Here’s how they want you to do it. DIRECTV would love it if you put a Genie DVR in your home and used DIRECTV Ready smart TVs for the three other viewing locations in your home….
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That’s right, MORE sports. You might have noticed something different if you tuned to one of the ESPN channels lately. Instead of the popup for scoreguide, you might have seen an ad for the new ESPN…
This is the big one. DIRECTV is opening up ALL its premium channels, that’s HBO, Cinemax, Starz, and Showtime for a few days. The free preview starts midnight local time at the beginning of February…
The original Planet Earth won award after award for its beautiful HD photography. That was ten years ago, and its 1080i quality hasn’t held up. It’s still beautiful, but it’s not eye-popping like it was then. Planet…
In Wrong Tool/Right Tool we’ll show you the tools you should be using when working on antenna or satellite installations. WRONG TOOL: Buck Knife. Even in an emergency, don’t be tempted to strip a cable using a…
Score one for college basketball fans… DIRECTV’s about to make you even happier. Starting this weekend, you’ll see a series of 4K basketball games. The first is the Cal-Stanford game this Saturday February 17, at 10pm…
It’s not looking good. Fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers are looking at a third straight season without home games on TV, and it’s beginning to get old. Famed broadcaster Vin Scully has now retired, and…
Sad to say, not a lot has changed in four years. In 2013 I reported that Nielsen was finally ready to start tracking online viewing. (Sadly that article has been lost.) If you look at their web site,…
This is going to be gorgeous. If you have a 4K TV and a DIRECTV system capable of showing 4K, get ready to enjoy golf as you never have before. Starting tomorrow DIRECTV will be showing…
So the other day… this guy says to me that he goes through a DIRECTV dish every year. They usually fail for him in the winter, and he asked me if DIRECTV dishes were bad…
Yes, it works, but it nags you. DIRECTV’s C61K 4K Genie Mini Client will work with a non-4K TV, almost as well as it works with a 4K TV. I have personally confirmed this. However, there…
It kinda, already is. DIRECTV’s SWM system, in use since 2008, allows for a single wire to go to every receiver, client or DVR. Using the older “legacy” system you needed one line for every…
Soccer lovers, it’s on. DIRECTV announced today that they’ll be the first broadcaster to air Premier League soccer in 4K, and look, while I don’t know a lot about soccer, you don’t have a thing…
Another day, another problem. DIRECTV has once again been forced to black out channels due to contract issues. This time, the issue is 18 stations owned by News Press & Gazette, operating in 10 cities throughout…
The FCC had started last year on a plan to require all cable (and presumably satellite) providers to open up cable box manufacturing so that consumers could buy their own boxes rather than rent them…