On Friday, DIRECTV added El Rey and Sprout in HD. I meant to report on on it, but folks sometimes life just doesn’t go that way. But I’m glad I waited because the real story wasn’t…
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Pac12 Network. Spectrum Sportsnet LA. There are other channels out there that DIRECTV fans crave but those two keep coming up as examples of how DIRECTV has “lost its mojo” or “become a slave to the…
We’ve been talking about it for almost a year. This rather innocent piece of kit here, the DISH DPH42 multiswitch, is the answer to the prayers of thousands of DISH power users. For with this little…
The best resources just get better! Since its original publication in 2012, our white paper originally titled “More than 16 Tuners in the Home” has been downloaded over 150,000 times! It’s become the ultimate authority for…
This might finally be the year that hotel entertainment catches up. I’ve been complaining for oh, about half a decade that hotels don’t do enough to provide a good in-room entertainment experience. The old excuse…
Because not everyone has unlimited data. It’s funny how the balance seems to shift in the world of cell phone and tablet viewing. Of course in the 2000s no one had enough bandwidth to stream. That’s…
There’s some good stuff to see as we round the corner into fall.
Earlier this year, Viacom announced that the Spike channel would be rebranded as “The Paramount Network.” This is of course, not to be confused with the “United Paramount Network” or UPN, a broadcast network from the…
Is the new version of Twin Peaks a success or a failure? Much like the show itself, it’s hard to tell what’s real. An unusually insightful article in Buzzfeed lays out the arguments, but doesn’t get to the real heart of…
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DIRECTV doesn’t want you to do it, but you can. In response to some YouTube commenters, I produced this video showing the HS17 Genie 2 connected to a SWM-16. This video is pretty raw but that’s…
It was the new hotness in 2006, but the earth has gone around the sun 11 long times since then. I know it’s hard giving up an old friend, but sometimes you just have to let…
Independence Day wasn’t the only thing to celebrate back in July of ’16.
Some good stuff was brewing in the summer of ’16.