Articles by Stuart Sweet

PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT: Invisible NightLight

Everyone wants one. You don’t want to walk around in the dark. That’s why you need this 2-pack of Snap Power Guidelights. They are some of the easiest and most useful things you’ll ever have. Installation is…



AT&T tapped to build wireless first responder network

AT&T has taken the next step toward building a nationwide wireless first responder network, according to an article published in Ars Technica. The network, called “FirstNet,” brings all fifty states into the same wireless network and will allow first…


Will AT&T Shut Down U-Verse?

Don’t believe everything you read. There are two stories here, and the story you think you’re reading isn’t even the interesting one. I think pretty much everyone knows that at some point, AT&T U-Verse, the company’s…



Verizon tries to play catch up with 4K TV

As someone who lives in “Verizon Territory” I have to say their video product has been a disappointment. At one point they really had the lead in video, with a faster and more robust DVR and…


Time to retire that old HR34 Genie

Are you still staring at one of these in your living room? DIRECTV’s HR34 Genie DVR was the top of the heap in 2012, and I raved about it back then. Things change, and if the…


DIRECTV Brings 4K MLB to your living room

25 games. At least 225 innings. All in glorious 4K. DIRECTV’s going all out with 4K baseball this year… and you don’t even need to have the Extra Innings package. All customers who have 4K-capable setups…


EDITORIAL: Will we ever run out of cop shows?

So I finally got around to watching the clumsily named The Paley Center Salutes NBC’s 90th Anniversary which I recorded a while back. I figured it would be a self-congratulating, three-hour-long victory lap light on content and heavy…


STREAMING SATURDAY: Netflix “Flaws” Explained

Netflix often gets criticized for not being the “Blockbuster” of streaming services. There’s actually a good reason why it doesn’t have a limitless library of titles to stream. One of the biggest criticisms of Netflix is…



FUN FRIDAY: More Spock?

One of the most beloved characters in the history of television, Leonard Nimoy’s Spock hardly needs introduction or description. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never watched a minute of Star Trek, you know who Spock is. The character…


How much of a game changer is 5G?

It’s coming. 5G is the next generation of wireless internet and the one thing we know about it is that it will be fast. We’re talking about 100Mbps minimum, with gigabit speeds for many users outside of large…