What do you do when you want to control a device in another room? You have several solutions. We’ve always recommended the NextGen MultiRoom Extender as a way to add RF capability to any remote control. It’s a…
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Most people use Wi-Fi when at home. However, there are plenty of cases when wi-fi isn’t an option. Maybe you work in a small office and don’t want unsecured wi-fi connections. Maybe you don’t want to…
While it’s true that the DIRECTV world has moved to SWM technology, there are times when a plain legacy install is the best way to go. You may be replacing parts and have no need for…
It’s a black time for Java. There was a time when Java was an essential part of the World Wide Web experience. It was so pervasive it showed up in unlikely places: Blu-ray disc players and…
It’s probably on your computer right now. It’s called the Windows .NET Framework, and it’s probably sitting there taking 2 or 3 gigabytes of space. (That’s ridiculous right there. It wasn’t that long ago all of…
For an article about the newer Genie menus, click here. 1500 channels? It’s a little much for anyone to get through. No one thinks that all 1500 channels are going to appeal to you, especially with…
We’ve read several cases where a DIRECTV receiver will fail to boot and the only message will be “Undefined OSD.” Courtesy of our members texasbrit and litzdog911, here is the solution (originally posted at the…
Don’t fall for those overpriced monstrosities. This is our Installer Series HDMI cable. It gives you everything you’ll need for today’s HDTV installations, and it actually supports all the advanced features of the HDMI 1.4 specification. Yet,…
This document is available in PDF format! Click here to download! Want to watch DIRECTV programs on your mobile device? The road’s been a twisty one. As we reported here, DIRECTV used to have a program for streaming to…
If you have a Genie or Gemini, check out this tutorial for the most up-to-date information. This document is available in PDF format! Click here to download! It doesn’t seem like so much to ask… the volume buttons…
If you’re part of Generation X,,there are few brand names more etched in your memory than Atari. Sure, Nintendo took the crown from them by the late 1980s, but come on. This is the company…
Westinghouse. Zenith. Emerson. Magnavox. Sylvania. Acoustic Research. These are names you may remember from your youth, and every single one is now just a trademark owned by some other company you’ve never heard of. Most of…
Thanks to Signal Labs member Alebob911 for photography. This document is available in PDF format! Click here to view or download! We showed it to you at an exclusive CES event. In fact, that’s a picture taken from that…
What a whirlwind. There was so much to see and so little time, we’re sure to have missed something. Good thing that there are a few other blogs out there covering CES. Still, we did our…
If you’re looking for matrix switching or video wall control, you want to look at Shinybow. They are a lower profile company, but we’ve partnered with them for years to provide quality switch products for bars and…