This is the one you want. With 4K here as of today, DIRECTV is now making available the new 4K LNB that will be required for future broadcasts. You don’t need this one today (luckily)…
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Are you one of the lucky few? There aren’t a lot of local stations that can be live streamed, but if you’re in a major city where the network affiliate is owned by the network, chances…
Yesterday’s announcement of a standalone Starz service didn’t merit a mention in this blog. I’ll admit, I’ve never really been an “a la carte” guy — The idea of paying $10 a month for ten channels…
As we anxiously await DIRECTV’s live broadcast of the Masters tournament, there has been this persistent rumor that you can’t record 4K programming. The story I’ve been told is yes, you can record it if…
Three channels of 4K content! Internal documents obtained by The Solid Signal Blog have pointed to the existence of three 4K channels which will be going live very soon! What we’re looking at, according to…
Earlier this month, March 2016, a fellow ham radio operator who is also interested in UHF TV antennas, contacted me to tell about his experiments with his Pennyloop antenna design. His site is, http://www.pennyloopdesigns.com and you can…
OK, so it’s not your last chance. But it’s your last chance to get what you’ll need to get DIRECTV’s first ever 4K live broadcasts of the Masters on April 7. Here’s what you’ll need: DIRECTV…
If you go online to any number of TV sites (TVFool, antennaweb, or hdtvprimer), you will be told which antenna has better gain and/or which antenna should work in your area. Gain is not the…
You see those letters at the top left of your phone all the time but have you wondered what they mean? Every modern phone supports LTE and you could be using it right now. Without getting…
So on average, April Fool’s day will come on a Friday every 7 years unless a leap year messes things up. So how could I avoid doing an article on the best ever April Fool’s tech…
Don’t take my word for it. It’s The Los Angeles Times who, in an article posted last night, said that Time Warner Cable just plain gives up. They admit that none of their recent schemes to get more coverage…
You’ll need an HR54 Genie. This tip came to our forums a few weeks ago but it’s taken a while to confirm. It is true, if you want 4K service from DIRECTV and you don’t already have…
Good on them. DISH today announced the results of a food drive conducted by employees all over the country. Believe it or not, they collected enough to feed 25,000 people. I have to say, when companies…
Well, you can’t, not yet. DIRECTV’s 4K broadcasts full-time will probably start in April, 2016. We do know for sure that the Masters tournament will be broadcast in 4K, but DIRECTV hasn’t announced when the…
No you will not. (But…) The big “but” is that you will still need a new LNB in the long run. It seems like that doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it does if…