Spring is almost here and you’re planning to spend time outdoors. Let’s just jump right in with these five essential electronics products you need this spring: BBQ Meat Thermometer Spring’s warm weather has people dragging…
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It’s time to look once again at that eternal question: Should you use your smart TV as a DIRECTV client? I last addressed the question a little over 18 months ago and I concluded that it was still…
Let’s go over a few things about dipole antennas that I have picked up while being an amateur radio operator. I will start with what is known and go from there. I will then apply…
Here’s a question for you… Considering all the sports available on DISH and DIRECTV, what are they missing? Do you wish there was a better source for domestic lacrosse, or year-round curling? There are so…
I can’t believe I’m asking this question again. It seems like 4K has been around longer than Elvis and yet it’s still never completely caught on. For myself, I first saw a “consumer” demonstration of 4K in…
There’s a new article over at the SureCall blog that tells you how you can get away without using an expensive signal meter and just use free apps on your phone. It’s easy to do and whether…
Itching for some free TV while out on the high seas? You don’t need to do without. A lot of people don’t think that it’s possible to get live, over-the-air TV while out on the ocean…
Editor’s note: Jake Buckler thinks he’s going to get away with this. He needs to sleep with one eye open. What do you think about Netflix’s suggestion engine? Does it truly negatively affect your streaming experience?…
It was called the Grid Compass. If you had $10,000 to spend in 1979, you could pick up two mid-size cars or one of these, which has the distinction of being the first laptop computer. We…
Want to add satellite TV to your RV, camper, or motorhome? If so, you have three different satellite dishes from which to choose. When it comes to satellite dishes for RVs, you must choose between a…
Three years ago this week, SportsNet LA, known to most folks as “The Dodgers Channel,” went on the air. We covered it here. At the time, only Time Warner Cable customers could see it, along with a…
“U”,” not “yoo-hoo.” Time for new interns AGAIN. Your next cell phone could have even better internet. That’s the takeaway here, after the decision from the FCC to allow “LTE-U” broadcasts to exist in the same…
Ask 10 people, you’ll get 12 answers. The best answer is, of course, when it needs it, but who has the time to research FCC filings and check websites just to figure out when one of…
Finally, the future has arrived. I’ve spent the last week poking around Televes’ new line of indoor amplifiers. They’ve managed to fit a whole distribution amplifier and splitter into the same exact case as the…
Good news for shareholders… financials released yesterday show that DISH had a great fourth quarter of 2016. They added over 28,000 subscribers, had growing income and profits, and all of this is a huge contrast over…