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Our Predictions for 2018
Who knows what the future will bring? In 2017 we saw the growing dominance of DIRECTV NOW, the coming of DIRECTV’s Genie 2 and Hopper 3, and we finally saw Apple try to take back some…
2017: The year in antennas
As the year winds to a close, we’re looking back at the events that really shaped our product selection at SolidSignal.com. There were two big events this year in the world of over-the-air antennas and although…
Best of the Blog 2017, Volume 6
June brings knowledge into bloom!
Will you need a “VHF Low” antenna soon?
I know, you thought the days of the massive antenna were behind you. And I really hoped they were too. It’s so much easy to put a small antenna on the roof than put a larger…
Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy Tribune Media
You may have seen this story yesterday and not realized how truly impactful it will be. Sinclair Broadcast Group is already the largest operator of local television stations in the US, with 173 local stations. It’s…
Find out what’s happening to your local stations with this tool
A few days ago I dropped the bomb on antenna users when I told them that the FCC was reassigning about 1,000 stations. After a historic, three year process, the FCC will be re-allocating UHF channels 37-51…
FCC concludes historic spectrum auction, 1,000 stations affected
At a glance: Over 1,000 stations move 33 stations go off the air $10 billion paid to broadcasters $20 billion collected in new spectrum licenses 15 TV channels (37-51) to be converted to cell data…
FCC approves “LTE-U” — what does this mean for you?
“U”,” not “yoo-hoo.” Time for new interns AGAIN. Your next cell phone could have even better internet. That’s the takeaway here, after the decision from the FCC to allow “LTE-U” broadcasts to exist in the same…
IT’S OFFICIAL: Cell service in the US isn’t keeping up
The state of mobile networks, according to an outfit called OpenSignal, isn’t great. The company publishes an app which tracks cell performance using a big mesh network (think of the Waze app, which gathers a lot…
What is a PC stick?
Well, it’s this. It’s a device just a little larger than your average streaming stick that’s actually a full-featured PC. It’s barely big enough for a couple of USB ports, a power connector and an HDMI…
DISH DOES IT SO… Why can’t you turn a DIRECTV receiver into a DVR just by plugging in a hard drive?
DIRECTV fans aren’t jealous of a lot of DISH’s hardware, but there’s something special about its 211z HD receivers. See, they’re really DVRs in disguise: Plug in an external hard drive and boom, instant DVR. It’s that…
Is the FCC planning on killing TV broadcasting?
Is it true? Is the FCC planning on buying back every broadcast license they can get their hands on, then auctioning the wireless space to eager mobile providers? As the Mythbusters say, call that one “PLAUSIBLE.”…