Orby TV anyone?

[MoodyBlues]

I've heard about Orby TV and decided to check them out. Frankly, they sound too good to be true!

Their $40/month package includes 150-something local channels--most of which I don't get with DirecTV. It also includes the specific, small handful of cable channels I routinely watch. It would be completely satisfactory for me.

I can't tell from their site if their DVRs are whole-house; that's a very important feature for me.

Even factoring in the cost of installation--which I deduce there is, since they install the dish, but you own it--and additional charges for DVRs/receivers, it still looks better, price-wise, than DirecTV. But I don't know! I haven't changed providers since 1993, and I'm a bit wary.

DirecTV may be overpriced, but its service is excellent, both in terms of the actual service/programming and its US-based customer support. I don't want to lose that caliber of service.

Does anyone have personal experience with Orby? Would you recommend it?

 

[Dannydet]

I had Directv, with the satellite dish, back in the day, and this looks to be essentially the same thing.
Crappy signal when you get incliment weather....
Which for me, in my area of the US, is close to 50% of the year.
I'll pass.....

 

[MoodyBlues]

Crappy signal when you get incliment weather....

Oh, I know all about inclement weather--I had the misfortune of living in Tornado Alley for years.

But now I'm going to count how many times, since moving home to SoCal in 2006, 'rain fade' [losing the signal] has happened on DirecTV. Ready? Okay, here we go: 1...2... Yep, a whopping TWO times! And neither time caused a full outage, just a few moments of choppy play. The other 99.99% of the time? Rock-solid service with crystal-clear pictures. I'm happy--other than its price.