We’re consistently impressed with DIRECTV’s iPad app. In its latest iteration, it adds features for Commercial Users. DIRECTV is rolling out the backend support for these features including commercial account support at DIRECTV.com. Part of that is…
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It’s impossible to think of modern life without it. Before the World Wide Web, we read newspapers, talked on land lines (and took messages with a pencil), sent letters, and went to the library. It seems…
It’s easy to assemble and super powerful. But how will it do in actual testing? We took a look at the Antennas Direct DB8e and found it to be the perfect antenna for those stuck in between markets….
Congratulations to the Commercial team at Solid Signal! At DIRECTV’s yearly Revolution conference, Solid Signal was named Midwest Dealer of the Year for 2012! On hand to accept were Signal Group President Jerry Chapman (at right) and Vice…
This M&A story between Sprint, Clearwire, Softbank and Dish has more twists and turns than any business dealings I have seen in a long time. I’m a long time Sprint user and recently received 2…
Genie users don’t have a lot to complain about with five tuners and a 1TB hard drive on their sides. Still, a few folks have mentioned that they see a persistent message that says “To record…
This document is available in PDF format! Click here to download! With the next version version of DIRECTV’s iPhone app (expected this summer), you can control your receivers with your voice! Voice control is all the rage right…
It’s no secret that we’re fans of DIRECTV’s iPad app. It’s a must have here for all the staff. It combines a super-remote with guide, playlist management and search that are even better than the on-screen…
On the other hand, you should be able to get some great bargains. Let’s get straight to the numbers. According to statistics giant IDC, PC shipments are down 14% year over year. That’s the biggest decline since…
In a move worthy of the finest schoolyard playground, News Corp’s COO Chase Carey has decided that if his many lawsuits fail, he’s prepared to pack up his marbles and go home. Mr. Carey, who once…
Have you heard this nonsense? A recent court decision in California has drivers utterly confused as to how to drive safely. It seems that it is legal to use a GPS app while driving but not…
We’ve been raving about this antenna for about a year now, ever since we saw it at the CEDIA show. It’s the antenna of choice if you’re between markets but it hasn’t been available until now. Antennas…
Nothing is perfect. We admit to a few flaws with Darbee’s latest image enhancer, the Cobalt. Nothing earth-shattering, but you should probably know about them before you buy. The Remote The Darbee remote is nothing to write…
The TV industry loves to confound you with strange abbreviations. One of the weirdest is QAM, pronounced “kwam.” It sounds vaguely Australian, doesn’t it? What’s worse is that if you search for QAM, you find out…
Behold the Microsoft Surface. We haven’t been kind to it in the past… we wondered if it was a bag of suck, we asked if the operating system was a day 1 fail, and we didn’t hesitate to…