June 2016

Spectrum? Nearly Killed ’em!

If you currently have Time Warner Cable, Charter or Bright House, you’ll be seeing a lot of this logo. The new combined company has adopted “spectrum” as the name for all their video and internet services…


Cut the Cord: Streaming and TV Antennas

Are you ready for Orange is the New Black? The fourth season of this smash hit Netflix series airs on June 17, 2016. True fans will likely binge watch the entire season over the course of…



Is Wi-Fi good enough for DIRECTV receivers?

It’s so much easier than it was to connect your DIRECTV DVR to the internet. Of course you want to be connected, so you can get on demand programming, interactive features, faster searches, and all that…


FUN FRIDAY: Crushing defeat

If you’re a fan of old technology, you’ll simultaneously wince and smile as a hydraulic press absolutely demolishes an old typewriter. This is an old Remington from the days when you could barely lift a…



DISH AWS-4 Press Release: What does it mean?

So yesterday, I get this press release. It’s entitled, “DISH Designates AWS-4 as Downlink; 3GPP Working Group Completes Band 70 to Integrate DISH Spectrum with AWS-3 Spectrum.” Maybe you read it elsewhere. I’m thinking, that’s not exactly…