Buy Now, Pay Later with Affirm
Solid Signal has a new way for you to pay for the TV antennas, satellite dishes, and other consumer electronics equipment we offer. It’s called Affirm, and it offers people who want to defer their purchase…
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That Bird Don’t Tweet!
There are a great many mysteries in the universe: The mysteries of Stonehenge, Easter Island, why people watch TV shows about the Kardashians, is there extraterrestrial life out there, and if there is, do they…
DirecTV: Keeping The “Country” Green
On Monday, most Americans lamented the giving up of green (Tax Day). On Wednesday, some folks celebrated a different type of green (possibly to mellow them out from Monday, but we won’t talk about that…
A technical guide to the LNB
Signal Group Forum User VOS is known throughout the blogosphere for his insights on RF Engineering. We’re extremely lucky to have his analysis of two DIRECTV LNBs. I’m happy to have an AIM meter for a little…
How to Choose the Size and Resolution of Your Next TV
We’ll make sense out of TV screen sizes, resolutions, etc.
Why Protect Your Home with CCTV?
“It won’t happen to me!!” Famous last words, when it comes to home break in’s. Check out these eye opening facts… The U.S. leads the world in break-ins In 2010, there were an estimated 2,159,878 burglaries…
Get back to school!
Back to school, and we all know what that means… New gadgets! We’ve been waiting patiently all year for this season, back to school electronics. I’ll list a few of my favorite here in this…
Get all the TV you need with just an antenna and some internet access!
Don’t want to pay for cable, DIRECTV, or DISH? Well, you can still get all the TV programming you want from just a simple antenna (that we sell here), and some internet access. Local HD channels…
With Great Technology Comes Great Responsibility
It’s no secret that technology is having a bigger and bigger impact on our growing youth. Yes, that includes me. Technology has helped me so much that I can’t even imagine life without it. As a…
My review: DIRECTV RC71B Backlit Remote
I got a cool toy delivered to me from Solid Signal a couple days ago and it is something I’ve been missing since getting my first RC71 remote. The RC71B is very similar to the RC71 but…
What are you missing when you get the Slimline-3 dish?
Ever wonder what the difference is between a Slimline-3 and Slimline-5 DIRECTV Dish besides the obvious differences between the LNB’s? What benefits are there to having a SL3 over a SL5 and vice versa? Often times I am asked “If…
What I learned about Antennas
As a kid, antennas to me were just rabbit ears. I remember the days of moving them around, and hitting the side of the TV in hopes of a clearer picture. I knew there were outdoor…
Holy Resource Batman!
I’ve spent a lot of time talking about using technology for those of us that are a little afraid of tech. But, you know, there’s so many resources out there that I think it’s time…
Hey Honey – do you have any idea what this is for?
Have you ever found anything at your house and wondered “what the heck is this for?” Well it happens to me all the time. I’m going through a closet and suddenly I see something like…
I love my Ubiquiti Unifi Access Point
SS@SolidSignal asked me to write this article about my Unifi AP. It’s my first try at an article so bear with me here. I told him that I really loved it and he suggested that…