TIP: Keep an old-school DIRECTV remote around
Believe it or not, it’s a good idea to keep an old-school DIRECTV remote around, even if you have a new Genie 2 or other fancy DIRECTV system. The older remote has a few buttons…
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Wireless Charging from Solid Signal
Have you ever worn out the charging port on your cell phone and had to buy a new device? This port is one of the weakest parts of your phone or tablet. Plugging and unplugging…
NBC’s Jennifer Salke to Head Amazon Studios
The former entertainment president of NBC is now heading to Amazon Studios. This could be good news for the streaming service provider. Last week, Amazon Prime Video announced its hiring of Jennifer Salke. She replaces…
Ken Reid and Susannah Breslin
Ken and Susannah discuss being tall, Berklee, the odd isolation of neighborhoods, being anti-establishment, intellectualism, Charlie’s Angels, hair goals, Farrah Fawcett, Jaqueline Smith, The Shazam Isis Hour, the original Saturday Night Live Not Ready for…
Do you need an RV Wi-Fi extender?
So, the other day Jake Buckler asks me about Wi-Fi extenders for RVs. It seems he lurks around in some of those RV facebook groups. Whatever, personally I think that boy has some problems but…
Podcast #260: AT&T U-Verse TV
It’s still out there. AT&T still offers the U-Verse TV product and it might be the right choice for you if you have AT&T Internet. But, it doesn’t seem to this blogger that it’s a…
Why can’t you use DIRECTV SWM with a fiber optic system?
Fiber optics are your friend if you have a very long cable run or if you need to fit into a very small space. If you’re working with a commercial DIRECTV system, you are running…
Hot Deals for the Week of February 12, 2018
Take a look… these deals can’t be beat!
I hate it when Jake Buckler is right
In Saturday’s edition of his long-running column, the intrepid Jake Buckler tells the whole world that he fell asleep trying to review Netflix’s latest sci-fi series, Altered Carbon. Pretty brave of him, admitting that he gets…
Netflix’s Altered Carbon is a Snooze, Literally
Netflix’s Altered Carbon combines Blade Runner, Demolition Man, and True Detective. Add it up and you get a boring sci-fi-action-thriller-noir detective series, whatever that is. Altered Carbon has a story to tell. Too bad it’s…
DIRECTV New NFL Sunday Ticket pricing announced
Football time is still a while away, right? I mean we just finished with the Super Bowl. Still, AT&T has decided to get a jump on things by announcing the price for its DIRECTV NFL…
AT&T doing more fixed wireless trials
AT&T’s new fixed wireless plans may not make sense to you, but they will… in the future. The company announced that they are operating trials of fixed wireless service to parts of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,…
DIRECTV brings 4K Olympics like crazy
If you’re looking for the best Olympics coverage, AT&T wants you to know that there’s only one place to get it — DIRECTV. The satellite service is rolling out more 4K and HDR coverage than…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Solid Signal Blog in 2012
I hope you’ve been enjoying the recent redesign of The Solid Signal Blog. This is actually the third completely new design we’ve had since the blog launched in 2007. The first was a very simple…
Sprint says it’s going to have 5G next year
Look, I’m not saying that I doubt them but… I guess the real question is what you’re going to have to give up in order to make it work. Our friends over at DSLReports bring us news…