Dah bro. Also mine is using dedicated ethernet direct to the firewall

Thanks. will try this

Waku Waku is available on Astro? I thought only Indonesia and Singapore carried it

Figures. I don't think people that consume Japanese media and also subscribe to Astro overlaps. Hence why they don't bother with GEM and even dropping Animax. Meanwhile, majority of those watching Japanese medium would likely has Unifi, which Animax and GEM there makes sense

Seems that Astro is sharing J-League rights with SPOTV, as both will be showing live matches concurrently starting next week

Same issue here. I subscribed NHK on Unifi TV previously, but since NHK has a rule that NHK won't be available on any IPTV anymore, that went out of the window

Unifi only carries NHK World now. Previously they had NHK Premium, which is the same that Astro has. But in April last year, NHK stopped NHK Premium from being shown on IPTV services (which is why you can't get NHK Premium on Astro plug and play, only on Astro with Satellite. ).

Any problems with that?

Subtitles are usually always provided by channel provider, unless the channel is in house. Not only Astro mind you, but other broadcaster like Unifi TV does this as well. For example when Unifi TV got channels from KC Global Media Asia, some like GEM were without Malay subtitles for a few months because KC Global didn't provide it for Unifi TV

I really wish that Astro would do what Sky in the UK does, and include DVB-T2 tuner ports on their STB for OTA channels in combination with their pay channels.

It's confirmed that Sooka is now streaming at 1080p 50FPS 4Mbps if you are using a compatible device (web browser maxed out at 720p 25 for some reason)

Yep, direct capture from Myfreeview shows it's not even properly upscaled, and a blurry mess

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FWIW, their mixing hardware might downscale it to HD. I remember RTM Sports, which would show direct feed in HD, but if they are mixing in the feed (picture in picture to show behind their talk panel or host for example) would have blurry, downscaled feed 480p images. It was horrible

Similar on MyFreeview. seems not-HD. Maybe only some shows are in true HD?

Nah. Just take one look at the Al Hijrah logo at any programme they are showing and you can definately see it's not HD, upscaling or not

IIRC you need to disable hardware decoding on your browser to disable DRM for desktop recording/casting

you need to add RM50 per multiroom box

Note, Formula 3 next weekend (F1 Support Race) would be on Arena 2, and not on Supersport 5 for some reason.


Press release pun sendu. Just copy and paste



1080p at 25FPS. Instead of higher FPS, they put on motion smoothing.

It's for those that were paying RM1 per month for beta testing previously IIRC

I honestly think there is nothing wrong with the app, and they can release it now and there will be minimal complaints. I think Astro is just holding back due to them introducing the new Ultra Box, and wanting to tie people in to their box as a one stop experience. Hence all the apps that Astro are planning for the box. Once they recouped this investment, then we will finally see the smart tv APP version.

Imagine the uproar if they release the smart tv app now. people who has invested in the new Ultra Box, or being forced into getting it would be pissed off.