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  1. Stuart Sweet

    Introducing “The Signal Series”

    Believe it or not, The Solid Signal Blog has been educating people about technology for 17 years. Our Solid Signal YouTube Channel is in its 13th year. In that time, well over ten million people have learned more about the world around them thanks to Solid Signal. We believe that education is...
  2. ncted

    Streaming Is The New Cable

    They should have asked whether the respondents were gambling addicts. Those are the only people I know who have time to watch more than 1-2 games per week. Anyway, you'd need to look at total viewership for all televised sports in a given week to see whether the 55% number is anywhere near...
  3. Stuart Sweet

    What is the OTARD rule?

    Hopefully, this has never happened to you. You want to upgrade your home entertainment system. Maybe you want a satellite dish. Maybe you want an antenna and you’re pretty far from the city center. Either way, you have to put something on the roof. As you make your plans, your landlord or HOA...
  4. Stuart Sweet

    How can one cable provide power in one direction and signal in the other?

    What you see above you is DIRECTV’s PI-29Z power inserter. It’s used to power DIRECTV dishes. The idea is that you put it inline between your dish and your receivers and it sends the necessary power up to the line to the dish. DIRECTV’s dishes need a minimum 21 volts of power minimum to run, and...
  5. TRG

    Whats for breakfast?

    Simple breakfast this morning. Scrambled egg and a slice of Swiss cheese on a toasted English muffin. Coffee.
  6. Bobby

    Song Name Game Part 3!

    Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan
  7. Hyper Casey

    GT Media ATSC 3.0 TV Tuner Stick for TVs and Smartphones Review

    New message from GTMedia today: Hi We have pre-launched GTMedia HDTV Converter X1 product on indiegogo. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-first-atsc3-0-drm-android-converter-box Everyone is welcome to order and enjoy the early bird price. After the product is officially released, you...
  8. Bobby

    Dish 4K Event Listings (No Discussion)

    NASCAR, Wurth 400, Sunday 4-18, 11AM PDT, channel 540-02. UFL, Michigan Panthers at Memphis Showboats, Sunday 4-28, 12PM PDT, Channel 540-01.
  9. raoul5788

    FAST Channels added to DIRECTV Stream/Internet

    WCCT channel 20 in CT has gone live.
  10. Bruce

    Streaming Is The New Cable

    I never believe any survey, because the math does not add up, this for example- Out of that 4400 that completed the survey- Sports is a key content category. Seventy-six percent of respondents say they are at least casual fans and 21% say they are avid fans. Fifty-five percent watch sports...
  11. jamieh1

    FAST Channels added to DIRECTV Stream/Internet

    Court TV , Dove Channel, Scripps News and others went live today on DTV stream.
  12. gms49ers

    Song Name Game Part 3!

    The Analog Kid - Rush
  13. ncted

    Streaming Is The New Cable

    Some interesting data points: https://www.telecompetitor.com/research-finds-strong-streaming-and-broadband-satisfaction/ Given how terrible cable customer satisfaction was/is, even if we were (or are) paying as much for streaming content, it sounds like we are getting a better product at the...
  14. Tom Speer

    DIRECTV Transponder Map ~ Data 4/17/2024

    This morning DIRECTV removed the slate displsys that replaced the SD duplicate locals for Baltimore, Birmingham, Houston, Seattle, and Washington.
  15. Tvland1

    Wally or Pathway 2 Issue?

    Are you using a OTA adapter with the wally? I had problems with the locals on OTA signal being weak and causing the signal loss message
  16. Juan

    "Oops! we ran into some problems"

    That was the same error message I saw
  17. R

    Sirius Renewal

    My Sirius changed to a much higher rate while I am traveling in my RV. I tried to cancel online, but that was not an option. I then tried to chat and that did not work. I hate talking to an idiot CSR on the phone. I got billed for this month already, so I will cancel when I get home.
  18. R

    Wally or Pathway 2 Issue?

    None of those, but there are some pesky noisy mockingbirds around. I have the W570 3/10/24 software. When I set the Pathway x 2 up at home to check everything before this trip I saw it move several times when I was sitting on my patio.
  19. ncted

    What the Cable Industry used to say about Cord Cutting

    It is always nice to see a fellow pedant active online. Cutting the cord originally meant ditching cable for OTA, so it made sense. Then it meant that plus watching Netflix, which ok, sure. Now it means primarily subscribing to streaming, even if it is really just cable-like services...
  20. navychop

    "Oops! we ran into some problems"

    Uh oh. After some slow site response, got this:
  21. navychop

    "Oops! we ran into some problems"

    Like now? :(
  22. harshness

    DVR via app

    While an important data point, it doesn't really have anything to do with OOH viewing.
  23. K

    Multi-switch

    Got it working! I did a Ku blind-scan using LOF 10600, 22kHz ON, and it doesn't miss any frequencies. Thank you for not only your help, but the education. I now have a decent understanding of how multi-switches and Universal LNBF's work.
  24. long_time_DNC

    "Oops! we ran into some problems"

    Once a day at 2am perhaps? I would guess only a few nightowls/morningowls would be online at 2/5am...
  25. Bobby

    DISH Anywhere Transfer Removal

    So let’s see, you signed on today to leave this message. Seeya real soon…. ;)