Best of the Blog 2017, Volume 6
June brings knowledge into bloom!
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Will a Wi-fi antenna do you any good?
Probably not. Recently, one of our Signal Group forum members said he was looking for a wi-fi antenna. That’s all well and good, but just putting up the antenna won’t do anything if it doesn’t connect…
DISH Reports Second Quarter Earnings – What Happened?
OK let’s lay it out. DISH’s earnings were a drop from last year but that’s hardly surprise. Here are the details: Net income for the quarter was down approximately $380 million. Earnings per shared dropped 90%….
THE LATEST MONSTROSITY: Sprint buying Charter?
Will the madness ever end? It’s been over four years since the horrific train wreck that kept us on our toes here at The Solid Signal Blog. I’m talking of course about the dizzying tango between…
Why can’t you just hook a keyboard up to your DVR?
You know, just plug one into the USB port? You actually can do that, it doesn’t do anything but the plug fits. You’d think with all the searching some people do, that it would be a…
A modern art antenna?
This is not an antenna. But, it could be. I mean, if it were properly designed to be one. After all, this is an antenna: and it’s even available at Solid Signal. What I’m really asking is,…
Discovery buying Scripps – what does it mean?
The big news today is Discovery buying Scripps. You’ve probably heard of these two broadcasting giants but weren’t really sure what they had to do with your life. They operate some of the most successful cable…
DIRECTV 4K Update: Mid-2017
Boy is this going to be a short article. DIRECTV is still the leader in 4K television, but that distinction is seeming weaker and weaker since there still hasn’t been any new 4K content announced,…
Best of the Blog 2017, Volume 5
It’s the lovely month of May (2017) at The Solid Signal Blog!
FUN??? FRIDAY — It is as if you were doing work
Do you remember when you were a kid and you used to play grownup? You would pretend to be a teacher or firefighter or something and then go about doing what you thought that person did….
NICE AND EASY: Are all the outputs on a DIRECTV receiver active at the same time?
Yes. You don’t get more nice and easy than that. If you want to run multiple TVs from the same receiver, or use something obsolete like a Slingbox or DVD recorder, it works just fine. Whether…
Should you prepay for cellular service?
There was a time when all phone calls outside of the home were prepaid. Put your dime in the slot (boy am I dating myself here) and THEN you could make a call. But of course…
Should local broadcasters just call it quits?
If I were a local broadcaster I’d be worried. I guess I’d be in the minority, though. In the last several years, local broadcasters had the opportunity to sell back their licenses to the FCC and…
AT&T reports subscriber losses
I hate to write articles like this, but it’s only fair. AT&T yesterday announced their subscriber numbers, and their losses are impossible to ignore. 156,000 satellite TV customers left the service along with 195,000 customers of…
Just what the world needs, the USB 3.2 standard
So strap yourself in because it looks like there is another USB standard coming. I know, I know, you’re just beginning to get used to the USB-C connector, and you admit that it’s better even though you have…