You don’t often reboot your DIRECTV box… but when you do you always see a blue screen with white letters saying “Running receiver self check.” It can take up to 20 seconds for that screen to…
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If you’re planning any BBQs or cookouts this year, check out these deals on the gear you need for easy, trouble-free grilling. Has BBQ season officially started? We at Solid Signal like to think so; but…
Looking for some ideas about AT&T’s financial health?The company’s first-quarter 2017 results will be released after the New York Stock Exchange closes on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. At 4:30 p.m. ET the same day, AT&T…
Of course you can. TV antennas work the same whether they’re at home or on the road. In fact your home TV antenna will work in Canada, Mexico and most Caribbean nations too. There may be…
Some of our antennas look downright confusing. One look at this Winegard MetroStar and you might think it was a satellite dish, with its round shape and center posts. It’s not… it’s a television antenna. The reason satellite…
If you look at a modern yagi antenna like our Televes DAT790 Mix, something odd will begin to occur to you. If you really begin to look closely, you’ll see the cable is connected to a small…
Can’t accuse them of standing still. AT&T has announced plans to offer a full fiber network to eight more metropolitan areas. They are listed below, and you can click to see a more detailed press…
Technically it is possible to use a UHF antenna for a cell booster. Cellular telephones use frequencies just above those used for UHF television, and it’s possible that even though a TV antenna wasn’t designed for…
You might be looking at our Redmere cables and saying, What’s so special about Redmere cables? Isn’t that just another way to make me spend money? It’s so much more. We wouldn’t blame you for thinking that…
Netflix and other streaming services might be spending big money on original programming, but that money can’t buy me the newest movies! When some pundits hear that Netflix is spending $5 billion last year to acquire…
Saddle up for even more Ultra HD goodness from DIRECTV. You might want to bookmark this page because DIRECTV just announced a whole ton of new 4K programming. This is what I’m talking about: 4/21 –…
5G. It’s the new buzzword for people who are truly on the leading edge of cell phone technology. 5G is the next, next big thing; it’s the big thing that’s on the horizon now that LTE…
Sure, Netflix is all that… but what about Game of Thrones and all the other awesome stuff on HBO? Getting it episode by episode on iTunes gets pretty expensive, right? That’s why DIRECTV is offering a free preview…