Who runs Orbit TV, and why we test the way we do
We are a small review desk working out of a lounge in Reddyshire, not a shop and not a reseller. Every box, soundbar and decoder we write about was bought with our own money, plugged into the same fibre line, and left running for weeks before anything gets published.
Our readers are households weighing up a monthly plan, families fighting over the remote, and people who bought a second-hand decoder and just want the channels back. That is the audience we write for.
We pay, so we can say
No sponsored placements, no free review units kept quietly. When a service is poor, the write-up says so, and we name the firmware version that broke it.
Long tests, not first impressions
Buffering behaviour on a 50 Mbps line only shows itself at 8pm. We keep devices running through peak hours, load shedding cycles and app updates before drawing conclusions.
Plain numbers, plain language
Data used per hour, setup time, subtitle accuracy, remote layout. If a spec table is easier to read than a paragraph, we use the table.
How we got here
It started with a decoder that lost its channel list after a power cut and a support line that could not explain why. One frustrated evening turned into a notebook of settings, signal readings and call logs. Friends started asking what to buy, and the notebook became this site.
We still keep that habit: write down what we paid, where we bought it, and how support actually responded. It is the least glamorous part of reviewing, and the part readers tell us they use most.