[mythtv-users] Does weak cable signal cause problems...

[Mike Wood]

Kelly wrote:

>Mine come out Wed....I'll let you know the results...please report yours back 
>too!!
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>On Tuesday 06 July 2004 11:19 pm, you wrote:
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>>Kelly wrote:
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>>> Just found an article that suggested that weak cable signals might
>>> cause the skipping problems I'm having....and I noticed that some of
>>> my channels come in pretty poorly of late.
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>>> I've got a call in to the cable co for tomorrow.....has anyone
>>> experienced this causing skipping or orther recording problems with
>>> the PVR 250 card?
>>>
>>> Just curious and looking for answers...
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>>I have this problem.  At first, I thought myth was screwing up because
>>it looked like an mpeg issue.  It wasn't until we were watching live tv
>>one day about 2 weeks ago that I realized that my cable signal had
>>dropped off significantly.  Long story short, one of the trained monkeys
>>(Or is that the primordial ooze that masquerades as trained monkeys?) at
>>the cable co are going to waddle their way out here this week to make my
>>mojo work.
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I definitely think a weak signal can cause skipping.  I have a pvr250 
and suffered from some skipping before I realized I was still using an 
old cable to connect my Comcast feed into the PVR250.  I had just stuck 
it in there temporarily because it was all I had at the time.  When I 
switched out that cable for a brand new one....the skipping vanished!

Mike