Subscribers pay monthly fees to get even MORE ADVERTISEMENTS !!! I have "tahan" so loooong, and even reduced my package. Now "tak boleh tahan lagi" !!

I know its useless but I will call Asss-throw to complain and scold them ... and then change to NJOI. I do hope more and more subscribers call to complain.. persuade your friends and any subscribers to call Asss-throw and complain, if possible... threaten to terminate.

How many will make the complaint? I think there are many people who don't care who will say its useless to complain so I don't know how many will do it but at least a few of my friends WILL call to complain !



I think a few years ago, they tried adding advertising logo on top left or corner of screen... I think it was advertising for the local movie "Ola Bola". Adding advertisement on Info Bar is not new because they have done it before (for a short while).

Once I change to NJOI, I don't mind the advertisement on Info Bar because I do NOT have to pay monthly subscriptions.

Goodbye Asss-throw !!

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Apr 11 2017, 01:13 AM

For people who have been following this forum thread here a long time, already knew that guy who seemed to love attention and love to mix facts with rubbish... so we just ignore, don't reply, don't even mention his name and just treat like he is invisible ! LOL. Long time ago I already have shot many bullets at him about his rubbish... now forget it, why waste time on him?

For newer people who don't know him... will get confused and wonder how he got the info and maybe think he got special insider info, hehehe.

Wikipedia do contain real factual info which can be changed by anyone. I don't know... maybe this guy put the info there and with such people, Wiki can become polluted with rubbish.

I admire him for being thick skinned and keep on continue with his "whatever info". When people replied, there are occasions where he just ignored and keep on posting as though nothing happen, hehe. Oh Joshhd... you said advise this thick skin person to stop fantasising his own desire on Astro channels and providing false information? Don't waste time advising him. Long time ago... I commented and accused him to be a NJOI subscriber who don't pay monthly fees... he didn't deny it at that time.... so I can ASSUMED its true and thought "why request for new premium channels when he actually can't watch them?" Aah... maybe more new premium channels increase profits for Ass-teruk and then more additional "free" channels launched for NJOI ?

Ouch ! I have now wasted my time talking about him.

I was informed by my friend that the Info Banner advertising again re-appeared. Anyone who hate this... handam them in FB, email them, phone them and even temporarily suspend subscription for 2 weeks... do whatever you can to let them know your anger. Useless to complain? Yes, I agree but no harm trying because it cost almost nothing to do it, only your time.

Hehehe... he lost his credibility because he behave similar to Trump... all negative news on him are fake, but what he said are not fake eventhough he contradicts himself !

Regards. Keep on smiling.

Its the story of "the boy who always cried wolf" ! When a boy many many times plays trick and make fun of people who rush to help him after shouting for help and then found that its false... next time when that boy REALLY tells the TRUTH... well... NOBODY will believe him and allow him to be eaten by the wolf, LOL ! ... will you ?

Speaking for myself... I don't care what he writes, true or false, fantasy or reality, dream or nightmare... I will just say... nah! I will just use Trump's 2 famous words... FAKE NEWS ! LOL ! I think he is at least useful for one thing... allow me to poke some fun at him !

If not mistaken, assteruk has always been doing this since DAY ONE ! From what I know it has always been the Movie HD Channels that got 5.1 but NOT all movies have it !

Protest ?

The first step is to put constant pressure... shout loudly and condemn everywhere such as using email, facebook, twitters, phone calls, if possible even use YouTube... getting more and more people to fk them in social media... constantly make it a "hot" topic of discussion in many public places such as restaurants, food stalls, etc. I know they will not care but at least make them "feel the pressure". Obviously I can't do it alone... my friends who are willing to help are just too few compared to the general public.

I know many of you here will say such "pressure" is totally useless when people still continue to pay ! And assteruk also is safe with NJOI where it enjoys more advertising income and many "free subscribers".

This is where the second step is important but not many people will do it. Yes... the best pressure is... you are right.... terminate account. Tell them why you terminate and that will show to assteruk that more and more complains CAN become loss of income IF they still continue to annoy people. If don't want to terminate... request to temporarily "suspend" your account for 2 to 4 weeks to show your anger. I don't know but if they impose "re-activation fee", pay and complain again. They called me and tried to tempt me with free trial, whatever... I still refused and told them why. When they can lose a loyal 19 year long subscriber then they better "wake up" ! Remember, after termination, your account details are not removed because they want to bait you with a worm and hoping the "fish" will get hooked and trapped. Be careful... each time they called about giving "free trials"... remember to ask about the terms and conditions and ALL the fine details before you decide and those terms may change. Those "free trials" to terminated accounts can mean that you agree to restart subscribing again with "free no pay period" BUT comes with another 1 year contract !! Free... FOC ? There is no such thing as a free lunch.

IF assteruk wants to act like a FTA TV channels provider like TV3, NTV7, etc... by providing NJOI channels then do it without Pay Satellite TV Channels, without Internet IPTV. What assteruk IS doing now is having the best of 2 worlds (wrong)... best of 3 worlds. They get to monopolise the bakery market by selling cakes AND then they also get to sell the raw materials (flour, sugar) too. That, my friends, is what is happening with assteruk and we can't do anything about it because we still continue to buy sugar, flour and cakes from them.

I have nothing to complain about advertising in the Info Banner because its NJOI mah.... no monthly subscriptions. I pity those people who PAYS to "enjoy" such additional special advertising. No need to complain? Just keep quiet? Only you can decide. Time for me to watch Netflix.

Actually they don't want to listen to numerous complain calls from subscribers. Shut off people's voices. Then save money with less personnel & management costs. Kill 2 birds with 1 stone. What can people do? Send messages, use online support to submit complains, etc ... and when received complaints, they just throw to dustbin, no need to read everything... no eye see... life more peaceful for them.

Info Banner (EPG) advertising ?

Now even more advertising !

* Pictures from TV screen, received from my friend.





I deleted all my long comments... cut it short. I expect more "good" things to come !!

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Jul 26 2017, 09:58 PM

Maybe many rural people got NJOI ? I already tak tahan anymore, already throw assteruk into the ocean. Time to watch NetFlix.

Complain must be done BUT is not enough. Best way is still say bye-bye but many subscribers still willing to pay, not terminate ! We can complain that durian price is very high but the price still continue to increase because there are MANY people who still buys durian !

You have totally miss my point here.

I have never mention anything about assteruk not earn duit because you missed reading my sentence... "And assteruk also is safe with NJOI where it enjoys more advertising income and many free subscribers".

My entire comment was not about using account termination to affect assteruk profits. Its also not about the process of a cycle of lose profit, make profit, lose profit and continues in a loop.

Let me be more clear in my points since you failed to understand my comments.

1. I never call for anyone to topple assteruk because I already do know that its impossible to do it. Its also not possible to reduce assteruk huge profits because this "virus" covers a huge area... from Pay Satellite TV to NJOI Free-To-Air Satellite TV to IPTV to Internet Streaming (Astro GO), Satellite Radios, ownership in various other assets such as Celestial Pictures which controls Celestial Movies Channel and Shaw Pictures Film Library... and etc etc. Yes, not easy to pull assteruk down.

http://www.celestialpictures.com/company.asp
http://www.celestialpictures.com/business.asp

2. The best way (to complain about the many lousy channels, repeats, advertisements and high price) is not just talking and complaining about... the best is still termination to show our protest. I didn't say that this will affect assteruk profits because they are so spread out in many areas as I mentioned in (1)

3. When I said "terminate subscription" and get NJOI is not about profits to assteruk. When we PAY to watch channels with lots of repeats, lousy channels, increasing number of advertising which is going to be similar to NJOI... then why pay subscriptions when can watch NJOI with no subscriptions? Yes, you can say the difference is when we pay, we get to watch premium shows BUT are those number of shows enough or less crap ones that is worth to pay ? My point is not about making assteruk profit less... its about dissatisfaction and whether its worth to pay subscription when Pay TV is becoming more and more looking similar to NJOI with numerous repeats and advertisements... when Pay TV have less and less good shows, more crap ones? SO... that's why change to NJOI is better than pay for crap premium entertainment with so much repeats and advertisements. Read carefully, did I talk anything about profit here? Eventhough Assteruk Pay TV still got premium shows but its becoming more and more looking similar to NJOI, and if it has reached a point where you feel its not worth it, then why pay?

I have already said that there will be many people who still continue to pay... which I feel the reason is because these people can still accept and tolerate it so they feel its still worth it. I can't change that. Aah... what happens when it has reached to the point that a person feel that its not worth it? When that point is reached, don't just complain and pay blindly... because its useless... just terminate and if you want, get NJOI because no monthly payments.

Okay... I don't care how assteruk feels, don't care about their employee turnover rates, don't care about their internal management because it doesn't concern me. What concerns me is whether I get the reasonable quality goods for something that I paid for ! I don't care if assteruk makes huge profits or incurs losses.

I never expect assteruk decoder to last longer. In fact, I never expect many things that I bought can last longer because companies always wants to make more profits and sacrifice quality. You can just do a survey and you do know that many products don't last more than 3 years. Many years ago, just look at my previous Pioneer DVD player which only lasted around 2 years, need to change lens and PAY for repairs. You don't need to guarantee that the decoder will have problems after 3 years, I know because its also the same for many other things too !

Yes, I have to pay for the decoder when it gets rosak ... mmm... after 2 years... how much to replace it ? Just put it simply at RM 400. Ok... I pay around RM200+ each month for 2 years means that I already paid RM4800 !! Compared to this "big" amount that I pay.... isn't it much more better to pay RM 400? Even if you pay RM80 per month... 2 years equals RM 1920 which also cost more ! Why so stupid pay extra RM 4400 when I can use a much less portion of this amount to pay Neflix RM51 per month for 4 persons? At least no advertisements ! Of course anyone who feels its worth it, can still continue paying subscription to assteruk... but when the time comes when feel its not worth it, then don't just complain because assteruk don't care... just terminate and go to other alternatives such as NJOI or whatever.

I had said "No need to complain? Just keep quiet? Only you can decide." I meant you can decide to complain, to voice out which is "better" than just keep quiet. But will this be effective enough? Will it work? May never be good enough. What happens when you start to feel that its already not worth it and have already made complains with no result... then the best action left is still TERMINATION... whatever you do after that is for you to decide.

I am not bothered whether assteruk still continue to make profits because I use NJOI and continue to support assteruk. What is important to me is whether its worth it to watch free NJOI TV channels compared to Pay Satellite TV channels. Pay even RM 600 (not RM 400) for replacing decoder every 2 years? Worth it ! For me, it is whether its worth it or not, not about who makes more profits and who I support !

Don't misunderstand me. I do agree with many of your points especially when the process is a vicious circle that loops back and forth. But your points are in a different direction compared to my points. Anyway, I do appreciate your comments and views.

Regards.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Jul 29 2017, 01:48 AM

I have already posted about "Info Banner" ads on 26 July 2017.

And I also have posted what assteruk is doing now... MORE banner ads by using excuse of SEA Games announcements. Who knows? Maybe more will come... "Selamat Deepavali Dari Astro" banners with ads in it !

I am re-posting here the attached screenshots sent to me by a friend.

Memang tak ada "free lunch" dan saya sanggup bayar kalau berpatutan.

Kalau hanya satu gerai saja di seluruh Malaysia ada jual durian dan naikkan harga terlampau.... bukan "monopoly" yang jadi masaalah... tapi yang jadi masaalah ialah masih ramai yang sanggup beli durian dengan harga amat tinggi ! Ya, saya bukan minta beli durian dengan harga terlalu rendah dan bukan dapat percuma... tapi saya hanya sanggup beli dengan harga berpatutan dan bukan harga terlampau tinggi. Inilah yang saya rasa telah berlaku kepada Assteruk !

I have complained many times before when "Ola Bola" movie advert logo appeared on the screen and after that EPG ads also appeared before the Rio Olympics ... emails, phone calls, getting friends to do the same... I even reduced my package twice, told them why and gave warning but nothing happen. I won't waste more time again... when I felt not worth it, just terminate which I think is the best option for me. Bagi saya, tak berbaloi untuk bayar dan dapatkan begitu banyak iklan DAN ulangan. I don't care about monopoly, whether assteruk untung atau rugi. IF soooo much ads almost the same as NJOI, better get NJOI because I don't have to pay RM 200+ per month or RM2400 per year !! Selepas 2 tahun, dekoder rosak beli ganti pun tak sampai RM 500 !

Cuba bandingkan jika ini berlaku dalam panggung wayang (cinema)... beli tiket, tengok wayang terus tanpa henti sampai habis. Tapi, kalau selepas 15 minit, satu banner iklan dipaparkan dibawah ! Adakah anda boleh terima ini ? Bayar pun dapat "nikmat" iklan. Iklan yang tiba tiba melompat keluar memang menjejaskan keseronokan saya, tak syok !

Aah... kalau tengok percuma perlawanan bolasepak di gerai mamak, iklan boleh diterima loh.

Okay kalau tambah iklan di assteruk dan turunkan harga sebulan tapi ini tak berlaku !







This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Jul 31 2017, 10:31 PM

What is already happening with assteruk is too much and will continue to get worse. Nothing I can do to change the situation... forget about using bad words, forget about making complains... I just terminate because already not worth it... no eye see.

Crizal? No need to be sponsor... any company can do it, just pay advertising fee to assteruk is enough ! Make MORE profits mah !

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Jul 31 2017, 10:37 PM

At least those "pop-ups" only shows information on show dates and schedule. These don't really help to make more profits so its different. Even if make profit, may be acceptable because its relevant. Putting products (such as "Colgate toothpaste") as pop-ups or banners are purely advertising that assteruk makes more $$ ! Such product ads are not show dates and not informative... except informing us to buy the product !

Those "pop-ups" are small... but those shown by me earlier are BIG banners that's really annoying loh !

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Jul 31 2017, 11:54 PM

That's the problem when a bakery company makes cakes to sell, then produce flour for sale and then grows sugar cane and produce sugar for sale too.

Assteruk covers these markets...
1) Satellite Pay TV
2) Free-To-Air Satellite TV (which competes with TV3, NTV7, TV9)
3) Astro GO (which competes with online streaming services such as iFlix)
4) Astro IPTV (which competes with TM HyppTV)

They get to enjoy "everything"... do you think its good or bad? No need to answer, we already know. What happens IF Celcom bought over Maxis, Digi and all mobile phone operators in Malaysia and then also go into online video streaming (such as Astro GO, Netflix) and IPTV ? That... is BAD !

What made me stop subscribing is because Assteruk Satellite Pay-TV Advertising is reaching the same amount as NJOI !! Why pay to suffer the same number of ads when we can just get NJOI and only pay once for the decoder + dish ? Just like the "cinema" example I mentioned earlier. Okay... I won't like it and won't buy any bluray if the movie inside appear ads during play !! Pay and still have to see ads in bluray disc? Not yet happen for blurays but if it happens... I better go "underground". What assteruk is doing is not helping to reduce piracy !!

Good luck to all of you who still continue to pay... more and more "good things" to come in the future... you will get to "learn" more about Proton, Hotlink, Digi, Samsung, Traveloka, etc etc products that will actually HIT you right in front of your TV screen !! Do you get a feeling that you seem to be paying for those advertisements? I do feel it !!

I remember many many years ago when RTM2 even put shows or movies inside advertising image for a few seconds !!! Its annoying but still okay because I don't pay anything.

Just an example to show what I mean.... below is a picture I made showing a movie suddenly shrink smaller and put inside a mobile phone image ! Can anyone guarantee that this will not happen to assteruk in the future ? I can't complain when watch for free but ... pay and still get this? Assteruk now can put BIG banner ads inside SEA Games announcements so what will they do next to make even more advertising money? More such banners with ads for Hari Raya, Chinese New Year, Deepavali, Christmas, New Year wishes? Big banner pop-out to congratulate Datuk Lee Chong Wei for winning the ****... then advert appears ? What are you going to do when this happens? Complain here and there, use nasty bad words and still continue to pay ? Only you can make the decision. Same as me, two of my friends have already stopped paying !



You said... "But then, what to do?". The only thing to do is stop and terminate. Nothing else we can do... but most people still continue to pay because of various different reasons which I have to accept. As long as many people still continue to pay, assteruk will continue to treat subscribers like sh*t ! Just like the parents who spare the rod... they spoil their kid who become more and more naughty !

Well... I will just sit and see how long many people can tahan until they decide to totally stop. Maybe nothing will change so I don't know.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Aug 1 2017, 02:42 AM

When DirecTV owns Turner... they control Pay TV channels such as WarnerTV, HBO, etc. I don't know, show me which channels owned by DirecTV and Turner are FTA (Free-To-Air) channels. Do DirecTV also have another FTA service similar to Assteruk NJOI?

What Assteruk is doing is control the Satellite Pay TV and then get to also enjoy FTA market which directly compete with TV3, NTV7, etc. Is that fair? Maybe you are right to say its fair but I think its not healthy for assteruk to enjoy both markets at the same time. Then also got IPTV Pay Cable TV too !

As I mentioned before with the Bakery example. The only bakery allowed to sell cakes in Malaysia also buys restaurants, Fast Food outlets, buy flour producing factories, buy sugar cane plantations and produce sugar... so that bakery controls all the cake sales, and even sells flour and sugar too AND that is not healthy situation in my opinion.

I want to ask these questions. Do DirecTV put so much advertisements into the channels and even put into EPG and BIG banners? Did any Singapore Pay TV put in such EPG and banner ads? Honestly, I don't know the answers. If yes, then DirecTV is also acting the same as Assteruk.

Actually I do NOT care... if DirecTV behave the same way, if any company got monopoly, if anyone bought other companies, if any company expand to multi-product markets such as "if Proton bought over TV3", etc. Why I don't care? Because the commercial world is always like this. If I am the CEO, I will also do the same thing when given the opportunity! It's all about making more profits, its normal.

What I care is for myself, as a consumer. If I feel that its not worth it to buy, then I don't buy. If I have a good reason and its not worth it, I will still buy. If its worth it, then of course I will buy. This is what a consumer normally behave. DirecTV buys Turner?... what consumers care is whether its worth it to pay if more channels are added because of the purchase of Turner. Better still, more channels with no additional increase in subscription !

The question on assteruk is whether people feel that its worth it to continue paying with all the repeats, more poor content than good ones, advertisements which is now becoming more and more uncontrolled and ridiculous. Its nothing wrong to still continue even when its not worth it because people have lots of different good reasons and I have heard many of them. No need to explain it.

A person can be "forced" to pay assteruk because he has old parents who depend on assteruk as the only entertainment AND there is no other good alternative too. No problem with that. Ya, can blame monopoly BUT don't forget that we also partly contributed to this problem too.

If a company have monopoly on durians, the price will keep on increasing when people still continue to buy... its a fact. Monopoly will not cause price increase when people boycott it. When I loved my nephew so much, its not wrong to buy for him his favourite durians BUT I will also accept that I am also to blame for the price increase. I won't just push ALL the fault to monopoly. Yes, I blame myself for supporting assteruk for around 19+ years but luckily I have cancelled now. Is NJOI worth it? Maybe I will take it. At least I don't pay to "enjoy" advertisements appearing everywhere on the screen !

The original content provider adds in their own tiny ads on other shows and then assteruk... adds in much more with commercial breaks after every 15 minutes lasting 5 minutes each, shows ads logo at corner, shows ads in EPG, pop-out big banner ads for a few seconds at least twice in 1 hour... WOW! Maybe in the future, pop-out announcements (Hari Raya, etc) with ads will appear at the bottom of the screen in the middle of a movie/show which is still continuing so can anyone "tahan" this if it happens?

I have a friend in the advertising profession who told me that ads are much more effective when it pops-out in the screen when a show is still continuing because we will definitely notice it so those 3 to 5 seconds ads costs a lot and helps to get better income. Compared to the regular 3 to 5 minutes commercial breaks, people pay less attention and usually notice the first ad that appear during the break. Aah... when the TV series Game Of Thrones is still continuing with an action scene, you will definitely notice the Coca-Cola banner ad that pops-out at the bottom !! Coca-Cola pay more, assteruk get more income... we lost the fun of watching that TV episode !! Mmm... dengan banting Sukan SEA tiba-tiba muncul dibawah skrin dengan iklan... saya ada perasaan lebih banyak banting seperti ini akan muncul pada masa hadapan. Jangan-jangan tekaan saya betul loh ! Apa nak buat apabila ramai ada sebab-sebab tertentu untuk teruskan bayar... bukan salah untuk teruskan bayar tapi keadaan tak akan berubah dan mungkin jadi semakin teruk loh. Ingat... ini bukan NJOI, ada bayaran langganan tiap-tiap bulan. Bayaran kami tak cukup... mesti "nikmat" lagi banyak iklan, hehehe.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Aug 2 2017, 03:37 AM

The reason why any company treats customer service and after sales support seriously is because they want their customers to be satisfied which will later generate more sales for them. Any bad image from their neglect in this area can turn against them when sales are affected. This scenario changes when the relevant Regulatory Bodies don't do anything AND when any company gets the monopoly and controls almost all the market. Anyone (including me and you) who becomes the CEO of such company will do the same thing as what is happening to Assteruk... so its expected and "normal" behaviour loh.

Politics, elections and monopoly are different from consumer purchase of products and services.

In elections, a politician who is corrupt and bad can still remain in power eventhough the majority didn't vote for him. Its because voting fraud and dirty tactics can be used to twist the results to his favour.

There is no such thing as tampering the votes or "election fraud" to make any company make more profits ! Whatever any company does... such as advertising, improving product quality, reduce prices, etc... won't help when customers actually don't buy ! Yes... politics, corruption, monopoly, mismanagement, inefficiency, uncontrolled wastage of resources, etc etc... ALL obviously affects the consumers BUT the purchasing power is still in the control of the consumers. Our govt can't point a gun at us to force us to buy anything !

Whatever has been talked about, rant about, complained about or any other opinions expressed here are always good to have in creating awareness and lively discussion. BUT... when it comes back to the DECISION to BUY/PAY or not, only the consumers holds the KEY on whether ANY company survive, prosper or die ! Of course bad politics and monopoly can really make consumers hurt BADLY but the actual purchase decision is still with ... you guessed right... consumers.

I am sorry for being too harsh and blunt by pointing the finger directly at ourselves (include me), not monopoly, not politics BUT its a fact that many may choose to ignore. I can accept it and understand if anyone here got angry for what I have said. For consumerism... we can together actually correct it but choose not to do it.

I welcome everyone here to continue the rants, the opinions, the condemnations, the finger pointing and sharing of all sorts of knowledge and info. Yes, nothing wrong. Also nothing wrong if have whatever good reason to continue paying Assteruk. BUT... deep inside our brains, do remember that we can together EASILY force Assteruk to change by deciding to act with MASS termination and unfortunately, many chose NOT to do it. Consumer power on any company is still with us but we don't use it. When a person don't use such power, can shout and complain but must also accept that such decision to pay is actually the real cause of the problem.

Whenever I bought durians for my nephew who loves it... I deserve to feel guilty and deserve to get "punished" by paying the expensive price. Of course I am not wrong to do it because I want to show my love to my nephew whom I care very much. Ya, I will grumble, will rant, will even curse the sellers BUT I know nothing will happen when I still continue to buy.

Even for NJOI, Assteruk cannot do anything IF we choose not to buy the decoder/dish for the NJOI service. If I get really furious, I may not even get NJOI !!

Regards.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Aug 2 2017, 06:37 PM

Hehe... that's why I said "do remember that we can together EASILY force Assteruk to change by deciding to act with MASS termination"... but I definitely do NOT expect this to happen when I said "unfortunately, many chose NOT to do it.". Just like durian getting more and more expensive, people will still buy because they love it.

Monopoly on premium content is just one big factor why people refuse to stop BUT its not the only reason because many people have various different reasons.

Actually there is an alternative way to make a big impact... no need termination, ALL those subscribers who no longer are bound by contract can just request temporary suspension for 1 or 2 months so this is already enough to do some damage to assteruk... even if not enough damage, at least a big slap and show to assteruk not to "play play" with subscribers ! Jangan main-main dengan pelanggan loh. BUT... people will DIE, cannot live without watching assteruk even for 1 to 2 months !! Example... there will be people who will shout... "my parents will kill me" if they missed any episodes of TVB AOD !! So... its just a waste of time to suggest "temporary suspension"... people won't cooperate together, definitely won't do it loh.

So... NOPE... nothing will work... life goes on and monopoly will still carry on, hehe. The situation will continue to deteriorate as our RM continues to fall... premium content cost skyrocket up and then assteruk pushes out even more ads, more repeats, less good content, etc. Even our electricity bill will no longer have any subsidy later.

Just look at our terrestrial TV broadcasts... still in analog ! Always talk talk talk that Terrestrial Digital broadcasts will be available nationwide very soon... next year, three years, six years but who knows when it will actually happen nationwide? Yes, test broadcasts in KL and some other places... that's it. Pasang aerial di bumbung... adjust haluan dan dapat digital HD Channel with 5.1 surround audio in... mmm... Bentong, Pahang? No... don't hope it will happen there soon. Even many TVs sold in Malaysia still don't have built-in Digital Tuner !!

Assteruk IPTV, Netflix or iFlix? Masih banyak tempat belum ada UniFi loh ! Many areas with Streamyx (1mb, 2mb, 4mb, 8mb)... is just NOT fast enough to get enough video bitrate to get at least 70% of the HD quality that people with UniFi (30mb, 50mb, 100mb) enjoys ! I tested Netflix HD video quality in my hometown with streamyx 8mb speed only... really cannot compare with my place in KL using UniFi 30mb speed. Yes, in HD but video bitrate drops a lot with low internet speed so the quality drops too ! Just like when I watched a Netflix 4K movie using streamyx... betul betul teruk kualiti, tak sampai HD kualiti pun. Aah, kawan saya cakap UniFi dah sampai di Mentakab, Pahang... baru tahun ni ada tapi tak cukup slot, oleh itu TM hanya bagi UniFi Business Package dengan harga mahal... mana boleh residen rumah dapatkannya? Not many places nationwide got UniFi BUT even those towns that is lucky enough to get... yet not open for everyone, LOL ! LOL ! Some towns with Streamyx can't even reach 8mb speed !!! That's also one of the reason why Assteruk is still the nationwide KING !

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Aug 3 2017, 12:11 AM

EPG Ad banner ... to reward subscribers is their public reply to all complaints. It IS correct that they actually is rewarding subscribers ! What they don't tell you is the true reason why its a reward. I can't prove what I am going to say now so just treat it as rumours from me... a friend of mine who has a friend inside said the "reward" is actually because the content price keeps on increasing a lot due to various reasons, including our fk ringgit continuing to weaken. So what has cost increase caused Assteruk to "reward" us? Whenever they increased price... people will explode with lots of complains, protests, etc. MPs in parliament then continue to allow monopoly because a group privately wants to continue "untung"... but this "group" wants to "show" that they care about rakyat complains so Assteruk is forced not to increase price or limit price increase as much as possible.

Aahh.... apa boleh Assteruk buat bila tak dibenarkan naik harga ataupun bila boleh, hanya naik sikit-sikit. So they a very good and clever plan... they call it REWARD to make it sound wonderful which they believe subscriber DESERVE for not allowing them to increase price !! Yah, Assteruk believes that subscribers deserve to get such rewards by getting much much more advertisements !!! LOL !

Think I am bullshitting here? Ingat saya cakap karut ? Subscribers pay money to watch additional advertisements which gives discounts as rewards? Actually they can send us such rewards by email, by sms, by whatsapp, by post, etc etc... why use EPG Ad banner? Because its more effective in forcing people to notice it and therefore the advertisers willing to pay more !!

For example... just like when a person buys a Pr*t*n car. E*N asked Assteruk to advertise in Pr*t*n. Instead of giving the car buyer an advertising paper brochure from Assteruk which gives 1 month free view of Satellite TV, E*N just painted the rear bonnet with the Assteruk advertisement as a "reward". Why do that? E*N can get more advertising $ from Assteruk because more people can see it when the buyer uses the car ! When car buyer complains, E*N said he can always press the "OK" button... oops... buyer can repaint the bonnet ! The problem is... when buyer sends the car back for free service, the bonnet gets painted with the advert again !

Complain and still nothing happened because Assteruk is big taikoh with monopoly ! CORRECT ! But many still choose to pay because they will die and cannot live without Assteruk. Just like internet, I will DIE without it but I will only point the finger at myself and blame myself only eventhough TM monopoly is the reason why its expensive.

My question to people in Thailand and Singapore... do you people get the same EPG Ad banners and Pop-Out banners ? I hope its the same. If NOT, then Assteruk treats us "better" here, LOL !

Hehe... here's a short 35 seconds video I made after I used my phone to film it at my friend's home. Mmm... hope you like it... I mean, hope you hate it !

https://youtu.be/a80jzYIW__A

Again this Low L H simply talk nonsense. Why nonsense?

Anyone can make guesses by saying "IF" this or that channel (such as SciFi, Fox, etc) is taken by Ansa and then give opinions. Its okay because its just "IF" guesses that can possibly happen.

But its really stupid to say "IF" Ansa takes any X-rated or Adult or AV channel because EVERYONE in Malaysia knows that such channels are NOT allowed to be shown here in Malaysia.

Well... I will definitely NOT be so stupid to say "if Astro Publications publishes Playboy Magazine (Malaysia Edition), then everyone here will be able to view sexy naked ladies". Definitely NO IFs.

Why should Low say "IF" when we all know that such AV channel is guaranteed not allowed for Malaysia... not only for Ansa, also not allowed for Assteruk, HyppTV, and whatever broadcaster. What is the purpose of saying only "if Ansa"? Why not say you hope "Assteruk" to take such AV channel too and then get to watch LGBT AV? * LGBT : Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transexual.

If want to assume something, then don't just simply use something that everyone knows that there is no such thing as "IF" for banned materials !

I guess the reason why "Japan AV Idol channel" is mentioned is because he wants to criticise and try to pull down the image of Ansa. Why? Because he wants to jack up the image of Assteruk which he worship and love so much that he can't live without Assteruk. Of course he wants Assteruk to succeed because he is using NJOI and don't pay any monthly subscription so he don't care what assteruk do to those people who pay monthly subscriptions ! At least my guess makes some sense... his guess that Japan AV channel may be allowed is pure nonsense.

I may be wrong but I suspect that he doesn't want Ansa to succeed because "maybe" another Satellite Pay TV can damage or weaken Assteruk which may affect his "free" NJOI channels.

Earlier, he trolled about various new NJOI channels "coming" which are actually his own wishes... and when asked where he got the info, he gave a link to a post in Assteruk FB which is actually posted by him, LOL !!

I really admire this guy for being able to continue like nothing happen and don't bother what other people think about him ! Hehe... I failed... did not manage to ignore him loh.

I believe the "best" logical way for Ansa is to use the Satellite platform to broadcast because of obvious reasons... fast and easy delivery nationwide without needing to take time and $$ to invest in terrestrial infrastructure. At the present time... we are not even sure when Digital Terrestrial TV will be officially launched... what about "nationwide"? Just look at recent history on what happened to the failed ABN (Asian Broadcasting Network) Cable TV. So, I am really not surprised IF Ansa decides to use the Satellite TV platform loh.

Yes, everyone who supports competition and condemn monopoly (except for "one" person here) will surely hope that Ansa succeed loh. I also hope so. BUT... whether Ansa will succeed or not in the future... only time will tell. How long will it take for Ansa to become a "force" that is strong enough to compete with Assteruk? I don't know. I just hope Ansa don't "die" before it even start !!

Mmm... I also notice another "interesting" guy called Mr Loh A+ who did also posted info that is... well... where is the reliable source to back it up? I hope its not the same person, hehe. I apologise if different person.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Aug 18 2017, 01:23 AM

The source link you gave previously ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrill_(TV_channel)

Hello hello to you too.

So are you suggesting that I think positive is better than think negative? What are you talking about? I was NOT talking negative or positive when I said "where is the reliable source to back it up?" I was just talking FACT when I went to your Wiki link for Thrill TV on 17/08/2017 and found that there was NOTHING being mentioned on "HyppTV", ZERO... nothing on HypTV CH 650 and future CH 654 !!

Of course I DO know that Wiki source can be unreliable when there is no external reference link or links to collaborate such info AND also because anyone can "simply" edit the WiKi details without the need for anyone to prove it. I accept that Wikipedia IS ALWAYS a good place to get the info that we want and its info can be accurate BUT I usually do some more digging whenever I "suspect" that the info given is not accurate especially when the info is about the "future" such as, example... "soon to be launched TV channels" when nothing was mentioned on where the info came from... such as announcement made from the TV Operator or other sources.

I can 100% swear to you that I am not the culprit who "deleted" the HyppTV details from the Wiki page that you mentioned. Maybe someone else deleted those info on the CH 650 and CH 654 probably because of whatever reasons that only that person knows. Who knows? After I posted this reply to you... someone else MAY put that HyppTV info back again to the Wiki page.

Whatever is said about HyppTV CH 650 and CH 654... as far as I know when I read that Wiki page on 17/08/2017... there is actually NOTHING mention on this !! I repeat... that's why I said "where is the reliable source to back it up?" I should have said... "the info you mentioned is missing there". My comment has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether I thought negatively loh ! Its a FACT that I did NOT see anything mentioned on this when I read that page at that time !

Yeah... its always okay and good for anyone to hope and wish for something and feel positive about it... I support that ! I found out that its true that CinemaWorld HD Ch. 650 is available on HyppTV so that info is accurate. It may be true when you said about Thrill Channel 654 will be launched soon on HyppTV BUT that WiKi link you gave as the source of the info did NOT mention anything about this. Please forgive me for not being smart enough to find that info from my google searches so I hope you can at least show me ANY other reference link which mentions the "magical" future CH 654.

Hehe... think positive pulak... apa ni ?

Best Regards.

Additional Notes
If its true, then you can say "Thrill will be launched soon on HyppTV (CH 654)." but show me the source info.
If you hope for that channel, then you can say "I hope Thrill will be launched on HyppTV." and I support your wishes, so I will join you in thinking positively loh.

Not talking about you here... will, shall, maybe, may, guess, if, hope, not sure, wish... are all words with different meanings. If I wish or hope for something, I won't say "will". If I am not sure or making guesses, I will say it. That guy Low is one such person who personally wishes for this and that channels and talks as though those channels WILL be launched without giving any reliable source for such info, LOL ! All he needs to say is that he "hope" or "wish" for such channels so that people can at least think positively hoping that it becomes a reality later. Don't just give "unreliable" info with the word "will" or... example... "??? channel launch end of year" which makes people feel positively happy and then finds out that its not true so we become negatively sad, hehe.

This post has been edited by jamesleetech: Aug 18 2017, 07:00 PM

I am already praying now. Let's join me, pray together and say this...

May god bless us with this alternative TV Broadcaster to become a reality which hopefully can give us better reasonable monthly rates with much more better channels. May god also bless us in our wishes to teach Assteruk a big lesson so that they will not treat us like sh*t.

May god also grant us our wish that we can still continue to afford paying for Satellite TV entertainment as we become more and more poor due to our bad RM !

You mean the signal strength for ABS2/2a is quite low?

I know little about satellite technology so please excuse my ignorance. May I ask how the dish placed at high buildings will have more problems compared to placing dish at low buildings? I thought that obstruction or block to signal path on top of dish are the cause of reception problems.