EDITORIAL: I hate the word “trending”
It seems an odd thing for a blogger to say, doesn’t it? But really, the word “trending” really gets on my nerves now and again. It’s hard to say why, but it just really rubs me…
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Five Rumors that might have started with Investor Day
DIRECTV’s Investor Day can be a mixed bag for techies. After all the point is to impress the financial types and anything we tend to get will just be table scraps. However, if you really look at…
BREAKING NEWS: Wilson Electronics buys zBoost
This is big. The top manufacturer of cellular boosters for the US market has agreed to buy its largest competitor. Wilson Electronics today notified us that it has recently acquired zBoost. What does this mean? Until…
EDITORIAL: Maybe I don’t want a Smart TV
Longtime readers of The Solid Signal Blog will see that over time, my thinking about Smart TVs has evolved. I was a big fan of the technology in 2011, even investing my own money to get a…
Protect your connections from the weather with STUF
We know that there are all sorts of installs. Some have the luxury of having everything in an air-conditioned and moisture-controlled room. Others have to survive the harshest elements. A weather boot can help control corrosion…
Where do we go from here?
I was reading something the other day and it got me thinking. The article was about what the future held for electronics and tech devices. If you read this blog regularly, you’ve probably seen this article…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Broadcasting is magic
Fact. The received power from a satellite is measured in millionths of a watt. Even after amplification and processing by your satellite dish, the signal is usually about -35dBm, which is .000000316 watts. A nightlight is…
EDITORIAL: Curved TV is a flash in the pan
Anyone who’s anyone at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show showed a curved TV. There were big ones, small ones… more curves that an (insert inappropriate comment here.) But as our blog team walked the room,…
How the $%#@ do I turn this thing on??
When I was a kid there were 5 TV Channels in Chicago – 2, 5, 7, 9 and 11, CBS, NBC, ABC, WGN (Independent) and PBS. Oh, what a simple time. If we wanted to…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Your smartphone screen is impossible
Consider for a moment, your smartphone’s screen. First of all it has a resolution of, let’s say, 1920×1080. That’s maybe about 260 pixels per square inch. That means in a space of about 3″ x 4″,…
CES2014: Here’s the wrapup
Well, the blog team are back in our cozy chairs with suitcases unpacked and hangovers finished, and it’s time to look back on the stuff we really liked and disliked about this year’s International CES. This…
CES2014: Here’s why we were actually there.
While we’re glad the blog team got to travel on the company dime but there’s another reason that our Solid Signal team traveled to CES: Business. There’s a lot of business that goes on at the International CES…
CES2014 FUN FRIDAY: CES looked pretty goofy back then
You have to love the look on this guy’s face as he holds up a very early production DVD. Did it have to be The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert? The photo dates from 1996 and…
CES2014: Best Booth in the Show
No we don’t have any fancy award ceremony, but the first ever Solid Signal Blog award for best booth of the show goes to…. Samsung. In fairness, we must of course disclose that Solid Signal is a DISH…
CES2014: Super Joey Wins Editor’s Choice
We’ll have our pick for best booth in about two hours, but yesterday Reviewed.com gave its CES 2014 Editors’ Choice award to Super Joey, the new accessory for Hopper that gives it two additional tuners. We were impressed by Super…