The dream of 4K could be getting closer to reality. When 4K was first introduced, it seemed like a pipe dream. A 4K stream was expected to require about 120mbps, far beyond what most people should…
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I’m tempted to say, it’s just plain stubbornness, but there’s more to it. There was a time I was not fond of the DIRECTV Ready TV. I actually own a 2011 model, and to be…
Special thanks to Signal Labs member hdtvfan0001 who graciously provided images to this review and to reviews at DBSTalk.com. The next generation. After years of focusing on refinement, DIRECTV comes out of the gate with a truly new…
Who bingewatched five years ago? It wasn’t unheard of, but it was something you did in the summer when nothing else was on and you wanted to get caught up. There were a few early bingewatching…
DIRECTV’s new “All Seasons” search has quite a few fans. It hit Genie users in the last update and it gives a powerful new way to find programs that are on multiple channels. You can very…
If you haven’t upgraded to SWM technology, the clock is running out. The last of DIRECTV’s non-SWM-only products are beginning to dry up and that means that while your non-SWM system will still work, parts are…
If you’re tired of going through the menus… here’s an easy way to get to DIRECTV on demand selection. If you want to get to the main menu, just enter 1000 on your remote. It’s that easy. Not…
Because, your normal splitter is like eight bucks. If you look at our selection of HDMI splitters, you’ll see that they range from just around fifty dollars to well over five hundred. That’s pretty impressive considering that…
DIRECTV’s C41W Wireless Genie Mini answers so many questions for you. For example, what if you want a receiver you can move from room to room? What if you don’t really need TV in the guest…
The internet is abuzz today with news that Samsung’s smart TVs with voice recognition have been actively spying on you and that you can’t stop them. That’s a bit of an oversimplification but it’s really not…
DIRECTV’s Genie System is the biggest news to come out of the company since the introduction of the HR20 in 2006. Even though the hardware doesn’t look very different, it includes a completely different technology called…
With DIRECTV’s Genie DVR and a late model Sony, Samsung, LG or Toshiba TV, you can have an almost wire-free experience. The new are built to be “DIRECTV Ready,” meaning that you don’t even need a client…
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…
When DIRECTV launched its RVU TV initiative in 2011, the results were decidedly mixed. Trust me, I had one of those 2011 models and it was a little bit tough trying to use it to watch…
DIRECTV’s new Genie Remote is actually two different Genie Remotes. When you order our Genie Remote, we tell you that you could receive model RC71 or model RC72. Should you care which one you get? Probably not….