[mythtv-users] PVR-500 image quality and missing channels

[Andrew Kuan]

What would you recommend as specs for a decent splitter? I've seen them for
50 bucks at Radio Shack and I've seen them for 15 bucks on eBay, but I've
never bought one from either because I'm not sure what I'm going to get.

Take this amplifier, for instance. Is it any good? 50-900MHz doesn't seem to
be enough bandwidth, but, again, I'm not sure if I'm reading that properly.

Thanks!

-A

On 2/5/06, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 03:53:54PM -0400, Jean-Rene Cormier wrote:
> > Also there's a few channels I have on the TV that I can't see on the
> > MythTV box, could that be the source that doesn't have a strong enough
> > signal for the TV tuner? I noticed it's mainly in the higher channels,
> > like 40-70.
>
> General rule of thumb: if you have more than 2 devices splitting your
> cable signal: get an amp.  Make sure it's wideband enough, and if you
> have PPV or Cablemodem service, that it's bidirectional.  Put it as
> close to your incoming tap as you can possibly manage.
>
> If you want to pay the cable company: have them put it in instead.
>
> The only thing you might split before it would be a cablemodem.
>
> Getting everything set just right on this front isn't trivial, but wil
> make a noticeable difference in your analog cable reception.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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> Jay R. Ashworth
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