China population so big. Singapore world cup pass more expensive than us.

Do we have even 4K for World cup on Astro? @.@
Pay so much but can simply find & watch free online...hmm

All 64 matches, live in 4K HDR, only on Astro
If you want free, go to mamak and watch.

I got sport pack at home, no need go mamak, thanks

This is Douyin (China version of TikTok), and the free World Cup in 4K is exclusively for China only, and nowhere else.
https://www.gizmochina.com/2022/11/14/tikto...fa22-free-cina/

Then you can access to all matches in 4K on channel 805 and 806, and it's only accessible on the Ultra Box.
If you're not using Ultra Box, then what's stopping you from upgrading to Ultra Box?

This post has been edited by joshhd: Nov 15 2022, 10:32 PM

Have to give something to the people being locked up at home over there

World cup broadcast fees only peanut for DouYing, advertisement, live trading and online shop is golden egg for DouYing.
Massive users in China DouYing, can't imagine the revenue generate in World Cup 2022.

This post has been edited by wong_86: Nov 16 2022, 08:47 AM

Exactly. And TBH Astro gives World Cup for free to existing sport pack users.

Not sure if everyone notice, but CCM 321 is now default on 16:9 even when choosing "pillarbox" mode.

Not sure this channel will be aired in HD in future.

inb4 same route as Sun Life.

TV3, 8TV and TV9 will have black bar on left and right screen if the channel played by internet or recording

Dear Astro's broadcast team, can you check your aspect ratio settings thoroughly on your SD channels?
Get someone knowledgeable about aspect ratio in your company to handle all the aspect ratio settings, please

*Satellite = the ones you see when receiving the channel through Astro satellite dish
*Internet streaming = the ones that Plug & Play users see, and also the version you see during Live Pause, cloud recording, and continuous viewing feature

Satellite	Internet streaming	Issue
		Pillarbox appear on TV9 (149) when stream via Internet
		Pillarbox appear on Astro AOD (352) when watch via satellite
		Letterbox appear on Bernama (502) when watch via satellite

Yeah I saw some netizens posted screenshots online that they are getting mysterious pillarbox on those channels as well, and which I guess it affects only either the Satellite version or the Internet version (Plug & Play...).
Here are some samples:

But by the time I tune to those channels, I notice they've fixed the pillarbox issue...., on some channels only, not all of them yet...

Some of Media Prima in house programme still produce in 4:3 format

This post has been edited by michaelkkl: Nov 19 2022, 11:49 AM

Oh, the Cantonese audio on CCM is broken. Now stuck with crappy Mandarin dubs.

Is ASTRO SETVICES SATELLITE just now DOWN?!?! Connected internet all menu is blank and show error

Same problem re-occur now. Really can't tolerate anymore as I might miss worldcup matches.

Last question before I upgrade to ultra box. If I switch to using Internet rather than dish, is the buffering issue a very common problem? The buffer is taking long time or at a tolerable time?

Hi, need help. During registered with Astro (Sports Pack), I opted with Ultra Box Plug & Play one. So recently I moved to my new home, due to internet coverage quite slow at my new home area, I asked Astro technician to install a satellite dish here. But the problem now, after setup completed using satellite, dcss etc., the basic channel such as Ria, Prima, Awani, Axn, Arena somehow cannot be accessed. The error on the screen shows Subscription Required. For tv1, tv2, tv3, supersports, spotv somehow no problem. I already contacted with Astro Customer Service plenty times, but they always came up with the same solutions, refresh account, clear nvram..plus already once sent a technician to come to my house to check, but still, problems not solved. Any otai here know how to solve my Ultra Box problem? Thanks and sorry for my long essay lol.

Live WordCup 2022 -Douyin Feed
https://live.douyin.com/fifaworldcup/7081590255274606628