HITEC 2012 Wrap Up
As I sit in the airport waiting for a flight home, I’ve had some thoughts about HITEC 2012 that I thought I would share. I think the show was a success… There were plenty of…
Read MoreAs I sit in the airport waiting for a flight home, I’ve had some thoughts about HITEC 2012 that I thought I would share. I think the show was a success… There were plenty of…
Read MoreIs it wrong to look at it in the store then buy it online? It’s called “showrooming” and it’s been blamed for the death of stores like Circuit City and CompUSA. Best Buy is suffering, and…
Good business is all about options. We strongly recommend DIRECTV’s Residential Experience and COM1000 systems, but they aren’t for everyone. We took a look at the Floodgate 4000 series from Video Propulsion. Like the COM1000, it’s a…
Systems like DIRECTV’s COM1000 keep hotel operators out of trouble by using Pro:Idiom. Pro:Idiom is a content encryption system designed for places like hotels. Without encryption, hotels would be distributing pure digital signals that could easily…
You’ve seen DIRECTV’s RC70 remote before. The same design is used for RVU installs where it is known as the RC70X. However, the remote was actually designed for hotels first and DIRECTV showed the hotel version,…
The HITEC Show is in full swing in Baltimore, Maryland and we’re here to see it! Being on the road has its disadvantages — like slow hotel internet — but we’ll give you the news as…
What do all these letters and numbers mean? PORTLAND, Ore., Mar 19, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Digital Living Network Alliance® (DLNA®) and the RVU Alliance™ today announced that the RVU Alliance Remote User Interface…
As much as we love satellite TV here at The Solid Signal Blog, it would be great if there were an easy solution for recording off-air TV and distributing it throughout the home. The IPTV revolution…
At some point you stopped and thought about it. How does your GPS get all that map data? You can’t exactly put the Earth on a gigantic scanner bed. It takes thousands of people actually out…
DIRECTV Residential Experience. The name says it all. It’s a simple idea… DIRECTV service in your hotel room. If you liked it at home, you’ll like it on the road. It’s not a simulation of DIRECTV…
Who’s got a Retina Display MacBook? Everyone’s talking about how incredible it looks and I’m curious how we look on it. We use the vBulletin publishing suite for our forums and blog, and so far I…
Is there a device in your home that gets as much use as the remote? Your cell phone probably does, but if it goes out you probably have a land line or at the very least…
We specialize in carrying a diverse catalog of mounting hardware for any situation. We Sell Antenna Mounts for: Mounting hardware helps to get your antenna up high where signal is stronger. We carry one of…
Buying a TV today is hard. It’s even harder when you can’t find real answers. Samsung, Sony, Sharp, and other manufacturers have just started to walk away from publishing the refresh rate of their TVs and…
Looking back at the first HDTVs, they weren’t that special. Sure, they looked better than old standard-definition models, but compared to today’s TVs, they weren’t anywhere near as sharp. Why? The difference is that most new…