It’s official. The boards of DIRECTV and AT&T have announced that AT&T will acquire DIRECTV. DIRECTV’s current stockholders will get $95 per share, with about two thirds of that being a direct conversion into AT&T stock…
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Will it happen tomorrow? Buzzfeed thinks so. In an article posted today, the pop culture site makes the claim that the deal is done and that it will be announced to the world before the open of the…
You remember these, right? About 5 years ago DIRECTV started selling custom remotes with NFL logos at a premium price. They stopped making them, and it’s probably because they just weren’t selling that well. Luckily, you…
You remember the DECA, right? Even years after its release there’s some confusion about which receivers need to have one connected. Here’s the simplest way we can put it for you. DECA Broadband: Also called a Cinema Connection Kit,…
You know, those DIRECTV lights can be REALLY bright. They can be bright enough to distract you while you’re watching something. The H25 receiver and C41 client have mercifully few lights, but if you have a DVR, they can be…
Are you the sort who has a DVR in every room? Maybe one is for the wife, one for the husband, and each kid gets their own choice too. This can lead to pages and pages…
One of our customers told us that a DIRECTV CSR said you can’t use an HR34 Genie with the new C41W Wireless Genie Mini. Folks, that is JUST PLAIN WRONG. The HR34 Genie works with the new…
The web is abuzz this morning with news, first reported in The Wall Street Journal and The Los Angeles Times that AT&T has shown some interest in buying DIRECTV. The combined company would have roughly 26 million subscribers, still less…
The first DIRECTV receivers were the size of two medium pizza boxes stacked one on top of each other. Remember this was a receiver, not a DVR, and it was only standard definition. Size didn’t play…
We’ve received reports that a small number of C41W Wireless Genie Mini Clients are reaching customers with their menus in Spanish. As far as we know, no inventory from Solid Signal is affected, but we thought that…
Freedom from bad hotel TV. Let’s face it, hotels haven’t kept up with TV technology in the last ten years. Sure, hotel rooms have embraced large flat TVs that eliminate the need for big credenzas in…
Planning on a little DIY satellite upgrade? We’ve got the serious down-and-dirty tutorials that will help you plan it all, but between our SWM Upgrade White Paper, our Guide to Coax Networking and our White Paper for systems over 16…
Hidden deep within the DIRECTV menu structure is a setting called “Native.” You may have seen it and not known why it was there, or you may have tried it and noticed it didn’t seem to…
This is a DECA. It converts the network signal that’s on your DIRECTV coaxial cable into a form that can travel on a regular category 5 or category 6 Ethernet cable. It’s used for older DIRECTV…
Today’s the official “coming out party” for the C41W Wireless Genie Mini. Sure, we’ve been talking about it for over a year but starting today you’ll be hearing about it everywhere as DIRECTV ramps up its advertising…