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2012.05.29 - Hands on with the Solid Signal Commercial Mount for H25 (WITH...
The DIRECTV H25 receiver just begs to be wall mounted. DIRECTV knew this and they developed a plastic wall mount for its tiniest receiver. The problem is, it's not well suited to commercial...
View Article2012.05.30 - Hands on with the Wi-Ex YXC-10K Commercial Cell Amplifier
Attachment 421 If you have problems with cell service, you may have read our article series, 30 days with the YX545. The YX545 is the perfect choice for a small office or home office, but what if you...
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2012.06.06 - What is IPv6?
It's World IPv6 day. So what? So a much of transistorheads are having a party. Is that all there is to it? Actually today marks the biggest accomplishment since the internet came into being. As of...
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2012.06.28 - "Showrooming:" Is it a good practice or is it killing your local...
Is it wrong to look at it in the store then buy it online? It's called "showrooming" and it's been blamed for the death of stores like Circuit City and CompUSA. Best Buy is suffering, and they claim...
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2012.06.28 - Why is Pro:Idiom so important?
Systems like DIRECTV's COM1000 keep hotel operators out of trouble by using Pro:Idiom. Pro:Idiom is a content encryption system designed for places like hotels. Without encryption, hotels would be...
View Article2012.06.28 - HITEC 2012 wrap up
As I sit in the airport waiting for a flight home, I've had some thoughts about HITEC 2012 that I thought I would share. I think the show was a success... There were plenty of people present who seemed...
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2012.07.02 - Focus on the COM1000 Headend System
At the HITEC show, I got to spend a little time with the folks at Technicolor, who make the COM1000 Free-to_Guest headend system for commercial installs. I learned a lot about why someone would want a...
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2012.07.11 - Happy birthday, satellite TV!
In all the hoopla over DIRECTV and Viacom yesterday, we missed a very important anniversary! On July 10, 1962, exactly 50 years ago yesterday, the first TV communications satellite was launched....
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2012.07.19 -
What's the ultimate in TV? I mean, we all agree that we want a huge TV, right? Who wouldn't? Isn't that what life's about? We want our TVs to be somewhere between the viewscreen on the bridge of the...
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2012.06.22 - DIRECTV Residential Experience makes hotel TVs cool again.
DIRECTV Residential Experience. The name says it all. It's a simple idea... DIRECTV service in your hotel room. If you liked it at home, you'll like it on the road. It's not a simulation of DIRECTV...
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2012.06.26 - The sordid truth about online mapping companies
At some point you stopped and thought about it. How does your GPS get all that map data? You can't exactly put the Earth on a gigantic scanner bed. It takes thousands of people actually out there...
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2012.06.28 - HITEC 2012: Focus on the Floodgate 4000 Series
Good business is all about options. We strongly recommend DIRECTV's Residential Experience and COM1000 systems, but they aren't for everyone. We took a look at the Floodgate 4000 series from Video...
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2012.06.07 - Why is 1080p/120 so important?
Looking back at the first HDTVs, they weren't that special. Sure, they looked better than old standard-definition models, but compared to today's TVs, they weren't anywhere near as sharp. Why? The...
View Article2012.06.09 - What is Clear Motion Rate (or TrueMotion)?
Buying a TV today is hard. It's even harder when you can't find real answers. Samsung, Sony, Sharp, and other manufacturers have just started to walk away from publishing the refresh rate of their TVs...
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2012.07.30 - OPINION: Why Olympic coverage on NBC is just so disappointing
I don't get it. With a zillion hours of streaming coverage, 3D coverage on DIRECTV, and plenty of channels available, this should be the best Olympics ever for the sports-obsessed. Yet there is more...
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2012.07.30 - Who is Sir Tim Berners-Lee
If you're like Meredith Vieira, you've never heard of Sir Tim Berners-Lee. In fact, given the contributions he's made to daily life, he's fairly unknown. Dr. Berners-Lee is in that rare group that...
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2012.07.31 - The Solid Signal Blog celebrates 6 months since relaunch
August 1st marks the six month anniversary of the relaunch of our blog and forums. We sure have come a long way since February! In six months, we've gone from 1 user (me) and 1 visit (also me) to 774...
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2012.08.03 - Fun Friday: Apparently you can't use sci-fi films as evidence
In case you haven't heard, Apple and Samsung are in the middle of a complicated legal battle. It seems to boil down to, Apple makes iPads and iPhones, and Samsung makes things that kinda look like...
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2012.08.03 - Is this the tipping point for cable TV?
The Tipping Point. It's the subject of an excellent book by Malcolm Gladwell. He talks about the tiny little changes that cause an idea to go viral, a social change to occur, or a product to succeed....
View ArticleWhole Home Issues with HR21-200 after HR54-700 install
OK so today I installed the HR54-700 I purchased from you along with a 3D2RBLNB and a MSPLIT8R1-03 8-way splitter, this was installed as an addition to an existing HR21-200 and a HR21-700,, all of the...
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