[mythtv-users] Consequences of splitting cable input for multipletuners

[Jarod C. Wilson]

On Feb 4, 2004, at 21:04, Scott Pouliot wrote:

> Well I've got mine split with 2 ways twice in my house.  Once for an 
> extra
> TV in the bedroom...and once for my Myth box up in the loft.  So far I
> haven't seen any real signal loss from a viewing standpoint.  I imagine
> another 1 or 2 and I would start to see it though.  We'll find out 
> when I
> try to get my bttv card working alongside of my PVR-250  ;-)

I'm split five ways at the junction box outside, four ways by my HDTV 
(w/an amplified splitter), two ways by my TV upstairs, two ways in my 
office (cable modem and TV card in my workstation), and two ways off 
another feed to the bedroom and my kid's playroom for a total of 10 
drops. The amp was a must, because without it, my cable box couldn't 
lock onto most HDTV channels. Outside of that, I have no signal 
problems at all, but unfortunately, ymmv quite a bit on this one.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Keith Hanlan
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 3:31 PM
> To: MythTV Users Mailing List
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Consequences of splitting cable input for
> multipletuners
>
> I'm curious to know how many times I can split a cable signal before 
> the
> degradation becomes noticable. I have added a second tuner card which 
> means
> that my signal is being split twice - a 3dB loss each time I presume. 
> At
> what point should I consider getting an amplified splitter since they 
> are
> quite expensive.

-- 
Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE

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