The Solid Signal Blog is your resource for thousands of articles and reviews, with new content coming every day. 2018 marks our twelfth year since our humble beginnings, and today over 200,000 people read the blog every month. Every month, the staff gets together and gathers articles that really seem like they have long-term appeal. Here’s the list for December, 2017.
- NEW VIDEO: Learn how to read antenna charts!
- TIP: Always, always, turn off the breaker
- Can you turn an old tube TV into an HDTV?
- How do you change what programs show up in the playlist (DIRECTV Genie GUI)
- Why do cables use so many different connectors?
- NEW VIDEO: Show SD channels on DIRECTV (new Genie GUI
- A TV antenna for a cellular booster?
- How do you go to a specific time in the DIRECTV Guide (new Genie GUI)
- Should you reuse old coaxial cable?
- Is your DIRECTV wireless video bridge a massive security risk?
- REVISED AND UPDATED: Frequencies in use by different services
- The built-in USB port in your car probably doesn’t do real well. Just ignore it.
- Learn more about the Televes Nevoswitch!
- CABLES 101: How to Choose The Best Cable
- CABLES 101 – How to choose the best cable: Part 2, technical specs and terms
- CABLES 101 – How to choose the best cable: Part 3, connectors
- CABLES 101 – How to choose the best cable: Part 4, Signal Loss
- CABLES 101 – How to choose the best cable: Part 5: Putting it all together
- COMMUNICATIONS PIONEERS: Heinrich Hertz
- COMMUNICATIONS PIONEERS: Elisha Gray
- COMMUNICATIONS PIONEERS: Lee De Forest
- COMMUNICATIONS PIONEERS: Sputnik
- Why can’t we send DIRECTV equipment to other countries?
- 2017: The year in antennas
- NICE AND EASY: What’s the difference between a splitter and a multiswitch?
- Our Predictions for 2018
- 2017: The year in antennas
- 2017: The Year In Streaming