I’d heard for years that it could be done. Rather than get the C41W Wireless Genie Mini and the Wireless Video Bridge, it’s supposedly possible to connect a regular C41 Genie Mini Client in such a way that it could be…
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Good news is, there’s something you can do about it. First, the problem: You’ve just upgraded your living room from a 40″ to a 60″ screen. Maybe this is your first big upgrade since you went…
Believe it or not they could, at least for a very short time. But only under very specific circumstances. Here are some specific ways that fireworks could cause problems while they’re actually occurring: Shaking your mast. If…
Send your HD signals everywhere. Well not everywhere, but everywhere within about 300 feet. HDBaseT makes it easy. It’s always been a bit of a drag getting HD where you wanted it. Component cables were expensive…
So here it is 2015, and both of the dominant mobile operating systems have been with us for eight years. We tend to remember the iPhone coming first but it’s really a toss-up; the first iOS…
The better question is, “should you?” Powerline networking kits like this one from Tech Choice will help you get a network connection where none exists. Wired networking is necessary when your Wi-Fi doesn’t reach, or in the…
The better question is not “can you…” but “should you.” And the answer is “no.” By now, you probably know that you can use an external hard drive with a DIRECTV DVR by connecting it…
DIRECTV SWM technology is a very different way of distributing signals than traditional satelllite TV. It was developed in order to help installers take advantage of existing cable television wiring. In the mid-2000s, as DIRECTV was…
You heard that right. Or, if you’re reading this by pointing a surveillance camera at a monitor, you didn’t hear that at all. Most surveillance cameras don’t record sound. They’re video only. The conventional wisdom is…
Yes, one of the two programs can be recorded. Just start watching a recorded program as you normally do and then enable PIP as shown in this tutorial. The recorded program will go into the PIP window…
So, you want to improve reception in the house. That makes perfect sense… it’s frustrating that you can use your phone anywhere but in your own home. Yet, the construction of a lot of homes isn’t…
Back in the winter of 2013-14, we had some very big ice storms here in the Washington, D.C. / Baltimore area, which took out a large number of branches and a few trees as well….
The season of Spaun is coming to a close. Yes, there was a time when we recommended Spaun multiswitches to our marine customers because of their durability and features, but that day has passed. If you…
Ain’t nothing to it but to do it. So goes an old quote, attributed to Maya Angelou of all people If you’re thinking about ditching cable, cutting the cord and going with a free TV solution,…
I tested two High Gain/Low Noise UHF/VHF Amplifiers against a fairly normal good amp with 3.5 dB noise figure, this is my Reference Amplifier. The Comm Scope SV-A15PRS was my cable TV amp, and the…