September 2013

20 Tuners from a SWM-16! It can be done!

DIRECTV’s SWM Technology is awesome. With just a pair of wires, you can run 16 receivers. But what if you have 17? That’s kind of a pain, right? I mean that would mean another whole SWM…


Why a phablet?

For a generation raised on ever-smaller devices, the “phablet” craze doesn’t make any sense. Didn’t we leave gigantic cell phones behind in the 1980s? Younger folks are snapping up these half phone, half tablet devices in…


What dish do you need for DIRECTV HD service?

Our tech support department is often asked what dish is needed for DIRECTV service. DIRECTV has had many dishes through the years, but today, only the Slimline series will work with DIRECTV’s HD channels. Slimline-3 The Slimline-3 is…


Selecting a mounting site for your TV antenna

(Edge Diffraction, MultiPath, Bounce and Trees) Authors Note: I hereby acknowledge and give thanks to the website TVFool.com for the information that was used to illustrate this article. Many of us, when we look at…