A modern art antenna?
This is not an antenna. But, it could be. I mean, if it were properly designed to be one. After all, this is an antenna: and it’s even available at Solid Signal. What I’m really asking is,…
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Discovery buying Scripps – what does it mean?
The big news today is Discovery buying Scripps. You’ve probably heard of these two broadcasting giants but weren’t really sure what they had to do with your life. They operate some of the most successful cable…
DIRECTV 4K Update: Mid-2017
Boy is this going to be a short article. DIRECTV is still the leader in 4K television, but that distinction is seeming weaker and weaker since there still hasn’t been any new 4K content announced,…
Best of the Blog 2017, Volume 5
It’s the lovely month of May (2017) at The Solid Signal Blog!
STREAMING SATURDAY: Sports Options and Limitations
Are you interested in streaming sports to your TV? The sports packages for PlayStation Vue and DIRECTV show that sports streaming is not yet fully developed. Before we talk about what is the best streaming service…
FUN??? FRIDAY — It is as if you were doing work
Do you remember when you were a kid and you used to play grownup? You would pretend to be a teacher or firefighter or something and then go about doing what you thought that person did….
NICE AND EASY: Are all the outputs on a DIRECTV receiver active at the same time?
Yes. You don’t get more nice and easy than that. If you want to run multiple TVs from the same receiver, or use something obsolete like a Slingbox or DVD recorder, it works just fine. Whether…
Should you prepay for cellular service?
There was a time when all phone calls outside of the home were prepaid. Put your dime in the slot (boy am I dating myself here) and THEN you could make a call. But of course…
Should local broadcasters just call it quits?
If I were a local broadcaster I’d be worried. I guess I’d be in the minority, though. In the last several years, local broadcasters had the opportunity to sell back their licenses to the FCC and…
AT&T reports subscriber losses
I hate to write articles like this, but it’s only fair. AT&T yesterday announced their subscriber numbers, and their losses are impossible to ignore. 156,000 satellite TV customers left the service along with 195,000 customers of…
Just what the world needs, the USB 3.2 standard
So strap yourself in because it looks like there is another USB standard coming. I know, I know, you’re just beginning to get used to the USB-C connector, and you admit that it’s better even though you have…
Best of the Blog 2017, Volume 4
Time to get serious with the best of April ’17.
DIRECTV releases 4K sports schedule
It’s going to be a busy few months for baseball fans. DIRECTV’s really going to town with 4K broadcasts of major league action, and they’ve released their schedule for the rest of the summer. All games…
Will you need a “VHF Low” antenna soon?
I know, you thought the days of the massive antenna were behind you. And I really hoped they were too. It’s so much easy to put a small antenna on the roof than put a larger…
Best of the Blog 2017, Volume 3
Spring into some great articles from Solid Signal.