How many times, have you been frustrated when your tv programme gets disrupted due to bad weather. Especially, when you are watching your favourite movies that’s when Astro will be having this common issue. No matter how many times you tried to complain, there are no chances to fix the issue. But, now it seems that Astro has managed to fix the service disruption issue with its new Astro feature.
It is called Continuous Viewing. With this feature, you can continue to watch your favourite TV programmes even though it’s raining heavily outside. In order to to make sure you have the Continuous Viewing feature, your Astro box should support a Wi-Fi connection. The reason you need a Wi-Fi connection is that the Continuous Viewing feature, basically switch your live streaming to internet streaming.
How Astro Continuous Viewing works?
In order to use this feature, you might need to have at least a 30Mbps internet connection so that the tv programme does not buffer. According to Astro, at most, it will take one minute to switch to internet streaming. It all depends on how speed is your home Wi-Fi connection. The best part is, you don’t need to perform any kind of setup in order to use this feature. All you need to do is press the OK button on your Astro remote controller and enjoy the internet streaming.
Apart from that, once you notice the weather condition is much better, then you can easily switch back to live streaming without having any issues. And if you are not satisfied with the experience on internet streaming, you can watch the tv programme from the beginning again. Recently, many Astro customers have reported service disruption issues which is due to the MEASAT-3 satellite. With this new feature, this type of service disruption can be overcome easily.
In conclusion, this new feature will be rolling out to both the Astro Ultra Box and also Astro UltiBox as well. For more info regarding the Continuous Viewing feature, you can directly call Astro at +603 7841 8000.
