Articles by Stuart Sweet


A TV antenna for a cellular booster?

This weird looking monstrosity is the SureCall SC306 UHF/VHF antenna. Believe it or not it hooks up to a cellular signal booster. Wait, what now? That’s right, the SureCall Fusion7 and Force7 cellular signal boosters also boost Wi-Fi and HDTV signals within…


A cellular booster is the perfect holiday gift!

Give the gift of communication this year with a cellular signal booster from weBoost or one of our other cellular partners. A cell booster won’t just go in a drawer, it won’t be forgotten next year when the…





FUN FRIDAY: Boston Layer Lapse

Old-schoolers call Boston “the hub of the universe” and while that may be a bit over the top, I think it’s a very pretty urban area. It’s small enough to walk in, dense enough to have…


Will 2018 be the year of 5G?

I can say for certain it will not be…unless it is. Listen to telecom professionals and they’ll tell you that 5G is coming. And I completely agree. It’s part of the cycle we’ve been since…


Time to move to an IP remote?

Plain old remotes are boring. While it’s really nice that you can use an infrared remote on almost any piece of equipment, there are some real limitations to the traditional remote. You have to point it…


DIRECTV announces price increases

You knew they were coming. Pay-TV prices go up every year and DIRECTV is no exception. Of course, every round of increases is met with cries of “that’s it – I’m going to Netflix” or whatever….


Big shakeup at DISH – Ergen takes a new role

This is Erik Carlson, the new CEO of DISH. Charlie Ergen, the driving force behind the company, will stay on as Chairman, but is giving up the post of CEO, according to the press release, “to…




Can you turn an old tube TV into an HDTV?

Sad to say, it cannot be done. You can watch signals from most HD sources using a converter like this one but it’s still going to be in standard definition. The quality may look pretty good but when…