You knew it had to happen. Over a year ago, DIRECTV moved away from its much-loved “cyclone” logo to a new logo (shown above) that features the AT&T globe. The software was updated as well and…
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This is the big one. DIRECTV is opening up ALL its premium channels, that’s HBO, Cinemax, Starz, and Showtime for a few days. The free preview starts midnight local time at the beginning of February…
The original Planet Earth won award after award for its beautiful HD photography. That was ten years ago, and its 1080i quality hasn’t held up. It’s still beautiful, but it’s not eye-popping like it was then. Planet…
I guess for some people, progress is all about ruining the fun for other people. For every person who tells you how easy it is for things to get done today, for every guy who never…
Score one for college basketball fans… DIRECTV’s about to make you even happier. Starting this weekend, you’ll see a series of 4K basketball games. The first is the Cal-Stanford game this Saturday February 17, at 10pm…
Like a lot of you, I’ve paid a lot for TVs. Back in the 1990s I paid $700 for a Sony 27″ tube TV that barely lasted three years before the picture started to fail. In…
A couple of weeks ago, I challenged the young and optimistic Jake Buckler to talk about one of Netflix’s newest series, The OA. He and I are both watching the show, which has proven so dense that it’s practically…
One of the surprising winners of 2016 was a company who had been nearly written off for dead: Microsoft. Back in 2012 I called their latest operating system a “day 1 fail” and called Microsoft’s hardware “doomed.” Well, you can…
It’s not looking good. Fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers are looking at a third straight season without home games on TV, and it’s beginning to get old. Famed broadcaster Vin Scully has now retired, and…
Going way off topic this week, apparently scientist have discovered what may be a completely different species of insect from anything that has ever been seen before. Aethiocarenus burmanicus is unlike anything you (or science) has ever seen….
Sad to say, not a lot has changed in four years. In 2013 I reported that Nielsen was finally ready to start tracking online viewing. (Sadly that article has been lost.) If you look at their web site,…
Yes, I mean a real, beginning-to-end marine-rated cell booster. This Super Halo from Shakespeare is completely designed for marine needs. It will help you get great reception from further than you ever thought possible. Land-based cell towers…
This is going to be gorgeous. If you have a 4K TV and a DIRECTV system capable of showing 4K, get ready to enjoy golf as you never have before. Starting tomorrow DIRECTV will be showing…
And not just gloves. Yeah, sometimes our interns get too literal when we ask for things like “pictures of hand tools.” I mean, we do sell these gloves and they’re pretty good gloves too. But, they’re…
Boys and girls, here’s a lesson on how politics affects your life. The former FCC Chair, Tom Wheeler, became a strong advocate for net neutrality after he was scolded for his views on the subject. He…