I’m sorry, I can’t do that, Dave. If you know that reference, you’ve probably seen a lot of the movies in this week’s Fun Friday video, “Every Best Visual Effects Winner. Ever.” It’s a 9-minute compilation…
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The word is all over town that TiVo is being purchased by Rovi. This brings up two questions: Will TiVo still make, well, TiVos? and who the heck is Rovi? First of all you can be…
The spring of 2015 was a great time for our blog.
Great news for NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers. DIRECTV announced yesterday that all NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers will have access to live streaming on their mobile devices. Previously you needed the MAX package for that, but for…
Satellite TV alone doesn’t always deliver local TV programming. I learned this lesson the hard way! Many years ago, I needed to be in two places at once. The annual Catfish Jamboree was happening on…
This is the one you really want. SureCall’s Fusion4Home is the signal booster that combines industrial design and power with customer-friendly pricing. It’s a 5-band booster with up to 72dB of boost, 4G and LTE capability, and…
Not quite sure why they didn’t announce earlier, but results from AT&T’s first quarter in 2016 were quietly sent out after close of business yesterday. It’s not like they had anything to hide… the numbers were…
AT&T takes its commitments seriously, and one of those commitments is low-cost broadband. 10Mbps may not be “blazing fast” by today’s standards but it’s more than fast enough for email, general web surfing, and even a…
If you haven’t already seen the news, it looks like the Charter takeover of Time Warner Cable is going to happen. Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, FCC Chair Tom Wheeler indicated he would vote for the deal, and…
Updated: This article was originally published in 2016, based on what we were told at that time. For more information about how this change will affect you, call your representative at [email protected]. Almost 15 years…
Check out this great stuff from the Winter of ’15!
The circle is now complete. That doesn’t have a lot to do with the story, but it’s fun to say now and again. Starz has completed its rebranding, first announced a month ago, by officially naming…
Earnings time has come again for AT&T and DIRECTV. While we don’t expect this season’s earnings call to be peppered with the kind of juicy tech tidbits we saw in previous years, it’s still a great…
The Solid Signal Blog welcomes new guest contributor Jake Buckler! Hello. My name is Jake Buckler and I know just enough about TV antennas to make me dangerous. Seriously! Consider my first experience with these…
This is what every custom cable-maker needs!