Streaming Alone Didn’t Kill the Satellite Star: Orby TV Chief Tells of Upstart’s Fall

By Mike Farrell 29 days ago

Michael Thornton says new investors were poised to bail out struggling satellite company, but pulled out at last hour

Orby TV...

Bad news if you check their website. No more activations.

Orby TV is offering their basic receiver, antenna and installation for only $25 until March 10.

All their channels are HEVC encoded, which means the picture resolution will look a tad better than dish/directv which still use mpeg4 technology....

This is an update.
I told you I got the new lnb. It works good..
I decided to hook it to my 4x8 switch.
I did learn. Orby works on the port the is 22k 13v.

I am excited to see this.
One because now my Orby can be moved to any room. . In the...

I got my new lnb yesterday. My fta box only showed correct frequencies when set to 10750. So I ordered a dual KU lnb. And installed it in my second 10 foot c band satellite. It works. I'm hoping no more rain fade.

The satellite they installed did...

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But I'm happy with it.
I ordered a new lnb. I used my fta box to find out. The lnb I need is a ku 10750.

I hope it works. I want to try it on my big satellite see what kind of gain I can get.

I'll start taking pics of...

If anyone is interested in Orby TV, you might be able to get a free preview before subscribing with them. Those channels were in the clear earlier this week and might be once again. Their HEVC codec puts them heads and shoulders above dish network...

Can anyone tell me how to get orby tv, on my 8ft dish. Do I need their reciever?? Or can I use my dynosat5500?? Any help and information would be appreciated!!! Thanks