Fun and Games

STREAMING SATURDAY: Amazon’s Goliath

Goliath is Amazon Prime Video’s latest original series and the current streaming favorite at Casa del Buckler. Goliath stars Billy Bob Thornton as Billy McBride. Once a well-respected attorney, McBride now is a boozy shadow of his…


SOUND OFF SUNDAY: Red or Blue?

Look folks, I really want to give away some antennas here. I have one of these Antop AT-413B antennas that really wants a new home. So I’ll make it easy for you. Leave a comment that has a…


FUN FRIDAY: Hall of Presidents

No matter who you’re favoring in the coming election, I think that all Americans can agree on one thing: we’re ready for it to be over. Here at The Solid Signal Blog we try to stay…


THROWBACK THURSDAY: VR Headsets

Cards on the table: If you think you don’t look like a dork in your Oculus Rift, you’re wrong. VR headsets look dorky, 100% of the time. At least they will until someone manages to make…







FUN FRIDAY: Fan Films

I geek out about Star Wars, but then there’s a whole other level where you make your own stormtrooper armor then shoot your own fan films. What you see above you is just one of them, talking…


THROWBACK THURSDAY: The Intel iPad?

It’s one of those stories that is destined to float around for years. Of course we all know that there were tablets in movies before Apple invented their iPad, and there were tablets in real life. You may…


FUN FRIDAY: This is Great TV

While I usually extol the virtues of streaming, I’ve developed a renewed hope in traditional TV these days. A big part of this inspiration is due to NBC’s latest drama series, This is Us. My biggest problem…


THROWBACK THURSDAY: Come “GO” with me

If you’ve been reading the blog, you’ve probably noticed that DIRECTV rolled out its Mobile DVR product a few weeks ago, giving Genie DVR users the ability to stream and offload their recordings to mobile device….


FUN FRIDAY: Justice for Barb

Spoilers for Stranger Things ahead. One of the rare surprises in a summer filled with duds came in the form of Netflix’s Stranger Things. The nearly-perfect recreation of a 1980s’ kid-horror-suspense film brought Gen-Xers back to their own childhoods, and…