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

Jean-Rene Cormier jrc at jrcormier.com
Mon Feb 6 00:20:13 UTC 2006


On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 15:03 -0500, Jay R. Ashworth 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.

Thanks I guess I'll get an amp, I'm pretty sure it won't be worst with
it. We don't have PPV or cable modem on it so I guess one from
RadioShack will be good enough to test to see if it makes a difference.

-- 
Jean-Rene Cormier <jrc at jrcormier.com>



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