The day HBO was hacked
It was thirty years ago. HBO had only been in business for a little over a decade. Cable TV was thriving, and satellite TV hadn’t really taken off. Back in those days if you wanted satellite…
Read MoreIt was thirty years ago. HBO had only been in business for a little over a decade. Cable TV was thriving, and satellite TV hadn’t really taken off. Back in those days if you wanted satellite…
Read MoreWhy not have the best of both worlds? If you’re looking to provide improved cell service in a really large space — say 20,000 square feet or more — you have some decisions to make….
One of the somewhat annoying things about DIRECTV’s current 4K setup is that you can only watch 4K at one location at a time. It has to do with the limitations of DIRECTV’s wiring and the…
I’m sorry, I can’t do that, Dave. If you know that reference, you’ve probably seen a lot of the movies in this week’s Fun Friday video, “Every Best Visual Effects Winner. Ever.” It’s a 9-minute compilation…
Every so often, we get a legitimate request from someone in the continental US who wants to use a larger dish. That’s why we have dishes like this DS3100 from Winegard. It’s 39 inches (1 meter) from…
The word is all over town that TiVo is being purchased by Rovi. This brings up two questions: Will TiVo still make, well, TiVos? and who the heck is Rovi? First of all you can be…
The spring of 2015 was a great time for our blog.
The magic number is usually around 15mph. For all the great things that digital broadcasting brought us — high-definition picture and surround sound, dozens of extra channels and smaller antennas — it’s been a sore spot…
More and more of us know what it’s like to be part of a natural disaster. It’s a simple fact that there are now more serious weather events than there were back the last half of…
Great news for NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers. DIRECTV announced yesterday that all NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers will have access to live streaming on their mobile devices. Previously you needed the MAX package for that, but for…
Satellite TV alone doesn’t always deliver local TV programming. I learned this lesson the hard way! Many years ago, I needed to be in two places at once. The annual Catfish Jamboree was happening on…
This is the one you really want. SureCall’s Fusion4Home is the signal booster that combines industrial design and power with customer-friendly pricing. It’s a 5-band booster with up to 72dB of boost, 4G and LTE capability, and…
Two weeks ago, I had no idea what a signal booster is. Now I know what they are and, more importantly, who can benefit from having one. Let me tell you about my buddy, Tony. He’s…
Not quite sure why they didn’t announce earlier, but results from AT&T’s first quarter in 2016 were quietly sent out after close of business yesterday. It’s not like they had anything to hide… the numbers were…
AT&T takes its commitments seriously, and one of those commitments is low-cost broadband. 10Mbps may not be “blazing fast” by today’s standards but it’s more than fast enough for email, general web surfing, and even a…