2016: The Year in Streaming
Streaming services were a pretty big deal in 2016. Here are the hits, misses, and groundbreaking moments for this year in streaming. With the dawning of a new year, we took a look back at…
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Cellular internet instead of wired internet? Sign me up!
Internet at home has always meant a wire. When I was a kid and my dad worked from home, and this was 40 years ago, there was a wire. There’s always been a wire. First it…
What is the difference between component and composite?
This article originally ran several years ago. I thought it was time to bring it up again. Sometimes they don’t make it easy. The photo you see above is a component video cable. It’s got three RCA connectors…
CES2016: Early Preview
It’s almost time. The International Consumer Electronics Show kicks off a week early for 2016, and we’ll have a team on the ground covering it next year! This is going to be a big change for…
FUN FRIDAY: Life in 2017 (as seen from 2007)
This recently unearthed video shows us what people thought things would be like in 2017. It was made back in 2007 and I’m not saying it’s wrong, just not quite right. Facial recognition? check. Biometric payments?…
Guaranteed wrong predictions for 2017
Every year, the smartest minds in the country get together and forecast what we’ll see in the next 12 months. All I’m saying is, there’s no one who could have guessed what we’d see in 2016,…
Find the right mount for your TV with this handy tool
Your Solid Signal team has been hard at work creating a tool to help you find just the right mount for your TV. There are literally thousands of TVs represented in this tool, all with…
2016: The Year in Computers
This was the year the PC came roaring back. After years of downward spirals brought on by smartphones and tablets, the traditional PC sprung back to life this year, driven by the successful release of…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Year In Signals (2012)
2012 was the first year of our new and improved blog. It’s hard to believe it’s been five years! Back then we were just getting our feet wet but since then, it’s been nothing but up!…
Should you buy an expensive antenna meter?
A few weeks ago, a discussion got started on our forums about antenna meters. The question is, do you need an expensive signal meter to aim your antenna? And honestly, the answer is sort of up to you….
Can you have more than one LNB on a dish?
Well, it kind of depends on what you mean. Let’s start with the basics. We call the front part of the dish the “LNB” and that’s mostly right. We ought to really call it the…
Should you get a booster or a microcell?
This is one of our most popular products… the SureCall EZ4G. It’s the perfect solution to the problem of working at home or in an office with really bad cell reception, because it boosts the signal that…
2016: The Year in Cellular
There’s no doubt at this point that the cell phone is the most important possession most people have. Assuming the weather was nice enough, I’m pretty sure most of us would do without pants instead of…
Live in a small town? What’s the best way to follow your favorite sports team?
About 60% of people live in a metropolitan area that isn’t served by a full set of professional sports teams. That’s down quite a bit since the Los Angeles area (20 million people or so) got…
BACK TO BASICS: Compass Headings
A compass is a simple tool that has been around for thousands of years. We use its markings to figure out not just where we are, but where we are going. When aiming a satellite dish…