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 Astro Version 13A, All about Astro Malaysia offerings

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post Jan 25 2022, 12:28 PM

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QUOTE(weareblahs @ Jan 25 2022, 07:19 AM)
The manifest data itself specifies it as 1280x720, 50fps, but I grabbed a screenshot of the picture and saw that there's a little bit of artifacts comparing to the 720p 25fps one. Note that screenshots are captured under a 1080p display - left is 720p25, right is 720p50.
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At least better than the 720p 25fps one.

As I can confirm with the artifacts being present on the screen, I assume that Astro did specify and encoded the video right, which is 720p.
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I just noticed that I don't get 50FPS using free Sooka access. Are yours paid?
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post Jan 25 2022, 09:44 PM

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QUOTE(joshhd @ Jan 25 2022, 09:41 PM)
TM has routing issues right now IIRC.
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post Jan 28 2022, 06:58 PM

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QUOTE(joshhd @ Jan 28 2022, 12:57 PM)
Get a Android TV box / stick, and install the apps you want there. No need to wait for Astro.

Getting subscription through Astro, ok. But accessing apps through Astro boxes other than Netflix, I think just forget it lah.

End of story.
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Also if you want only sports, Sooka is offering Smart TV subscription too. Since it's now 50FPS, you can get the same smooth image as with using an Astro Box. So yeah, can cancel Astro now
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post Jan 28 2022, 08:35 PM

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QUOTE(joshhd @ Jan 28 2022, 08:30 PM)
This is what I think:

Since Sooka is considered additional income to Astro, they would use that to prioritise rollout to smart TV platforms? hmm.gif
RM84.90 per month, able to stream on 2 devices... But it doesn't mention about 50fps streaming though... hmm.gif

Meanwhile for Astro Go, as long you're an Astro customer, you will be getting access to it regardless, so that's not really a strong point to consider it as an "additional income" to Astro. And duh, there's unskippable ads on Astro Go now dry.gif
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I tested since it has 3 free channels. Arena was 50FPS. Also App version has 3 quality (50FPS max)., while web version is only 2 quality (max 720p 25fps)
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post Jan 29 2022, 12:30 PM

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QUOTE(joshhd @ Jan 29 2022, 11:25 AM)
There's an article that tells you the steps to terminate Astro:
https://www.portalinfo.my/henti-langganan-astro-untuk-jimat/

Oh, so apparently we can terminate Astro easily via email now, eh?
But with the condition that, we must write a proper formal email, saying that you "would like to terminate the following Astro account".

So for those who want to terminate Astro via email, make sure talk properly and don't use harsh words, then they'll make your life easier? Hmmm... hmm.gif
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Well people who are in CS are also human. Being in the service industry (I am in the education sector), when someone ask you nicely, you tend to be more willing to help that person, compared to say someone that uses crass words. For some reason Malaysians don't really respect or treat CS like fellow humans.
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post Jan 31 2022, 07:14 AM

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QUOTE(izwanikhsan @ Jan 31 2022, 06:48 AM)
Meanwhile, in Indonesia, it is rumoured that EPL is taken by Disney Hotstar.

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Time to get an Indonesian mobile phone number then
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post Jan 31 2022, 05:59 PM

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QUOTE(JuneResources @ Jan 31 2022, 04:50 PM)
Dun say smuggling lah~
Perhaps brunei gomen already approve watch private TV Box legally. 😂
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I have a few friends in Brunei. They said they rather pay Kristal Astro than use an IPTV box since internet sucks over there
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post Feb 1 2022, 10:11 PM

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QUOTE(joshhd @ Feb 1 2022, 10:09 PM)
This means, for those who don't subscribe to the RM84.90/month VIP plan, can just forget about using Sooka app on smart TV.

Sooka on smart TV is meant for "expensive people" rather than "cheap people". Harsh, yet true.
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Also, it's the only "legal" way currently to get Astro (albeit limited channels) on an Android TV. Haih.. Perah duit je kerja
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post Feb 5 2022, 08:57 AM

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QUOTE(izwanikhsan @ Feb 4 2022, 01:25 PM)
No wonder Astro is taking only SPOTV1. SPOTV2 is full of nonsense like ice skating all day long.
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The only downside is that Astro delays Spotv for 2 minutes to remove adverts for shows on Spotv2 that is a massive delay if you're watching live telecast
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post Feb 5 2022, 01:42 PM

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QUOTE(izwanikhsan @ Feb 5 2022, 10:31 AM)
I think most channels are delayed. Even live shows on Astro Ria and Warna are delayed 2-3 minutes so they can sensor unsuitable content like brand names, 18 sx words etc. Nothing is really live. Even free channels like RTM are late a bit on Astro as compared to on MYTV.
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QUOTE(Andrewtst @ Feb 5 2022, 10:47 AM)
I think whole world showing live delay since long long ago case of Justin Timberlake accidentally rip off Janet Jackson shirt and showing her breast out.
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Eh. Not in this case. Even if the whole feed is delayed, Astro delays it further. You can see this when watching anything on SPOTV astro vs SPOTV on UnifiTV.

This was similar with Fox Sports 3 previously., where it was delayed for 5 minutes on Astro compared to UnifiTV.
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post Feb 10 2022, 11:55 PM

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QUOTE(izwanikhsan @ Feb 10 2022, 09:58 AM)
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ATP will be on BeIN Sports channel.
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Which is why Bein Sports 2 is now a purely tennis dedicated channel. That being said, what happens to SPOTV now? It was touted to have tennis license from Fox Sports and were showing some tournaments last year.
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post Feb 14 2022, 01:14 PM

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QUOTE(joshhd @ Feb 14 2022, 01:04 PM)
Huh? What you mean "disable old box until no signal"?
Can elaborate further on this?
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The old legacy box I presume? That was discontinued in January 2020, after which you need at least an HD box for Astro to work. It's presume it was due to Astro changing the encoding of it's DVB-S2 signal to AVC (h264) only, and stopped it's MPEG-2 SD broadcast. The old box are so old that it does not support h264.

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post Feb 15 2022, 10:02 AM

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QUOTE(izwanikhsan @ Feb 15 2022, 08:25 AM)
SPOTV will enable local language commentary on its channels soon
https://www.svgeurope.org/blog/news-roundup...edia-ecosystem/
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They already did. In Thailand the badminton coverage on SPOTV was in Thai. Also Fox Sports also did this as MotoGP and F1 had Malay commentary as an alternative languange
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post Feb 15 2022, 11:29 AM

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QUOTE(izwanikhsan @ Feb 15 2022, 11:23 AM)
I see. But Malaysia one still no Malay commentary. How about on MNC vision?
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Badminton is not shown on SPOTV in Malaysia due to Astro/RTM having the license, so yeah, can't compare that one
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post Feb 17 2022, 06:51 PM

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QUOTE(joshhd @ Feb 17 2022, 03:07 PM)
No delays 30second or so
Only for those under Satellite will be able to benefit from this "almost real-time, no broadcast latency".
If your Ulti/Ultra Box is under Plug & Play mode, the usual broadcast latency/delay/lag (<60 seconds) applies when you stream any linear TV channels.
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I can assure you, even under Plug and Play, Astro is still much faster than most pirated streaming sites. This is due to the pirates themselves need to encode their stream, and the forward it to a bouncing point to mask where they are from, and they bounce it to the actual streaming CDN.

QUOTE(joshhd @ Feb 17 2022, 03:07 PM)
True 4K quality on selected event
Most of the UHD sports I see on Astro UHD ch780 are mainly Premier League and F1, and the rest of the time are just repeats of the same thing.
As for 4K UHD quality, the video bitrate used on Astro UHD channel is 18Mbps HEVC 50fps. Should be "4K enough", rather than the true, "True 4K"?
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Hence why "selected events". Even in EU, there are not many live sports broadcasted in 4K. Even Dorna has yet to move MotoGP to 4K, since as a Spanish company they don't really see the need for 4K broadcast, compared to the FOM which broadcast F1 in 4K since they are a British based operation

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post Feb 18 2022, 06:32 AM

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QUOTE(izwanikhsan @ Feb 17 2022, 09:18 PM)
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J League will change hands from Astro to SPOTV
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I am surprised it's not a blanket rights for all the SEA countries that has SPOTV.

Also good news for UnifiTV. Finally some football
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post Feb 18 2022, 01:45 PM

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Sooka is now streaming at 1080P 50FPS. It's likely on recently they updated this since last week it's still at 720p.
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post Feb 19 2022, 09:49 PM

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QUOTE(MasBoleh! @ Feb 19 2022, 07:33 PM)
Would like to know, how you guys pay Astro's bill? Because it is my first time paying, so i am trying to find out the best way to pay..
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Credit card auto debit for me.
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post Feb 23 2022, 06:27 AM

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For some reason, Astro was streaming UCL on Youtube

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post Feb 23 2022, 04:38 PM

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QUOTE(zombie24 @ Feb 23 2022, 04:08 PM)
My ultra box will occasionally hang...anybody else got this issue?
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Mine would randomly not get any data and then just throw up error Unable to Playback the Programme. IRE:403, but the spinning wheel would still move. If I change the channel, it would work again

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