OPINION: Worth it to go to the movies?
A trip to the movies is close to $50 for two people. Is it worth it?
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Do the new Genie menus still support “advanced search terms?”
Do these super-secret tools even make sense anymore?
Streaming News from The CW, Disney, and Netflix
Jake Buckler really doesn’t like the CW, does he?
FUN FRIDAY: Boldly Go
Yes, I get it. I talk way too much about Star Wars and Star Trek on this blog. I have been accused of trying to turn this blog into a generally geek-oriented news and view site and some people say…
BONUS STREAMING SATURDAY: Marvel’s Iron Fist Makes its Netflix Debut
Will Netflix’s Iron Fist be as big as Luke Cage? Maybe, maybe not, but it will still make an amazing Marvel Comics superhero series to stream. The first season of Marvel’s Iron Fist debuts on Netflix on March 17. Judging by…
FUN FRIDAY: Not even one week until…
December is famous for a lot of things, but for the most part we associate it with a number of holidays. Today is “Black Friday,” the day when the holiday shopping season traditionally kicks off. But…
FUN FRIDAY: Fan Films
I geek out about Star Wars, but then there’s a whole other level where you make your own stormtrooper armor then shoot your own fan films. What you see above you is just one of them, talking…
OPINION: When favorite shows “jump the shark”
Jump the Shark. It’s a term that’s been around 20 years or so and it generally means, “that moment when a TV show stops being worth watching.” The idea is that there’s some fundamental change in…
Fall TV Preview: Revenge of the Dreck
I was trying to make a Star Wars reference but this is a family-friendly site and so I couldn’t exactly call it Revenge of the … (another word that has the same letters as “Sith.”) It’s time for that…
Sci-Fi Consumer Electronics Products
With high-tech TV antennas, satellite dishes, and wireless networking, the sci-fi future I dreamed of as a kid is now a reality! We’re you a sci-fi fan in the 1970s and 1980s? I know I was….
OPINION: A VR monitor?
I can’t explain why, but it seems like the world has gone batty for virtual reality lately. I’m old enough to remember the last time this came around, back in the 1990s, and I have a…
Best of the Blog 2015, Volume 6
Take one last look back at 2015 before we move on to 2016!
Misadventures in TV Antenna Removal
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…
EDITORIAL: Copyright law is out of control
You know that song? You know, the one people sing when it’s someone’s birthday? I’d sing it to you now but it turns out it’s copyrighted. That’s why the people at The Olive Garden mumble something…
TIP: Use advanced searching tools on DIRECTV receivers
Smart Search on DIRECTV receivers is pretty smart. It can predict what you want as you’re typing and even suggest likely matches. Did you know it’s even smarter than that? What if you could use…