Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 2
Check out what we were doing back in early ’16.
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Is it me, or is more stuff coming in different colors?
As long as we don’t go back to avocado green. Since the end of the “woodgrain era” of electronics, your stuff has generally come in one of two colors: black or silver. And, it’s mostly been…
Fall TV 2016/17: How did it fare?
Several months ago, I posted a rather bitter description of the new programs debuting on the broadcast networks. I cited the lack of imagination of the networks and their collective ability to actually provide much stuff…
Gigabit data on your cell phone… by the end of the year?
Super-fast cell data without waiting for 5G. Is it even possible? A recent article in engadget claims that by using an encoding scheme that’s currently used in cable television, it will be possible to get speeds up to 1000Mbps…
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…
DISH gets voice control thanks to Alexa
So, ok. I’m still not convinced voice control is going to take off. Most of the people I know who got an Echo dot for the holidays used it a few times to ask stupid questions,…
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….
STREAMING SATURDAY: Summertime IS for Streaming!
A week ago, Stuart Sweet told us that “summertime’s not just for streaming.” Poor Stuart… Little does he know that summer is the perfect time for streaming! My intrepid colleague was onto something when he said…
Best of the Blog 2016, Volume 1
The new year brings great new articles at The Solid Signal Blog.
FUN FRIDAY: A better calculator
I just found this out and obviously my first question is, how did I not know this in 2010? Apparently you can backspace on the iPhone calculator. Like, if you make a mistake and you want to…
DIRECTV gives you even more 4K sports
DIRECTV brings on the 4K goodness like no one else can. No one else brings you three channels of 4K plus downloadable movies and special events. And right now, if you want to see major league…
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…
Televes DATBOSS LR Now in Stock!
And then there were four. Rounding out the 2017 lineup for Televes antennas, we present the DATBOSS LR. This is the antenna for people who want extremely long range UHF performance but don’t need VHF (or do…
Our city guides have been updated!
Leave it to Solid Signal to give you the ultimate resource for antennas. Other sites give you confusing graphs and charts, while we give you a city-by-city guide of what’s available, what sports teams are on…
Now Sprint wants to buy T-Mobile. Big Mistake. Huge.
Some events leave a mark on your consciousness. It may sound silly to you but for me one of those events is the whole mess from about 5 years ago where Sprint, DISH, T-Mobile, Softbank, Clearwire,…