Unlike other HDMI cables, Redmere cables are directional. Redmere technology lets you run a 50-foot-long HDMI cable that’s as thin as your cell phone cable, but there is one little twist: You have to know how to…
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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…
There have been reviews in other places about this Tuner/DVR. One of the most complete I’ve come across is on iView-3500STB Tuner & DVR Owners Thread This review was for the original iView 3500STB and is by videobruce. SolidSignal…
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…
Well ya can… sort of. But ya shouldn’t. The DIRECTV H25 Receiver is a marvelous thing. A sight to behold. So much raw HD power, so little size, and so little electricity used. But, even at that…
You’ve got it home, you’ve read the review… but you’re still not sure how to make it work. The C41W Wireless Genie Mini Client isn’t the easiest thing in the world to configure but once you’ve done…
Game of Thrones without a cable subscription? If you’re not salivating at that idea, chances are your kid or someone you know is. With the cost of cable TV including HBO now well over $100 per month,…
For 50 years, TV drama was “episodic.” Sure things changed but you didn’t need to know what happened last week to enjoy this week. All of a sudden, in the wake of complex dramas like The Sopranos and 24 TV…
It just doesn’t seem like such a big thing. Back in 2012, we gave low marks to NBC’s Olympics coverage. 2012 was the first Olympics to take place since most people started streaming video. Before then, average internet…
Buzz around a few internet forums and you’ll find people who claim they’ve frankensteined a C41 Genie Client together with a wireless Cinema Connection Kit to create a wireless client. DIRECTV hasn’t come out with their true wireless solution yet,…
Longtime readers of The Solid Signal Blog will see that over time, my thinking about Smart TVs has evolved. I was a big fan of the technology in 2011, even investing my own money to get a…
If you’ve recently replaced your dish, you might need to check or change the satellite dish type. (Here’s a quick tutorial on how to check your satellite setup.) These are the proper dish types for the different…
Anyone who’s anyone at this year’s International Consumer Electronics Show showed a curved TV. There were big ones, small ones… more curves that an (insert inappropriate comment here.) But as our blog team walked the room,…
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…
This might just be the year you buy an HDTV from some company you’ve never heard of. And we’re not just talking about the Dynexes, the Zeniths, the Emersons, or the other generic brands that have…