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Here’s a little contest for all our DIRECTV customers with DVRs. Today’s DVRs can hold up to 200 hours of HD or 1000 hours of SD content. How full is yours? Reply to this article here…
Read MoreHere’s a little contest for all our DIRECTV customers with DVRs. Today’s DVRs can hold up to 200 hours of HD or 1000 hours of SD content. How full is yours? Reply to this article here…
Read MoreHave you streamed every season of your favorite British TV shows but still need your fix? BritBox might be the streaming service for you. BritBox is a streaming service that specializes in bringing British TV…
Seems like DIRECTV is getting serious about this 4K stuff. The very first NASCAR race to be broadcast in 4K will be this year’s Monster Energy Cup from Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. The race airs…
Pity the poor residents of the City of Angels and their struggles with sports. The nation’s second largest metropolitan area spent most of the last thirty years without a football team (although next season they will…
I don’t know why but it turns out I love writing about how ESPN is the root of all evil on television. Take a look at the evidence — I’ve written about it here, here, and even here in…
If you’ve been reading headlines today, you’ve probably noticed that there’s a guy out there releasing documents saying the CIA can hack your Samsung Smart TV. First of all that’s not a huge surprise — I talked…
Less is more. DIRECTV has announced the pricing for the 2017 season of its popular MLB Extra Innings package and it’s even less than last year, when prices were dropped for the first time. At press…
Ready for the exciting life of a blogger? The Solid Signal Blog is looking for volunteer contributors. The pay isn’t great but the prestige is worth it! If you choose to join our merry band, you…
Will Netflix’s Iron Fist be as big as Luke Cage? Maybe, maybe not, but it will still make an amazing Marvel Comics superhero series to stream. The first season of Marvel’s Iron Fist debuts on Netflix on March 17. Judging by…
As someone who streams your favorite movies and series, is having 4K resolution really that important to your streaming experience? In my opinion, streamers don’t want or need 4K resolution for their favorite shows and…
I know this is one that Jake Buckler, the blog’s resident Norse warrior, will be all over. Apparently archaeologists in Scotland have found a 3,000-year-old bronze sword in remarkably good condition. It seems they were building a…
Seems to come up like clockwork. Just a few months after DIRECTV was forced to black out Hearst stations due to a conflict dispute, the same stations have disappeared for DISH viewers. Luckily, those channel blackouts seem to…
To Be Determined? Sinclair Media, one of the nation’s largest operators of over-the-air television stations, has launched a new network for their viewers across the country. It’s called “TBD,” which is old-school business slang for “to…
One of the biggest mistakes Microsoft made in the 2000s was called “.NET.” It was supposed to be an easy way to build apps that worked on your computer and on the web, and it was…
Another country heard from, as Robert DeNiro might say. Yesterday YouTube announced YouTube TV, which is designed to compete in the same space as DIRECTV NOW and Sling TV, essentially providing live TV to computers, mobile…