Sound the trumpets… because you’ll hear them a little more clearly. That is, if you have an iPhone 6 and AT&T. According to LightReading, AT&T has been actively installing new equipment on cell towers to enable “HD-Voice,”…
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With the show just around the corner, it’s time to talk about what to expect at the International Consumer Electronics Show this year. Since bouncing back from recession-era lows, the show has grown totally out of…
It started with a bang… when we learned that Wilson Electronics was rolling out a whole new line of weBoost boosters for home, office and car. Wilson, the parent company of weBoost,zBoost and WilsonPro, hit 2015 with the largest selection…
2015 was a slow year for antennas, and the fastest year ever. While there was only one major product introduction, the pace of cord-cutting increased to its fastest ever, with more people choosing to give up…
The biggest year ever… The satellite industry remained the bright spot in the pay-TV landscape in 2015. While cable TV consistently lost subscribers, satellite gained share. Let’s look at the trends that shaped the year. Three…
Yes. HDMI 2.0a is the latest version of the HDMI specification and it’s pretty likely that when the folks at the UHD Alliance come up their “4K certified” badge next month, it will require 2.0a…
It’s been quite a year in tech, and we’re going to cover a lot of that in the next week, as we do our traditional wrapup. But during the long weekend, I’ve been thinking about the…
I’ll admit that 2015 was not a great year for TV. Well, let me take that back. Compared to many years, it was fabulous. Television has never been more diverse, more vibrant, or more engaging than…
It’s really tempting to think of Wi-Fi as “wireless Ethernet.” But, really, it isn’t. You see, Ethernet is just part of the way we describe network information traveling over a wire. It’s so popular that we…
I was inspired, or perhaps disgusted, by this article in Variety entitled “The Top 20 TV Shows of 2015.” First of all, I disagree with most of this list. I would certainly not include Mad Men because it was so weak…
If you have DIRECTV at work, you might think it would be great if you could do some of the things you could do at home, like record a program on one DVR and share it…
We’re just about three weeks away from the latest International Consumer Electronics Show and the previews are starting to come in. This year the show is all new and hopefully we’ll see an end to some…
This review is available in PDF format! Read it now! There shouldn’t be any doubt about AT&T and their commitment to satellite television. The latest LNB to come from DIRECTV gives power users everything they want in…
Actually you can. But you have to know what you’re doing. The total run between receivers is generally 250-300 cable feet, meaning for example a 200 foot run on one and a 100 foot run on the other….
Nothing. Or, almost nothing. For decades, we’ve been using the bar indicators on our phones to try to have some idea whether or not we have cell reception. The problem is that they’re almost meaningless….