called Astro on Saturday, gave them the account number, Decoder serial number and agreed to the terms and condition. There is a 1 year contract for this b.yond, but who cares, we've been on Astro since 1996/1997. After that Astro said they will install b.yond here before 19th June. That's a long time..

yesterday, 8th june 2010, Astro called and said they will install it tomorrow (which is today 9/6/2010). Then today, they called again that they were coming to install.. within 15 minutes, they arrived at my home.

They unhook the cables from the old decoder because they wanna take it back.

So here is the box for the new Astro B.yond decoder

























Then they started to remove the old dish, and install the new one

Why do I only like Toshiba ZV Series over other LED, 3D LCD Tv's?

Simple,

Because of this feature that does not exist on other TV's.. just for Toshiba



Toshiba’s unique and critically-acclaimed Resolution+ upscaling technology takes everyday standard definition content and instantly improves edge detail and texture, enhancing it to virtually high definition picture quality. Even for the untrained eye, the difference between standard and high definition picture quality is plain to see. Resolution+ drastically improves standard definition picture quality, bringing it close to the level of clarity which only high definition content can achieve. With Resolution+, your Toshiba LCD Television will produce near high definition picture quality on all standard definition TV, DVD and downloaded content you watch while still delivering the most pure and stunning picture quality possible from all high definition sources. Watch as your favourite movies, programmes and games become clearer, richer and sharper than ever before with Toshiba, and Resolution+.

read more about it HERE

Basically. When for example you watch Astro's Standard Definition channels which is broadcasted in 4:3 aspect ratio, it will be stretched to fit the whole TV Screen and the image will be highly pixelated.

However, you can also have Pillarbox on your 16:9 Screen.


this option retains the original 4:3 format on the 16:9 screen.... But.. what's the benefit of a big TV if you dont fully maximise its potential?

So this Toshiba's Resolution+ technology will take the quality of the standard definition and process to make the image appear as a 1080p image. which will look Near HD quality...

other things I like bout this TV is because it can play 24P Real Movie and it have ClearScan 200 which uses its backlight scanning technology.. so faster framerate.. good for playing games.. oh.. and AutoView to..

Price - Rm3.5k.. Its worth it...

Astro, is a satellite TV operator in Malaysia, It is the only Sat TV provider here, No Cable TV or what so ever, There used to be another Satallite TV Provider before but it got bankrupt..

For more info, go to Wikipedia or its own website, Astro.com.my

I got my Astro in 1996, Which was the year I was born and the year Astro has been launched,

So far, what I like about Astro is, there is Many channels. The shows are pretty good.



And What I dont like about Astro, when it rains

I wont get to watch the TV shows


I don't get any signals when it rains


So this is very bad...
If you have to see some Shows that you really like, then it rains, you will be really really really really dissapointed..

On the future, I hope Astro will fix this problem, Also, I would love to see Astro having a HD package... Since Astro is very rich.....

Most people in my Country haven't upgrade their TV from CRT to LCD/Plasma TV is because of Astro doesn't support HD...

So that's all I am going to post.. Thank you for reading, Have a nice day!