The internet is abuzz with news of the DIRECTV Genie 2. It’s DIRECTV’s latest gamechanger DVR, with the ability to store over 450 hours of HD content and support two 4K TVs at once. It does other tricks,…
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You know you want this SWM-30 multiswitch. Not only does it support up to 26 receivers or DVRs, it also gives you full support for 4K in the future. Yeah, the 4K LNB that connects to it…
It’s the new hotness.The DIRECTV Genie 2 can record up to 7 things at once and can supply 5 rooms with HD and 2 rooms with 4K, all at the same time. What if that’s not enough?…
So the other day… This guy needs a new LNB for his dish. It’s not an uncommon request, they do go bad, but we get to talking. It seems there was a bird who liked…
So the other day… This guy tells me that he bought a new LNB for his dish and he’s getting a lot of signal loss. I ask him about his signal strength numbers and they’re…
Here’s one more thing you have to worry about… space junk falling out of the sky. Not so much because it could hit you, but because today’s space junk was once a shiny new satellite. With…
Thanks to the efforts of the very obsessive Jon Wilner of the Mercury News, we finally have some closure to the question of why, all those years ago, DIRECTV didn’t pick up the new Pac-12 Network, and…
Look carefully. This is the DIRECTV AT-9 “Sidecar” dish. It’s different from other dishes because it has a separate LNB head set off at an angle. It’s been out of production for years. Chances are you…
Oh my, has it been three years already? Back in 2014 I told you all about the contract problems between Raycom Media and DIRECTV. It resulted in 53 stations across the country pulling their programming from DIRECTV for…
It’s a fact. DIRECTV’s satellite at the 119 location is going out of service within two years. This will mean that pretty much all standard definition service will go with it, since the content on the…
That’s right, I said it. I didn’t just beat around the bush like SlashGear or LightReading. Those sites want to warn you about a possible future where practically every program you want will require its own streaming service….
If you’ve been around DIRECTV for a while, you may have some unused wiring in your home, and a few unused parts. The good news is that it’s possible to turn that unused stuff into an…
This one’s easy, but you won’t like the answer. Although the Genie 2 can support up to 7 receivers or smart TVs, only two of those can be 4K. You can use the C61K 4K…
By now you probably know that DIRECTV’s HR44 Genie uses a new remote technology to more securely “pair” the remote with the DVR. You probably also know that you can use more than one remote in the same room….
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