Isn’t it time to retire that old DIRECTV receiver?
It was the new hotness in 2006, but the earth has gone around the sun 11 long times since then. I know it’s hard giving up an old friend, but sometimes you just have to let…
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Are we ready for a $1,000 cell phone?
It’s actually not the first cell to reach that price. For years, a company called Vertu has been selling gold-plated luxury phones that cost as much as $10,000 and come with free concierge service. Now that’s a smart…
OPINION: One bill, one little bill…
How much do you pay for internet? Providers certainly make it hard for you to know. You might be paying for a bundle that includes landline phone and TV, which probably costs about $120 a month…
OPINION: “The Best Show You’re Not Watching”
There has been a recent rise in some variety of article like, “Am I the only one still watching Difficult People?” or “Vinyl is the best show you’re not watching.” In fact, I was inspired to write this…
DON’T GET CONFUSED: ATSC 3.0 is not the “repack”
The other day I was talking to a broadcast industry professional and my jaw about dropped. He said something like, “well when all those stations change frequencies, we’re all getting 4K.” Folks that isn’t true. You all probably…
Taxing the internet: a good idea?
The internet has been a tax-free zone since 1992. In those days it was just too hard for out-of-state retailers to figure out how to collect taxes and send them to all 50 states. The ruling…
What is the singularity and when will it happen?
It doesn’t take much imagination at this point to see what happens human intelligence and artificial intelligence grow closer. There’s no shortage of movies and TV shows that will show you that. Of course, it’s all…
Has DIRECTV come under the “curse of mediocrity?”
What you should be asking yourself is… when is “good enough,” good enough? Every so often DIRECTV comes under attack from the very enthusiasts who made it the success it is today. There are so…
Will 5G Cellular kill the cell signal booster?
Yes… and no. We’re starting to talk a lot about 5G here at The Solid Signal Blog, because it’s a very exciting prospect. We’re talking about data speeds up to 100 megabit, more capacity, and a…
Will your next phone be a PC?
Here’s something I thought I’d never say: Microsoft’s already cooler than Apple and getting cooler by the day. Surprisingly, it’s true. It was revealed a while back that Microsoft customers are more satisfied with their tablets than Apple…
OPINION: More evidence that Nielsen is clueless
Over the long weekend I happened upon this article on DigitalTrends. with quite a proclamation. It stopped me in my tracks, and in fact the entire article was built around the sort of wink-wink, man-bites-dog kind of journalism…
OPINION: We need to do something better with all these computers
So I finally got around to watching Hidden Figures. By now everyone knows what this movie is about, so I won’t rehash that. But look past the actors and the story and there’s another little bit there…
Has this been “the saddest ratings season ever?”
I am inspired to write this opinion piece by an article I read in Buzzfeed called “Here Are 5 Ratings Success Stories In The Saddest Network TV Season Ever.” I’m not going to pretend that Buzzfeed is a reliable industry news…
Do you like us on Facebook?
First of all thank you for reading this blog. I realize you have a lot of choices when it comes to the information you look at and you’ve chosen to come here. That’s an incredible compliment….
Is there even such a thing as “online privacy?”
Random “selfie” found on the internet. Is it too much to ask that we can control our own “PR” on the internet? Probably. Despite measures like California’s four-year-old law that gives minors the ability to erase their own…