[mythtv-users] Recommendations for cable tv splitters/amplifiers?

Jarod C. Wilson jcw at wilsonet.com
Tue Dec 9 00:00:46 EST 2003


On Dec 3, 2003, at 12:39, Bruce Markey wrote:

> Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Well, while I'm waiting for my 2 new AverMedia M-179 cards to arrive,  
>> I thought I'd better address my anticipated signal quality issues.  I  
>> currently have my cable drop split into 2; one goes to my TV and one  
>> goes to the WinTV 401 dbx card in my Myth box.  I'll be adding 2  
>> M-179s to this setup, so I'll need to split into 4 instead of 2  
>> (possibly 5, so I can hook my VCR back up as well).  Any  
>> recommendations out there on what kind of splitter/amplifier setup I  
>> should get?
>
> The more ways you split the signal, the weaker the signal is to
> each device. It may be okay if it is split two or three ways but
> you should probably use an amplified splitter for three or more.
>
> I recommend this.
> http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp? 
> catalog%5Fname=CTLG&product%5Fid=15-1197

I second the recommendation. I have one of these splitting a signal off  
to two tuner cards in my MythTV box and one to my HD cable box. Prior  
to getting this adapter, there was a simple two-way splitter, and the  
signal was so bad that I couldn't lock onto any HDTV signals with the  
cable box. The picture is rock-solid with this thing, on HD cable box  
and both my MythTV box's tuners.

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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