Best of the Blog 2023, Volume 12

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 December, 2023:

1. Antenna Man is wrong about converting a satellite dish to a TV antenna
2. Western Arc problems with your Tailgater or Intellian i3? Here’s an even better workaround
3. Why don’t more TVs and devices support HDMI Cable Power?
4. NICE AND EASY: What is a “donor antenna?”
5. 2023 Predictions: How did I do?
6. Predictions for 2024
7. Dipping my toes into the “grain reduction” controversy
8. 2023: The Year In Signals
9. Will “Windows Dynamic Lighting” make a difference?
10. Why can’t you get TV from other local markets?
11. Can you use an indoor antenna if you’re 85 miles from the towers?
12. What to do if you lose local TV channels in your RV
13. Is the USB port on a Gemini good for anything?
14. Can you run a SWM-30 with only 4 lines?
15. Can you use a DIRECTV H26K with a KING One Pro?
16. How to change a DIRECTV Gemini from wired to wireless mode
17. How do old TV shows look so good in high definition? (And why don’t all of them look good?)
18. Why don’t some old TV shows fill the screen?
19. Can you start your Gemini so it goes straight to the apps list?
20. Can you use a DIRECTV Gemini for Satellite with DIRECTV Stream?
21. EDITORIAL: Moving from one PC to another shouldn’t be this hard
22. What is the difference between dBd and dBi?
23. What is band 71?
24. Why does DIRECTV’s COM3000 compact headend require Pro:Idiom encryption when other headends don’t?
25. Can you turn off the wireless radios in a Genie 2 (HS17)?
26. COMMUNICATIONS PIONEERS: Lucille Ball
27. OPINION: The AirPods problem
28. Why are cellular antennas… sideways?
29. UPDATED: Record a series on just one channel (DIRECTV Genie/Gemini)
30. How can I connect an antenna to my cell phone?
31. Can you take your DIRECTV Gemini for Satellite with you when you travel?
32. What is the “shelf effect?”

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