CES2014: Day 2 Wrapup
Our blog team spent Wednesday on the ground and after much discussion and quite a bit of ibuprofen for sore feet, we had to agree that there was just a ton of stuff out there that…
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CES2014: Day 1 Trends
Yesterday was the first day of the International CES and what a day it was. We had the chance to walk a few of the halls and we’re glad to give you our perspective. (Hey, we…
CES2014: Your DISH questions answered
CES 2014 is in full swing and we went down to the DISH booth to get questions answered. We’ll have a full photo essay later (you all know how hotel internet is) but we did get…
Is 2014 the year of no-name TVs?
This might just be the year you buy an HDTV from some company you’ve never heard of. And we’re not just talking about the Dynexes, the Zeniths, the Emersons, or the other generic brands that have…
Solid Signal’s HANDS ON Review: Wilson DT4G Quad-band booster
Finally, someone closes the gap. It’s true that not everyone needs to boost all five major frequencies used by cell providers. Not everyone needs to boost 4G, AWS, and LTE. For those who do, however, there’s…
CES2014: DISH shows next-gen Joeys and…
DISH is putting out press releases faster than we can read them. We’ll publish them all here, but here’s the straight dope: DISH is showing extensions to its Hopper Super DVR that add more capabilities to…
CES2014: We expect a lot of smart watches
Here it is CES time and we’re getting bombarded with announcements about wearable technology. It seems that the industry as a whole has decided that wearables like watches and glasses are “the next big thing” that…
CES2014: DISH integrates Hopper apps and adds Smart TV
DISH kicks off its presence at the International CES with two announcements sure to excite the DISH faithful. First is the Vitrual Joey, which is an app that will run on 2014 LG Smart TVs and…
Solid Signal’s HANDS ON Review: CoaxMax Cable Prep tool
This review is available in PDF format for your mobile device! Download it now! One tool from soup to nuts. And please, make it fit in a pocket. Not every job requires bringing around dozens of pounds…
Quartz.com gives five ways to save TV
The current TV model is a ticking time bomb. Aside from the fact that content providers seem intent on trampling the golden goose with triple-digit price increases, Millennials increasingly view linear broadcast TV as something for…
CES2014: Google to show off 4K YouTube… and why it will stink
The buzz of the day is that Google plans to show off its VP9 codec at CES2014. This will allow for 4K YouTube streaming and supposedly it will use much less bandwidth than previous codecs, allowing more people…
5 “nopes” for the 2014 CES
Yesterday, I listed my 5 hopes for the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show. Today I’d like to talk about my 5 “nopes” — the things that I dread seeing, and wish that the manufacturers would just stop talking…
Someone INVENTED it: modern nails
In this case we don’t know who it was… but good-old nails were invented by someone in the 1860s. It wasn’t really the nail itself that was invented but the machine to make them. You see,…
Because tons of unsold palettes of Chromebooks, that’s why
A while back, I wrote an article for another publication called “The Chromebooks are coming.” If you still haven’t seen a Chromebook, don’t feel badly; it probably just means you haven’t visited Best Buy or one…
Have the people at Sprint gone utterly MAD?
It’s official, I have no idea what is going on in their heads. I’ll admit to having been critical of Sprint over the years. As a long-distance company, they were all right, but it’s been…