We’re off to CES 2017!
We don’t have a bus or a couple million dollars in gear to back, but we’re on our way! The Consumer Electronics Show, better known as CES, starts officially tomorrow and we’re going to be there…
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CES 2017: DISH announces its streaming box plus two other less important things
You can always count on DISH to come through with something interesting at the Consumer Electronics Show. Unlike DIRECTV, DISH relishes the spotlight with a traditionally large booth that only seems to get larger every year….
Will we see DIRECTV at this year’s CES?
We’re mere hours away from the opening of the 2017 Consumer Electronics show. The whole blog team is packing up and getting ready to head down to Las Vegas, where temperatures are expected to be a…
Yes, 2017 is the 10th anniversary of the iPhone. Get over it.
Oh, you’re going to hear it over and over. This is the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, considered the first modern smartphone. You’ll hear about how phones used to have physical buttons, how you couldn’t get…
DIRECTV forced to black out stations in 33 markets
If you’re in one of the cities with a Hearst-owned local station, you probably don’t need me to tell you that you’ve lost that station. DIRECTV’s contract negotiations with Hearst Television didn’t get wrapped up by…
Cellular internet instead of wired internet? Sign me up!
Internet at home has always meant a wire. When I was a kid and my dad worked from home, and this was 40 years ago, there was a wire. There’s always been a wire. First it…
CES2016: Early Preview
It’s almost time. The International Consumer Electronics Show kicks off a week early for 2016, and we’ll have a team on the ground covering it next year! This is going to be a big change for…
FUN FRIDAY: Life in 2017 (as seen from 2007)
This recently unearthed video shows us what people thought things would be like in 2017. It was made back in 2007 and I’m not saying it’s wrong, just not quite right. Facial recognition? check. Biometric payments?…
Guaranteed wrong predictions for 2017
Every year, the smartest minds in the country get together and forecast what we’ll see in the next 12 months. All I’m saying is, there’s no one who could have guessed what we’d see in 2016,…
Find the right mount for your TV with this handy tool
Your Solid Signal team has been hard at work creating a tool to help you find just the right mount for your TV. There are literally thousands of TVs represented in this tool, all with…
2016: The Year in Computers
This was the year the PC came roaring back. After years of downward spirals brought on by smartphones and tablets, the traditional PC sprung back to life this year, driven by the successful release of…
Should you get a booster or a microcell?
This is one of our most popular products… the SureCall EZ4G. It’s the perfect solution to the problem of working at home or in an office with really bad cell reception, because it boosts the signal that…
2016: The Year in Cellular
There’s no doubt at this point that the cell phone is the most important possession most people have. Assuming the weather was nice enough, I’m pretty sure most of us would do without pants instead of…
Live in a small town? What’s the best way to follow your favorite sports team?
About 60% of people live in a metropolitan area that isn’t served by a full set of professional sports teams. That’s down quite a bit since the Los Angeles area (20 million people or so) got…
2017 International CES: Early Preview
It’s almost that time again. The International Consumer Electronics Show is coming next week in Las Vegas, Nevada, and there’s one big question that seems to come up every year, at least lately: What is there…