[mythtv-users] Consequences of splitting cable input for multiple tuners

[papenfuss at juneau.me.vt.edu]

	Lest this get into a pissing match, suffice it to say that Radio Shack
sells whatever they have onhand from whatever lowest bidder/overstocked piece
of crap they got a good deal on this week.  Last week it was Channel master,
this week it's off for a batch of Gen-U-ine Panafonick.  Whatever was cheapest
when they ordered some more.

-Cory

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Tim Gray wrote:

> I worked for 4 years at a channel master distribution
> center 5 years ago...
> 
> we had MANY boxes of product from the factory that
> were shipped to radio shack main wearhouse that we
> remarked for them.
> 
> Radio shack = channel master..  no it's not the high
> end stuff, but it IS channel master.
> 
> 
> 
> --- Andrew Dodd <atd7 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> > Quoting Tim Gray <timgray.geo at yahoo.com>:
> > 
> > > hate to burst your bubble...
> > > 
> > > Radioshack Antenna and Cable products are
> > re-labeled
> > > Channel Master products.
> > > 
> > > you can find the EXACT same items from RS in the
> > > Channel Master line setting next to each other
> > they
> > > are identical.  CM has more to choose from but are
> > > also low-end.
> > Show me one RS part number that is identical to the
> > CM catalog.
> > 
> > RS 15-1197 "Bidirectional CATV amplifier for up to 4
> > TVs" - Not even remotely
> > similar physically to Channel Master's closest
> > offering, the 3044.  The specs
> > (whatever specs RS actually publishes - note the
> > total lack of a published noise
> > figure spec.  Trust me, in my experience and others
> > on avsforum.com, there is a
> > reason RS doesn't publish NF specs.)  If RS products
> > ever seem to match another
> > brand (in the CATV/OTA amplifier arena at least),
> > it's Gemini, another cheapo
> > brand to avoid.
> > 
> > Same for the 1195 - no match whatsoever to the 3042
> > 
> > RS inline amp - Again, no match.
> > 
> > And I have never seen any of the Spartan or Titan
> > series amps on Radio Shack's
> > website, in their catalog, or on their shelves.  And
> > I can tell you from
> > personal experience that the Spartan attached to my
> > antenna is *far* better than
> > the last preamp that was attached to it, which was
> > one of Radio Shack's best units.
> > 
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