Line of sight. Pretty simple idea actually. Antennas work best when there is nothing between them and the thing that’s doing all the transmitting. RF signals do a decent job traveling through trees and walls, but…
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Long distance communication didn’t start until the 19th century, right? Actually there has been effective, instantaneous long distance communication for thousands of years. It wasn’t as complex as it was today, but smoke signals have been…
If you want live TV streaming news, you need more than just Stuart Sweet. He wrote me off this week, yet here I am bringing you what to look for in 2018 from the streaming service…
I’m taking the reins from Buckler again since he put all his brain cells into writing a year in review piece. Last time I saw him he was in the back of the blog offices breathing…
This year in streaming was an exciting one! With so many developments, I want to share a bird’s eye view of streaming services in 2017. Streaming service providers were busy this year. With each company determined…
Maybe you think you remember the floppy disk. “Hey,” you say, “That wasn’t that long ago.” You’re remembering the 3.5″ hard blue plastic disks that were common as late as 10 years ago. Everyone used them…
Who knows what the future will bring? In 2017 we saw the growing dominance of DIRECTV NOW, the coming of DIRECTV’s Genie 2 and Hopper 3, and we finally saw Apple try to take back some…
Let’s say for a second that you are using an older satellite dish. You know, a plain old round one. It has two lines coming out of it, but you want to run three receivers. What…
As the year winds to a close, we’re looking back at the events that really shaped our product selection at SolidSignal.com. There were two big events this year in the world of over-the-air antennas and although…
If you’re setting up one of those new smart assistants and automating your home, you’ll be impressed at how much home automation can make your life easier. You may think it’s a new phenomenon, but really…
Beautiful Ottawa, Ontario. Fourth largest city in Canada and a beautiful tourist destination. Only one problem: you can’t get DIRECTV service there. Well, you can, but you can’t. Let’s explain. We know that it’s very possible…
Literally, the beep heard around the world. In 1957, 55 years ago, the world changed forever when a 585mm (23″) diameter chrome ball became the first man-made object to leave Earth’s atmosphere. It carried with it…
Looking back at old articles, I remember when DIRECTV was adding HD channels like crazy. Local markets were still furiously converting to HD in 2012, and only about half of the channels offered by DIRECTV were…
2017 is almost over and that means a look back at the world of cellular. This ended up being a pretty big year although most of the news happened in the last three months. The story…
None of it’s possible without an amplifier. If it weren’t for the amplifier, there would be no radio, no television, no satellites and no cell phones. All those technologies rely on radio waves that are too…