Can I use two Genie remotes on the same receiver?
Come on, you know you love DIRECTV’s Genie Remote. Maybe you were a doubter at first, but it’s easy to use, easy to hold, and gives you just what you need. So you want to have a…
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CES 2018: Where the real show happens
There’s a trend you’ll find with all CES reporting this year. It’s not just me, either – if you’ve been searching blog after blog looking for something new and hot, you’re not finding it. Sure, there’s…
CES 2018: North Hall Impressions
In past years, the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center has evolved into a mini auto show, with ever more manufacturer support, With this year’s show butting up against Detroit’s North American International Auto…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Mice that aren’t quite…
The computer mouse has been with us for about half a century. We hardly think of it; it’s stopped being an interesting part of high technology and it’s just the thing you use at the office…
CES 2018: They probably wished they’d gotten the smaller booth
This is one of the things I love about CES, and it’s one of the most popular articles of the year. See, even though booths at CES are ridiculously expensive, there are still a few companies…
Wi-Fi Plugs Create Smart Home
I came home from a two-week business trip that felt a lot longer than 14 days. When I finally walked inside my house, my hands were filled with luggage, two weeks of mail, and my…
CES 2018: The obligatory post about televisions
Today was the blog team’s time in the Central Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center, which is where they keep the big TVs. There were in fact an ungodly number of big TVs, but mostly…
CES 2018: No DIRECTV? No DISH?
There was a time, way back when… that DIRECTV and DISH had massive presences at the CES show (back when CES stood for Consumer Electronics Show… now it doesn’t stand for anything). I remember the big…
CES 2018: Day 1 at the Sands
It was a rainy — and surprisingly quiet — day 1 at the CES show in Las Vegas. It’s possible that the unseasonably wet weather kept the crowds away, or it could just be that the…
What you need to know about third party installers
There’s been a video floating around the internet about a woman who was “scammed” when a door-to-door representative switched her from DIRECTV to DISH, and she said she wasn’t informed. In the end, she was switched…
CES 2018: Big changes or more of the same?
Tomorrow, the blog team is off to CES. They don’t call it the Consumer Electronics Show anymore, I guess CES doesn’t actually stand for anything at all. But call it what you will, for a few…
CES 2018: 8K TVs are coming and I can’t even
What you see above is LG’s 88″ prototype 8K TV. Other sites are already talking about how it’s going to be shown at CES, and that it won’t be the other nearly-production-ready 8K TV. And folks,…
WRONG TOOL/RIGHT TOOL: Tighten (or loosen) a coax cable
WRONG TOOL: Your hand. Finger tight is not tight enough for most coax connections. The only (possible) exception is the connection between the receiver and the final leg of coax. For connecting to splitters and…
STREAMING SATURDAY: Streaming The Frozen Dead Series on Netflix
Are you looking to stream a new series in 2018? Try The Frozen Dead, the latest Netflix crime drama available for streaming. Don’t watch Netflix’s Bright. As Stuart Sweet already pointed out, this highly derivative Will Smith vehicle…
STREAMING SATURDAY: Netflix’s “Bright” is a bad movie and you shouldn’t care
If you haven’t seen Netflix’s Bright, don’t. Despite the presence of bankable stars like Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, it’s a complete clunker from front to back. Netflix spent $90 million on making it, although for the…