FUN FRIDAY: Star Wars Sound Effects
There are two recurring themes running through Fun Friday, a column which this blog has featured for over five years. One is that I spend too much time obsessing about Star Wars, and the other is that I…
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What is SCART?
A few weeks ago, I came smack dab against the limits of my knowledge. I’ve been playing with or working with home theater and audiovisual equipment now for about 35 years, and it’s fair to say…
Understanding Amplifiers, At Least a Little.
If you browse through this site, you’ll find a number of articles that tell you that amplifiers cannot amplify that which is not there but that they can help you get your signal to your…
OPINION: Why people share their streaming passwords… and they shouldn’t.
So the other day I was having lunch with a friend and his son. The son is in his 20s, and lives on his own. We were talking about Mr. Robot, which is not coming back until the…
OPINION: Disney’s new streaming service is the last straw
You’ve probably read the news. Disney is ending its relatively short relationship with Netflix and starting its own streaming service sometime in 2019. Personally, I think it’s just a bridge too far. This might be the…
NICE AND EASY: Do those solar gopher repellents work?
Yes. Most of the time. How’s that for an honest answer? If you’re considering our P3 Solar Gopher Repeller, you might want some reassurance before buying. The gopher repeller is supposed to produce subsonic vibrations that…
Check out this Sabrent USB SD Card Reader
OK, so they say everything is in the cloud now. You don’t want flash drives or memory cards or god-forbid CD-ROMs. You just store everything up there and it just kind of gets where it needs…
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Webber IEC-Lock Power Cords
If you’ve ever knocked the power cord out of your computer and thought, “there has to be a better way…” good news. There is. When it comes to power cords, there seem to be two schools…
Will AT&T sell off CNN if it buys Time Warner?
It’s all getting so confusing now. AT&T, parent company of DIRECTV, is trying to buy Time Warner. Time Warner is currently the parent company of CNN, Time Magazine, HBO, Warner Bros. Studios, Superman (and that whole crowd) and…
Is there a limit to the number of RF remotes on a DIRECTV Genie?
By now you probably know that DIRECTV’s HR44 Genie uses a new remote technology to more securely “pair” the remote with the DVR. You probably also know that you can use more than one remote in the same room….
Best of the Blog 2017, Volume 6
June brings knowledge into bloom!
Will a Wi-fi antenna do you any good?
Probably not. Recently, one of our Signal Group forum members said he was looking for a wi-fi antenna. That’s all well and good, but just putting up the antenna won’t do anything if it doesn’t connect…
DISH Reports Second Quarter Earnings – What Happened?
OK let’s lay it out. DISH’s earnings were a drop from last year but that’s hardly surprise. Here are the details: Net income for the quarter was down approximately $380 million. Earnings per shared dropped 90%….
THE LATEST MONSTROSITY: Sprint buying Charter?
Will the madness ever end? It’s been over four years since the horrific train wreck that kept us on our toes here at The Solid Signal Blog. I’m talking of course about the dizzying tango between…
Why can’t you just hook a keyboard up to your DVR?
You know, just plug one into the USB port? You actually can do that, it doesn’t do anything but the plug fits. You’d think with all the searching some people do, that it would be a…