Best of the Blog 2023, Volume 9

The Solid Signal Blog is your resource for thousands of articles and reviews, with new content coming every day. 2023 marks our seventeeth year since our humble beginnings, and today over 250,000 people read the blog every month. Every month, the staff gets together and gathers articles that really seem like they have long-term appeal. Here’s the list for September, 2023:

1. Are your Wally and Tailgater having problems with Western Arc lately?
2. Choosing the right lens for your Blackmagic Pocket Cinema camera
3. Can you use a phone charger (or your TV) to power your Gemini Air?
4. Get the real story: How does a splitter work?
5. What is “Eclipse Temurin?”
6. Can you use the DIRECTV Local Channel Connector (LCC) with the H26K Commercial Receiver?
7. Can you replace the hard drive on a DIRECTV DVR?
8. How many Geminis do you need in your home?
9. Installation failed on your Tailgater? Here’s one possible fix
10. COMMUNICATIONS PIONEERS: Heinrich Hertz
11. Can you distribute satellite TV wirelessly throughout your boat?
12. Why can’t we send DIRECTV equipment to other countries?
13. NICE AND EASY: What’s the difference between a splitter and a multiswitch?
14. DISH Western Arc customers… having signal issues with the 129 satellite?
15. NICE AND EASY: Can you use Bluetooth devices with DIRECTV Gemini?
16. What’s the purpose of the access card in your receiver?
17. Why does rebooting actually fix so much stuff?
18. 150+ mile antenna? It’s a myth!
19. DON’T DO THIS: Use a chimney cap as an antenna
20. How can one satellite dish feed 100 receivers?
21. Why can’t residential DIRECTV customers get the H26K receiver?
22. DISH problem: “One or more of the expected satellite was not found.” What can you do?
23. Why are there so many satellite locations?
24. Does the DIRECTV H26K do HDR?
25. Big projects? Call our enterprise team!
26. What is a MAC address?
27. Is DIRECTV moving backwards with its H26K receiver?
28. NICE AND EASY: Can you record streaming content on your Gemini?

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