Big upgrade. DIRECTV’s award-winning app for smartphones and tablets just got a huge upgrade and it opens up a whole new world for streaming users. With the new upgrade, you can watch nearly any channel…
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We’ve officially named September “National Cord-Cutting Month.” It’s the best time for you to cut the cord on cable TV! Apparently, we like to declare a national holidays at Solid Signal. We once called September “National…
Are you proud of your antenna? Show us pictures of your installation, describe it and let us know how it works. Does it get all the channels you want? Is it still the one your…
Netflix in September will bring the second season of an original series and a documentary on sexual assault. Both should make for some entertaining and thought-provoking streaming. Netflix is the perfect entertainment source for myself and…
What do you get a young lady who loves consumer electronics products for her eighth birthday? I think I’ve finally found the perfect thing, and it’s available from Solid Signal. Next month, my niece turns eight….
If you recall, it wasn’t that long ago that I pointed out some serious problems with Apple’s App Store. I’m guessing Apple’s Tim Cook reads The Solid Signal Blog, because yesterday Apple issued new guidelines for apps and…
Ya let us down, Spike!
Want to spend more time with the kids in your family? Make your house a streaming hotspot with one easy-to-use consumer electronics product. We’ve been talking about consumer electronics products for kids with birthdays in October….
Netflix’s Stranger Things just got the green light for a second season! News this big just couldn’t wait for my regular Streaming Saturday post. Before I say another thing about Stranger Things, you have to watch the trailer for…
Jump the Shark. It’s a term that’s been around 20 years or so and it generally means, “that moment when a TV show stops being worth watching.” The idea is that there’s some fundamental change in…
Do you have kids of driving age? Help them arrive safely at their destinations with a GPS navigation system. We have several fall birthdays in my wife’s family. Our son, Hunter, turns 19 this October. Our…
Yesterday, Stuart Sweet told us that the fall TV schedule will be filled with the same old, same old. I think Stuart is a bitter old man who can’t see that the new TV season will be…
I was trying to make a Star Wars reference but this is a family-friendly site and so I couldn’t exactly call it Revenge of the … (another word that has the same letters as “Sith.”) It’s time for that…
DIRECTV seems on track to launch its streaming services, and as we said back in March, there will be three of them. At least one will be free, and the top tier, known as “DIRECTV Now,” will…
Not that long ago, I had the pleasure of getting my hands on one of these: You’d be forgiven if you thought this was a publicity still from 50 years ago. (You would not be forgiven if you…