Astro B.yond Bloggers Night!

13th January 2010 marks an important date in the

history of Astro as some of us bloggers were the first to witness the 1st

Malaysian High Definition Television Commercial for Astro B.yond

at the Astro B.yond Bloggers Night

held at Modesto's, Desa Sri Hartamas

Astro B.yond is the latest package from Astro which enables

5 selected channels to be viewed in High Definition (HD)

and the channels will become Astro SuperSport HD,

HBO HD, National Geographic Channel HD,

History Channel HD & ESPN HD

This will enable the viewers of the channels to experience richer colours, picture-perfect clarity and cinematic surround sound. And coming side by side with it, a new and improved Electronic Programming Guide (EPG) designed for better viewer interface will be introduce

so as for the event, it started at 7.30pm at Modesto's

and it was an awesome place with awesome music to go along with the event.

with bloggers and press pilling in the place...

there was easily about 100-200 people in Modesto's

So as i and Xiang entered the place

we were greeted by friendly and awesome nuffies

that gave us goodie bags and let us sign the Astro B.yond Board

so heres a few pictures:

Goodie Bags prepared for us

Everyone scribbling their new year resolutions on the board

The Stage

The Bar

A crime scene designed for us

The table piece

So as the event was packed up with plenty of bloggers and press

The event started with a speech given by the COO of Astro

Astro COO Mr Henry

and he explained on what Astro B.yond is all about

so as for the 5 main features of Astro b.yond,

it is:

An Experience like never before

Astro B.yond, Malaysia's first High-Definition broadcast, brings you a complete sensory experience – sharper pictures, more vibrant colours, cinematic surround sound, and a wider screen. Combined, it gives you crystal clear details and a viewing experience like never before.

To See like never before:

Astro B.yond will have Crisp and Crystal Clear images, Broadcasting at 720p and 1080i, Astro B.yond offers at least twice the resolution and 5 times greater detail, sharpness and clarity. and also with Astro B.yond , you'll get lifelike images with greater true to life colours.

To hear like never before

Astro B.yond will have cinematic surround sound system by

Dolby Digital Technology. You're able to Watch your favourite shows

on Astro B.yond with Dolby Digital technology, recreating the multi-dimensionalwaudio experience you get in the cinema, right in your living room.

To Feel like never before

Astro B.yond provides a spectacular widescreen

viewing which is an adventure for the senses

Astro B.yond broadcasts images in a 16:9 aspect ratio, which allows

you to enjoy panoramic widescreen viewing that most closely

emulates the human field of vision.

and last but not least:

To touch like never before!

alright i know the picture seems crazy lol!

but anyways:

Touch like never before is a user friendly navigation

coming together with Astro B.yond

which Incorporates new features eg. 7 days’ programme guide

, for amazing & one-touch convenience.

so after the explanations by the COO of Astro

The new advertisement of Astro B.yond was played not once but twice!

for us bloggers to see the awesomeness of Astro Byond

part of the Astro B.yond advertisement

so moving on

Dinner was served after the advertisement

and the bloggers and media were able to eat to their hearts content

and during dinner, there was a percussion performance to entertain us

and it was superb!

A waiter serving pizzas

The buffet dinner

performance by the percussian group

so as the night went on

i was able to meet up with other bloggers

and also to meet new faces that i've never seen before!

and it went on with a whole series of camwhoring!

The new bloggers i know

Alice, Rabiatul, Zaid, Zaila & I

Suresh, Hitomi, feeq, Xiang, Justin, Wen Pink & I

and this is rare sight as

finally for the 1st time

i managed to bully shaz! LOL

he is the DJ/Tea Coffee Maker/Janitor of X-Fresh FM

*so he claims*

so moving on for the finale of the night

if you were wondering what the Crime Scene Investigation picture up there was

it is actually an ACTUAL CRIME SCENE set up for us to play the game

This game is based on a facebook game created by astro

and astro will also sellect 10 winners from this facebook game

to win an LG 32" HD TV & a year subscription to Astro Byond!

so if you wanna play this game

head over to:

www.facebook.com/Astro

As you can see..It looks like a murder that happened

and we were supposed to find the murderer that is on the loose over there

we split up into groups of 5's

and were given a magnifying glass per group

to find clues all over Modesto's

as there were very tiny words written on pieces of laminated papers

located all around the Modesto's

And the tiny words will soon lead to the murderer!

And after the murderer has been found by the winning team

the team will compete against each other with a series of Q & A session

and the winner will walk away with:

A Brand New LG 32" LG HDTV

An Astro B.yond Set

and a free subscription for a year!

My Team which comprises of

Wen Pink, Suresh, Feeq, Justin & Me

The Clues we found around the restaurant

and so after about 20-30 minutes of figuring out the murderer

Shaolin Tiger's group found the murderer which led them to the series of Q & A's

and after the Q & A session

the winner was none other than:

Eric Yong!

who walked away with the grand prize!

and the Nuffies demonstrated on how the murder happened LOL

so as the night came to an end

we took our last group shot

Group shot by Jason aka Smashpop

it was an awesome event

and there is the last contest for the bloggers who went for this event

as the 2 best bloggers who blogged on this event

will also walk away with a

32" LG HDTV & a year of free subscription to Astro B.yond!

May the best blogger get it!

-outz-