If there are, I’ve never seen them in 13 years. You know what I’m talking about – often times there are hidden key combinations in software that reveal special information, tell you about the authors, or…
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This article has been replaced by this one which is more accurate for the 2020s. There’s an interesting piece today in The Washington Post about the possibility of live DIRECTV programming in your car. Upon reading it, I…
Because TVs sound like the speakers are made from tinfoil. My $2,000 TV sounds terrible. My $300 TV sounds even worse. It’s kind of ridiculous. I shouldn’t need a whole home theater system just so I…
Is one of these splitters a ripoff? At the bottom is a splitter with a DIRECTV and SWM logo labeled MSPLIT4-R1-03. It sure looks legit. But what’s that above it? The label is on upside…
So, I’m slowly warming up to 4K. It certainly helps that DIRECTV actually has 4K content now and so there is something I can do with my 4K television rather than just watch HD on it….
Perhaps it’s not a problem if you’re one of those people who never obsesses over anything. Maybe you can look at an image like the one above and never feel like something is vaguely… unfinished. Or…
Not at this point. The three 4K channels that DIRECTV has (channels 104-106) only work on 4K TVs. This is not a situation like HD where the receiver is able to downsample the picture. You’ve seen…
The word is all over town that TiVo is being purchased by Rovi. This brings up two questions: Will TiVo still make, well, TiVos? and who the heck is Rovi? First of all you can be…
Great news for NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers. DIRECTV announced yesterday that all NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers will have access to live streaming on their mobile devices. Previously you needed the MAX package for that, but for…
The circle is now complete. That doesn’t have a lot to do with the story, but it’s fun to say now and again. Starz has completed its rebranding, first announced a month ago, by officially naming…
On Monday, most Americans lamented the giving up of green (Tax Day). On Wednesday, some folks celebrated a different type of green (possibly to mellow them out from Monday, but we won’t talk about that…
The death-star-ification of DIRECTV continues. The image you see above was taken from the guide on an HR54 Genie DVR this morning. All Genies will be getting new software in the next few weeks that fix…
Bring it on! DIRECTV continues to bring the 4K Ultra HD action when no one else can. They weren’t content to just bring you the Masters, oh no – now they’ve announced up to 25…
Are you one of the lucky few? There aren’t a lot of local stations that can be live streamed, but if you’re in a major city where the network affiliate is owned by the network, chances…
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…