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

[Jean-Rene Cormier]

On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 17:05 -0500, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 03:22:54PM -0500, Andrew Kuan wrote:
> >    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.
> 
> Well, my personal opinion, *for this crowd*, is "buy a Blonder-Tongue".
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5861898894
> 
> Yes, they're more expensive, but they're worth it.  (And in this case,
> they're not even more expensive.)  Make sure the splitters you put
> downstream have any unused outputs properly terminated, and don't be
> afraid to stack them as long as your jumpers are well constructed -- to
> *much* signal at the tuner card input can be as bad as too little.

What does a Blonder-Tongue do? Is it just like an amp that you can
adjust the gain on?

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