DIRECTV airing even more sports in 4K
You can’t get it anywhere else. DIRECTV is airing an exclusive schedule of sports in 4K and HDR this spring, and you won’t be able to find this content on any other carrier! To start with,…
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Our Predictions for 2018
Who knows what the future will bring? In 2017 we saw the growing dominance of DIRECTV NOW, the coming of DIRECTV’s Genie 2 and Hopper 3, and we finally saw Apple try to take back some…
DIRECTV adds 4 new HD channels (and you thought there weren’t any left)
Looking back at old articles, I remember when DIRECTV was adding HD channels like crazy. Local markets were still furiously converting to HD in 2012, and only about half of the channels offered by DIRECTV were…
BEWARE the 1.2 meter Alaska/Hawaii dish
Bigger just has to mean better, right? That’s not the case with the 1.2 meter DIRECTV dish designed for use in Alaska and Hawaii. It’s quite a behemoth, so before you think about using it to improve your…
CABLES 101 – How to choose the best cable: Part 5: Putting it all together
If you’ve been reading our series, you probably learned a lot about cables. You’ve learned how a well-built cable with a firm connector can keep your signal nice and strong while a poorly built cable can…
CABLES 101 – How to choose the best cable: Part 4, Signal Loss
It’s just a fact of life… signal loss happens. Of course, the image above would result in complete, 100% signal loss. However, there is a lot more to the idea of loss than just broken cables….
CABLES 101 – How to choose the best cable: Part 3, connectors
When you think about it, a cable isn’t just the wire. The ends are important too. They’re the point of contact between the wire and everything else, and if that connection isn’t very good, then you’ll…
Learn more about the Televes Nevoswitch!
The Televes Nevoswitch is designed to help customers who have been left high and dry since it’s almost impossible to get a Spaun multiswitch in this country. The new multiswitches from Televes are perfect replacements for…
CABLES 101 – How to choose the best cable: Part 2, technical specs and terms
There’s a lot to learn about cables. Before we go too far, we need to look at the parts of a cable and why they’re important. Center Conductor The center conductor, marked “D” in the…
CABLES 101: How to Choose The Best Cable
Are you using the best cable for the job? You may have heard terms like RG59, RG6, RG11, and Slim RG59 but you didn’t know what they meant. There is actually a real difference between these…
REVISED AND UPDATED: Frequencies in use by different services
If you’re looking for the ultimate resource for frequencies in use by different broadcasters, you’ve come to the right place. Our PDF showing common frequencies used by radio, television, satellite, and government has been fully updated!…
DIRECTV makes history: First 4K HDR broadcast tonight
It’s quite a thing. In a late announcement today, AT&T revealed that tonight’s Pittsburgh Penguins game vs. the Las Vegas Golden Knights will be broadcast in 4K HDR, the first broadcast of its kind from a…
Disney to buy Fox – should you care?
You’ve probably seen the above image… an episode of The Simpsons predicted this move about 20 years ago. Of course that show has been producing about 20 hours of television a year for about 30 years so they’re…
Is your DIRECTV wireless video bridge a massive security risk?
If you use wireless Genie clients, listen up Forbes is reporting that these devices are incredibly easy to hack and that your whole network could be vulnerable. Let’s dig into that claim and let’s talk about why you…
Should you stay up late worrying about space junk?
It’s up there. In fact pretty much every communications satellite ever launched is still up there. A few hundred miles above the “geostationary” band where communications satellites serve their useful days is a growing graveyard of…