Sci-Fi Consumer Electronics Products
With high-tech TV antennas, satellite dishes, and wireless networking, the sci-fi future I dreamed of as a kid is now a reality! We’re you a sci-fi fan in the 1970s and 1980s? I know I was….
Read MoreAugust 2016
A DVR for antenna TV?
Savvy cord-cutters have figured out that if you don’t have an antenna, you’re missing out on a lot. Streaming services like Playstation Vue, Sling TV and even Hulu’s rumored upcoming service aren’t going to give you…
DISH gets innovative with “skinny bundles”
Competition makes people think. That’s a good thing. Times have been tough for pay-TV in general, with more people thinking about cutting the cord and getting all their entertainment from antennas and from the internet. Most…
Will you ever be able to get NFL Sunday Ticket without a DIRECTV subscription?
Right off the bat I’ll tell you I don’t know. If you’d asked me the question a few years ago, I’d have told you there was no chance. DIRECTV seems to have softened a little bit…
Can you still buy a DIRECTV AM21?
Yes, but they’re getting hard to find. DIRECTV’s AM21 over-the-air tuner module has provided DIRECTV DVRs and receivers with the ability to pull in signals using an antenna since 2009. While it looks gargantuan today, it was…
NFL Network returns to DISH
DISH and the NFL have found some common ground, and this means that DISH subscribers will get some football loving after all. Several sources are reporting that the two companies have resolved a dispute that came…
8K Satellite TV begins testing in Japan
Japanese television network NHK is always on the forefront of technology. The company started HDTV broadcasts in the 1980s — you read that right — and has been doing 4K for longer than anyone else. They’ve…
Time to watch TV like it’s 1999
You can stream live Lollapalooza coverage, but I think the MTV Classic channel is more my speed. If you own a streaming device that gets Red Bull TV, you can see this year’s Lollapalooza on…