For many years, DISH receivers have been able to accomplish a little trick that most DIRECTV receivers can’t: the ability to watch two different channels with one receiver. If you have had a DISH receiver or DVR…
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It’s the best solution for the price. Our SATLOOKLITE meter will help you align your DIRECTV SWM or non-SWM and DISH Western Arc dish, and it can point at dozens of different satellites in the sky. Occasionally…
When it comes to pay-TV services, DISH owns CES and they have for several years. The company uses CES for its launchpad for new products every year and we expect a big booth just as we…
This changes everything. We’ve known for some time that DISH was planning a streaming service and they announced it in a special pre-CES press release. It’s still not final but we’re getting a very good idea…
This changes everything. Today, DISH becomes the first major pay-TV provider to integrate Netflix streaming into its products. According to a press release dated today, Hopper users will be able to access their Netflix content through the familiar…
OK, let’s get it out in the open: Solid Signal, the folks who keep the lights on at this blog, are both DIRECTV and DISH dealers. So we’re not going to tell you that either provider…
It used to be so easy. When DIRECTV and DISH started, there was one satellite location. You pointed your dish at it, and you were done. Now DIRECTV has four primary locations and two secondary ones,…
At one time, this Spaun multiswitch was one of our hot sellers at Solid Signal. These days we don’t sell nearly as many. Shrewd observers might even note that several other Spaun products have been discontinued and…
We’ll have our pick for best booth in about two hours, but yesterday Reviewed.com gave its CES 2014 Editors’ Choice award to Super Joey, the new accessory for Hopper that gives it two additional tuners. We were impressed by Super…
The good news is that we got a little better bandwidth and can show you some pictures from DISH’s booth at the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show. The DISH booth was hopping (pun intended) and one…
CES 2014 is in full swing and we went down to the DISH booth to get questions answered. We’ll have a full photo essay later (you all know how hotel internet is) but we did get…
DISH is putting out press releases faster than we can read them. We’ll publish them all here, but here’s the straight dope: DISH is showing extensions to its Hopper Super DVR that add more capabilities to…
DISH kicks off its presence at the International CES with two announcements sure to excite the DISH faithful. First is the Vitrual Joey, which is an app that will run on 2014 LG Smart TVs and…
They say that all good things must end, someday. That day for most Blockbuster Video stores will be sometime in January. DISH has issued a press release saying that all company owned stores, as well as…
DISH didn’t miss the opportunity. With DIRECTV a no-show at this year’s CEDIA Expo, DISH jumped in with both feet. There were DISH graphics and banners everywhere, a giant stuffed Hopper and a costumed character Hopper,…