[mythtv-users] Antenna wiring question

Stefan Jones stefan_jones at comcast.net
Fri Nov 8 21:29:58 UTC 2013


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen P. Villano" <stephen.p.villano at gmail.com>
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 1:25:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Antenna wiring question
> On 11/8/13 4:21 PM, Stefan Jones wrote:
> > After my Comcast bill went up $29 in one month, I decided to start
> > exploring alternatives.
> >
> > I am wondering if all the TVs in my house (and my Myth box's DTV
> > tuner cards) could share the same antenna. Please let me know what
> > you think.
> >
> > All of the major rooms in my house have coax. (And Cat6 for that
> > matter.) The coax leads to a closet off of the garage on the ground
> > floor. Right now a couple of splitters are used to distribute
> > Comcast's signals to the cable modem (located in the closet) and the
> > other rooms.
> >
> > I'm thinking of:
> >
> > While I still have it, locate my HDHR Cable Card receiver in the
> > closet. The house router for the Ethernet is right there. I just
> > need to plug it into coax and Ethernet.
> >
> > Connect an indoor antenna to the coax outlet in my front bedroom. I
> > have a clear shot at the local TV towers from the window.
> >
> > Connect the other end of the front bedroom cable to the "IN" of the
> > splitter that used to send Cable TV around the house. Theoretically,
> > this would let the other four or five coax outlets get a signal from
> > the antenna.
> >
> > So. Reality check needed. Will this work? Would the signal
> > attentuate too much?
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> >
> The HDHR Prime model won't get ATSC (over the air). It only can get
> cable channels.
> The rest sounds doable, depending on signal strength
The HDHR would remain attached to Comcast's network. My sole remaining device, if I can help it. I'd rather build or buy tiny front ends for my TVs than pay Comcast for STBs. 
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