as usual DTH service until 2022.

The exclusive license means, Astro can be the only satellite pay tv provider, and no one can enter to the satellite pay tv market until the exclusive license ends. In simple words, monopoly lor... Now it has ended already, means if there's any company would like to have satellite pay tv can apply from gov related department.

1MTV 

Hory crap

omg ... it's true 

Thanks

Cooked and served for a story teller!Launched in 2011 and nobody  cares!

Well its jibby slogans..
1M name for everything..
From company, loans, bantuan, unit trust etc.

https://www.lowyat.net/2015/87224/you-can-n...ded-smartphone/

never forgot the dumb phone.  

AOTG would've lag badly on it.

The AOTG support is really suck until the max.
Previously, I got inquiry them regarding the problem unable to watch AOTG.
Straight away mentioned it's follow my astro subscriptions.

My astro subscriptions include KBS World channels, how come in AOTG unable to watch? (Some-more need to purchase this channels from AOTG)


The behind sim card look very familiar, some-more is "blue" color..
It seems like mentioned one of the telco company in Malaysia..

Need to upgrade their CS too.

Upgrading system forever!! Upgrade your services!! Highly priced but poor quality and same rotting channels!

SKMM probably will close your report and marked it as 'Solved' or "Junk".

Hi all, i have problem with my astro set. Sometimes the remote give delay response, like changing channel and somehow it stuck for few seconds-minutes before it response again. Does anybody encounter this and have solution? Thanks.

Astro Byond.
Not just switch channel. Even increase volume or any other button can made up some delay.
The decoder is around 2year+

Hi i got old HD astro decoder(before pvr one).

Does having an old decoder effect on the screen ratio on non-hd channels (such as TV3 and Ria) to become 4:3 only with black bars/pillars. I always come to my neighbour's house(with a much newer decoder) and they always show 16:9 ratio on all channel without any cutoffs/stretching from the original channel.

How eh? Thx

Already available on channel 109 astro..
Name also changed to TV5