Have you seen the trailer for Stranger Things, season two? Halloween 2017 can’t get here soon enough, as far as I’m concerned! If you watched Superbowl LI, then chances are you saw the Stranger Things, season two…
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I saw this short film a couple of weeks ago and can’t get it out of my head. Called The Narrow World,, you’re meant to think at first that it’s a riff off every alien-landing movie…
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…
That’s right, MORE sports. You might have noticed something different if you tuned to one of the ESPN channels lately. Instead of the popup for scoreguide, you might have seen an ad for the new ESPN…
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…
I was given an antenna by a family member who didn’t want it any longer: It is the RCA, ANT 140. The label said: Thomson Consumer Electronics, Deptford NJ 08096-2088. I don’t know who the…
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…
In Wrong Tool/Right Tool we’ll show you the tools you should be using when working on antenna or satellite installations. WRONG TOOL: Buck Knife. Even in an emergency, don’t be tempted to strip a cable using a…
It’s easy to do! A lot of people are afraid that if they cut the cord, they’ll lose the ability to pause live TV. After all, they remember being kids and not being able to pause…
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…
The world, as it’s happening. Isn’t that why we go to the internet, to news aggregators and Twitter? Those are all great for national and world news, but in case you haven’t noticed it’s sometimes easier…
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…