Best of the Blog 2022, Volume 9

The Solid Signal Blog is your resource for thousands of articles and reviews, with new content coming every day. 2023 marks our seventeeth year since our humble beginnings, and today over 250,000 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 September, 2022:

  1. Who’s on the other end of the phone at Solid Signal support?
  2. How hackable is DIRECTV equipment?
  3. Why doesn’t Apple’s MagSafe erase your phone and kill your credit cards?
  4. IS IT TRUE: Wireless charging is killing the planet?
  5. UPDATED FOR 22/23: Do you need a cellular signal meter?
  6. Are Marine Satellite Domes Really That Big?
  7. Why are long HDMI cables such a problem?
  8. Is there a difference between the DIRECTV C61 and DIRECTV C61K?
  9. How do those little self-aiming dishes work?
  10. 5 Tips for planning for a new headend
  11. The magic of 5G isn’t what you think it is
  12. Why does the screen on my DIRECTV system go blank for a second sometimes?
  13. Still using that old tube TV in your RV? Time to upgrade
  14. 2022 EDITION: Let’s talk about a portable cell booster
  15. Should you worry that the car next to you is stealing signal from your cell booster?
  16. CLEAR GUIDANCE FOR 22/23: 5G Cell boosters
  17. iOS 16 Breaks field test mode AGAIN? Really?
  18. Now’s the perfect time to upgrade your RV
  19. What’s the best antenna signal meter?
  20. Is TV in the United States as good as TV in other countries?
  21. Why can’t you move recordings from one DIRECTV DVR to another?
  22. Set recordings more easily with DIRECTV “Record Defaults”
  23. SMA connector or SMB connector… does it matter?
  24. Power banks lie. Don’t buy the cheap ones.
  25. What do the reset options mean on the DIRECTV Genie client and DVR menus?
  26. What format are satellite DVR recordings stored in?
  27. Is the FCC finally doing something on spam texts?
  28. Can you use your DIRECTV equipment in other countries?
  29. Will DIRECTV ever upgrade to the next video compression standard?
  30. What if you put in a cell booster and you don’t see any more bars than you did before?
  31. THE FACTS FOR 22-23: Can you use a round dish with a Genie?

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Stuart Sweet
Stuart Sweet is the editor-in-chief of The Solid Signal Blog and a "master plumber" at Signal Group, LLC. He is the author of over 10,000 articles and longform tutorials including many posted here. Reach him by clicking on "Contact the Editor" at the bottom of this page.