CES 2018: No DIRECTV? No DISH?
There was a time, way back when… that DIRECTV and DISH had massive presences at the CES show (back when CES stood for Consumer Electronics Show… now it doesn’t stand for anything). I remember the big…
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CES 2018: Day 1 at the Sands
It was a rainy — and surprisingly quiet — day 1 at the CES show in Las Vegas. It’s possible that the unseasonably wet weather kept the crowds away, or it could just be that the…
CES 2018: Big changes or more of the same?
Tomorrow, the blog team is off to CES. They don’t call it the Consumer Electronics Show anymore, I guess CES doesn’t actually stand for anything at all. But call it what you will, for a few…
CES 2018: 8K TVs are coming and I can’t even
What you see above is LG’s 88″ prototype 8K TV. Other sites are already talking about how it’s going to be shown at CES, and that it won’t be the other nearly-production-ready 8K TV. And folks,…
STREAMING SATURDAY: Streaming The Frozen Dead Series on Netflix
Are you looking to stream a new series in 2018? Try The Frozen Dead, the latest Netflix crime drama available for streaming. Don’t watch Netflix’s Bright. As Stuart Sweet already pointed out, this highly derivative Will Smith vehicle…
STREAMING SATURDAY: Netflix’s “Bright” is a bad movie and you shouldn’t care
If you haven’t seen Netflix’s Bright, don’t. Despite the presence of bankable stars like Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, it’s a complete clunker from front to back. Netflix spent $90 million on making it, although for the…
FUN FRIDAY: Building a Death Star
So, yeah, I’m decidedly mixed when it comes to my feelings toward Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. If you don’t believe me, here’s the proof: I wasted an hour of company time writing a review of it….
AT&T says they’ll roll out real mobile 5G this year
And I bet they can do it. AT&T put out a press release saying that they will have real, actual mobile 5G service in their phones and within 12 cities by the end of the year….
DIRECTV airing even more sports in 4K
You can’t get it anywhere else. DIRECTV is airing an exclusive schedule of sports in 4K and HDR this spring, and you won’t be able to find this content on any other carrier! To start with,…
Happy New Year 2018!
Start of a day, start of a week, start of a month, start of a year! Let’s all look forward to a year full of peace and prosperity. The offices at Solid Signal are closed…
STREAMING SATURDAY: Live TV Streaming and More in 2018
If you want live TV streaming news, you need more than just Stuart Sweet. He wrote me off this week, yet here I am bringing you what to look for in 2018 from the streaming service…
STREAMING SATURDAY: What will you stream in 2018?
I’m taking the reins from Buckler again since he put all his brain cells into writing a year in review piece. Last time I saw him he was in the back of the blog offices breathing…
2017: The Year In Streaming
This year in streaming was an exciting one! With so many developments, I want to share a bird’s eye view of streaming services in 2017. Streaming service providers were busy this year. With each company determined…
Our Predictions for 2018
Who knows what the future will bring? In 2017 we saw the growing dominance of DIRECTV NOW, the coming of DIRECTV’s Genie 2 and Hopper 3, and we finally saw Apple try to take back some…
2017: The year in antennas
As the year winds to a close, we’re looking back at the events that really shaped our product selection at SolidSignal.com. There were two big events this year in the world of over-the-air antennas and although…