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…
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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…
NICE AND EASY: DIRECTV D12 with a SWM-30 Multiswitch?
Does this receiver look familiar? It’s the DIRECTV D12, the last standard-definition-only receiver ever made by DIRECTV. Believe it or not, it only went out of service for commercial customers last year and actually in most…
FUN FRIDAY: Building a Death Star
So, yeah, I’m decidedly mixed when it comes to my feelings toward Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. If you don’t believe me, here’s the proof: I wasted an hour of company time writing a review of it….
AT&T says they’ll roll out real mobile 5G this year
And I bet they can do it. AT&T put out a press release saying that they will have real, actual mobile 5G service in their phones and within 12 cities by the end of the year….
TIP: If you use SWM at home, use SWM in your RV.
Nothing like settling in to an evening of televised entertainment… courtesy of DIRECTV. If you have DIRECTV service at home, there’s no reason not to put a DIRECTV dish on your RV as well. DIRECTV’s rules…
DIRECTV airing even more sports in 4K
You can’t get it anywhere else. DIRECTV is airing an exclusive schedule of sports in 4K and HDR this spring, and you won’t be able to find this content on any other carrier! To start with,…
Happy New Year 2018!
Start of a day, start of a week, start of a month, start of a year! Let’s all look forward to a year full of peace and prosperity. The offices at Solid Signal are closed…