SkyAngel Plans Move to IPTV

[andrews777]

It wasn't run enough like a business from the very start, as Iceberg said - they did not have a backup plan. It was too much "vision" not enough "spreadsheet".

That is something I have been saying here for a while. Many of you are acting all huffy and puffy, but their long term viability is questionable. It is very possible they made promises they couldn't fulfill, but perhaps you should have paid more attention up front.

Any kind of "one fee for life" scheme is doomed to failure. Even GloryStar will ultimately have problems if they have no ongoing cashflow.

SkyAngel was great while it lasted, but the end seems near.

I just wish DishFamily had HGTV in it.

Brad

[andrews777]

heck I live in the city and could barely get SA-IPTV (My internet fluxuates between 1.2-1.5M)


we have a glorystar forum right below the SA one and there is a thread of "what should Glorystar add?"
Make your channel recommendations there

I would be interested in GloryStar except that I would want full FTA access if I went that route and I got really confused about the options when I read through things here and via connected links. (And I make my living on computers, the "masses" have no chance heading that way.)

It reminds me of all the desktop Linux versions....

Brad

[andrews777]

So . . . what would I have to do with my current set-up to be able to get SA programming throughout my house with a change to IPTV? Will it even be possible?

I think you could do that with a normal computer. Just send the audio output to the whole house instead of the output from your Dish receiver.

I expect I will be monkeying more with that myself. My biggest challenge is getting a good Red-White-Yellow cable signal to feed into my multiplexer that I can then redistribute throughout the house.

Brad

[bonscott87]

I would be interested in GloryStar except that I would want full FTA access if I went that route and I got really confused about the options when I read through things here and via connected links. (And I make my living on computers, the "masses" have no chance heading that way.)

It reminds me of all the desktop Linux versions....

Brad

You do have full FTA access with Glorystar if you want.

In a nutshell all Glorystar is, is a packaged up set of equipment you'd buy anyway for a FTA setup including the special dual LNB. You could easily just install a signal LNB and put a motor on it if you want.

One of the extra things that G* does however is have a pre-programmed code for the G* channels. In other words you punch in the code and the receiver is automatically setup to receive all the G* channels. This make installation really easy, you don't have to scan. But you can just as easily ignore this feature. I've only had it running a couple days and I've already edited the channel list by removing some and tried an autoscan on a transponder and added a channel found there. But I can always go back to the G* default setup.

So in other words you can use the default G* channel setup or ignore it just as easily and add in all the international channels for example.

Stop by the Glorystar forums and ask away.

[Iceberg]

so true BonScott

That is all Glorystar is....some channels opn FTA birds. If you dont get the pre-programmed reciever, you can scan for whatever you want. I use different boxes and have those channels logged in to. There are some other religious channels not on the Glorystar satellites but are on others.

like Bon said, swing by the Glorystar forum...we won't bite

[elder]

DVS has contracted to construct a backup DBS satellite for launch in approximately the year 2002 to provide additional backup in the unlikely event of a total EchoStar III DBS satellite failure, Once the EchoStar III DBS satellite ends its useful life, DVS plans to move all of its licensed DBS frequencies to a DVS owned/controlled DBS satellite.

It appears that this statement was fiction unless a deal fell through and SA just didn't bother making it public!

[TheKrell]

Sky Angel Only (without Dish Network package) will no longer allow for equipment subsidies. Consequently, customer will need to pay full retail for equipment (currently $350-400 for one-room system)

Where did this inflated figure come from?

[Iceberg]

good point

Normally its a couple hundred bucks tops for a basic unit

[wescopc]

May be they are including a pro install

[Stargazer]

I had someone ask about one of these and said they can get one for $199 installed but on the website it states $199 just for the system plus around $150 for installation. What is the cheapest FTA receiver with blind scan that is decent and can I use a Primestar lnbf to pickup Glorystar?