It’s easier than you think. The side with the logo points toward the towers. The large flat surface should have a good view of the towers. If you’re using a compass, place it so that the…
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Freedom from bad hotel TV. Let’s face it, hotels haven’t kept up with TV technology in the last ten years. Sure, hotel rooms have embraced large flat TVs that eliminate the need for big credenzas in…
Most folks aren’t going to pay $36,000 for this 48-channel pre-built headend system. That’s a little more than most people are willing to do. But you know what, if you’re one of the super-rich… it’s not such…
Planning on a little DIY satellite upgrade? We’ve got the serious down-and-dirty tutorials that will help you plan it all, but between our SWM Upgrade White Paper, our Guide to Coax Networking and our White Paper for systems over 16…
Unlike other HDMI cables, Redmere cables are directional. Redmere technology lets you run a 50-foot-long HDMI cable that’s as thin as your cell phone cable, but there is one little twist: You have to know how to…
Hidden deep within the DIRECTV menu structure is a setting called “Native.” You may have seen it and not known why it was there, or you may have tried it and noticed it didn’t seem to…
This is a DECA. It converts the network signal that’s on your DIRECTV coaxial cable into a form that can travel on a regular category 5 or category 6 Ethernet cable. It’s used for older DIRECTV…
Today’s the official “coming out party” for the C41W Wireless Genie Mini. Sure, we’ve been talking about it for over a year but starting today you’ll be hearing about it everywhere as DIRECTV ramps up its advertising…
Take a look at the best from the fall and early winter of 2013.
DIRECTV’s sent you a message with its H25 receiver and Genie Mini Clients. Wired Ethernet, it would seem, is a thing of the past — neither product has the familiar RJ45 port for Ethernet networking. Both rely solely on…
Take a look at the best from the summer of 2013.
You just know the person who had this mod living room had an equally tasty open-reel sound system. There might have also been a console television — in color to be sure — and maybe even…
What’s the max length of a DIRECTV cable? What’s the maximum distance between a receiver and a SWM? These are questions asked every day and the problem is there’s no easy answer. We have downloadable calculators available but…
Last year marked the real beginning of the “legitimate” cell booster industry. While cellular boosters have always been regulated by the FCC, it was only last year that the FCC unveiled rules that meant that major…
In another sure sign that we’ll never understand the younger generation, it turns out that the youngest of the young (ages 14-24) are not just walking away from the living room TV, they’re running away from…