Best of the Blog 2013, Volume 2
Take a look at the best from the spring of 2013.
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Are legacy multiswitches being discontinued?
At one time, this Spaun multiswitch was one of our hot sellers at Solid Signal. These days we don’t sell nearly as many. Shrewd observers might even note that several other Spaun products have been discontinued and…
Best of the Blog 2013, Volume 1
The hits keep coming… here’s the best from early 2013.
Can you use a DIRECTV SD receiver with an HD dish?
Absolutely. If you’re looking for a way to add DIRECTV to a spare room with an old TV, you might still want an HD receiver for futureproofing (they work just fine with older TVs) but…
Why can’t you use an H25 with a round dish?
Well ya can… sort of. But ya shouldn’t. The DIRECTV H25 Receiver is a marvelous thing. A sight to behold. So much raw HD power, so little size, and so little electricity used. But, even at that…
This web site just won’t work on my iPad!!
Marty Silbernik is the author of I’m Too Old To Do This, a tech blog for folks who remember when none of this stuff existed. This article appears with permission. n prior posts, I’ve talked about how…
Is CB Radio dead?
There’s a huge portion of the population who weren’t even alive during the CB craze of the 1970s. It was the equivalent of facebook, twitter and chatrooms all in one — a technology that let you…
Solid Signal’s WHITE PAPER: Advanced DIRECTV C41 Wireless Troubleshooting
You’ve got it home, you’ve read the review… but you’re still not sure how to make it work. The C41W Wireless Genie Mini Client isn’t the easiest thing in the world to configure but once you’ve done…
HBO Ready to “GO” at a moment’s notice
Game of Thrones without a cable subscription? If you’re not salivating at that idea, chances are your kid or someone you know is. With the cost of cable TV including HBO now well over $100 per month,…
BAD NEWS: 70% of folks don’t know “4K” from “Special K”
Well, that’s not encouraging. The mania for HDTV started twenty years or more before actual TVs were available. Folks fantasized about gigantic, hang-on-the-wall TVs back in the 1970s and the term “HDTV” was in general use…
DIRECTV is working on an “over-the-top” service too
Don’t think that DISH will have the upper hand forever. Although DISH did recently announce a deal that lets them offer ABC programming for people who don’t want satellite service at all, it seems DIRECTV is hot on…
HD-BLADE vs. Potato: Can a spud bring the goods?
Why pay for antennas when you can grow them? There’s an article at WikiHow that claims that a plain old potato can do just as well as a commercially made antenna. We decided to test it against our HD-BLADE…
Is good TV bad for basic cable?
For 50 years, TV drama was “episodic.” Sure things changed but you didn’t need to know what happened last week to enjoy this week. All of a sudden, in the wake of complex dramas like The Sopranos and 24 TV…
Solid Signal’s HANDS ON Review: DIRECTV GenieGO 2
Sometimes the sequel is better than the original. DIRECTV has given us early access to the next generation of GenieGO and we’re bringing you this exclusive review! Is it better? Is it stronger? Is it faster?…
What if they launched a channel and nobody came?
Today marks the launch of Sportsnet LA, also known as “The Dodgers Channel.” We told you about it a year ago when it was first announced and there has been precious little news to report since. The channel…