Three channels of 4K content! Internal documents obtained by The Solid Signal Blog have pointed to the existence of three 4K channels which will be going live very soon! What we’re looking at, according to…
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Earlier this month, March 2016, a fellow ham radio operator who is also interested in UHF TV antennas, contacted me to tell about his experiments with his Pennyloop antenna design. His site is, http://www.pennyloopdesigns.com and you can…
OK, so it’s not your last chance. But it’s your last chance to get what you’ll need to get DIRECTV’s first ever 4K live broadcasts of the Masters on April 7. Here’s what you’ll need: DIRECTV…
If you go online to any number of TV sites (TVFool, antennaweb, or hdtvprimer), you will be told which antenna has better gain and/or which antenna should work in your area. Gain is not the…
You see those letters at the top left of your phone all the time but have you wondered what they mean? Every modern phone supports LTE and you could be using it right now. Without getting…
So on average, April Fool’s day will come on a Friday every 7 years unless a leap year messes things up. So how could I avoid doing an article on the best ever April Fool’s tech…
Don’t take my word for it. It’s The Los Angeles Times who, in an article posted last night, said that Time Warner Cable just plain gives up. They admit that none of their recent schemes to get more coverage…
You’ll need an HR54 Genie. This tip came to our forums a few weeks ago but it’s taken a while to confirm. It is true, if you want 4K service from DIRECTV and you don’t already have…
Good on them. DISH today announced the results of a food drive conducted by employees all over the country. Believe it or not, they collected enough to feed 25,000 people. I have to say, when companies…
Well, you can’t, not yet. DIRECTV’s 4K broadcasts full-time will probably start in April, 2016. We do know for sure that the Masters tournament will be broadcast in 4K, but DIRECTV hasn’t announced when the…
No you will not. (But…) The big “but” is that you will still need a new LNB in the long run. It seems like that doesn’t make a lot of sense, but it does if…
Look let’s get this out of the way. This blog is operated by SolidSignal.com and the purpose of that web site is to sell you stuff. So obviously I’m going to want to tell you that…
The cool thing is you have so many choices. For most outdoor antennas, the easiest thing is to use a J-mount. The honest truth is that there isn’t a lot of difference between them if you’re mounting…
For some of us, they’re a fact of life. Data caps were originally designed to keep prices low for the 99% of people who use their internet as the provider intended. The whole point of data…
How many times have we been down this road? Once again, Media General rises to the forefront with a potential blackout of 70 local stations. This is the company that narrowly avoided a blackout situation…