Reviews



Hands on with Vanco’s HDMI IR Control Kit

What do you do when you want to control a device in another room? You have several solutions. We’ve always recommended the NextGen MultiRoom Extender as a way to add RF capability to any remote control. It’s a…



Another Home Brew antenna?

This is a very quick post because I just came across another antenna design which is easy to build, looks like it may also be omni directional with some gain and picks up VHF and…


HD Blade HDBLADE100 Antenna Comparison Tests

SolidSignal sent me both the signal finder SL 1000 from King Controls King Controls SureLock SL1000 Digital TV Signal Finder (SL-1000) from Solid Signal and the HDBLADE100 antenna Solid Signal HD-BLADE Indoor Digital Flat Indoor…





CES 2013: DIRECTV shows HR44 DVR

We weren’t expecting it. DIRECTV has had a very small footprint at CES in previous years. Not since 2006 have they had any significant show floor presence. However, tucked into a corner of the show floor,…


The DIRECTV D10… the one that started it all

Modern DIRECTV history starts in 2004… with the introduction of this receiver, the DIRECTV D10-100. Before this receiver, there were several different manufacturers. RCA made most of the low-priced ones, but Sony, Philips, Hughes and others…