Articles by Stuart Sweet

NEW VIDEO: Test your DIRECTV Genie system

Learn how tomake sure your DIRECTV hardware is working right. This video is for the new DIRECTV interface that rolled out in 2017 and 2018. For older DIRECTV equipment, watch this video instead: Solid Signal shows…


DIRECTV to get rid of receivers by 2020?

If you believe the rumor mill and out-of-context statements from people like AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, the writing’s on the wall for satellite, and for DIRECTV’s own branded receivers. Of course, Mr. Stephenson didn’t say that…




Any news on over-the-air 4K TV?

Well here we are folks, it’s almost 2018 and for those people who got themselves worked up about 4K over-the-air TV, it’s been a hard six months. Despite a flurry of news hitting the internet in…



UPDATED: Connect a round dish to a SWM multiswitch

They said it couldn’t be done. They were wrong. Many folks think that just because you’re using a round dish, you can’t use SWM technology. That’s why people choose to buy expensive multiswitches from Spaun or other companies….


FUN FRIDAY: Who owns what

This blog doesn’t go political. That’s one of the things I’m proudest of, honestly. In a world where we are constantly bombarded by politics, I think of this blog as a little oasis where home theater…





Don’t settle for bad hotel TV!

It’s 2017. Heck, it’s almost 2018. That’s why I’m amazed when I go to a hotel and it looks really nice outside, the carpets are clean, the beds are comfortable… and the TV is a staticky…