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

Andrew Kuan askuan at gmail.com
Mon Feb 6 00:28:41 UTC 2006


Ooops.

Here it is again<http://cgi.ebay.com/Indoor-Cable-TV-Distribution-Amplifier-Splitter_W0QQitemZ5860746379QQcategoryZ39803QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem>
.

On 2/5/06, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> 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.
>
> >    Take  this  amplifier, for instance. Is it any good? 50-900MHz
> doesn't
> >    seem  to  be enough bandwidth, but, again, I'm not sure if I'm
> reading
> >    that properly.
>
> Your link doesn't seem to have been attached.
>
> See also http://www.google.com/search?q=cable+rg-6+howto and
> specifically http://hoagy.org/howto/wireYourHouse.html (among other
> good links in that search.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> --
> Jay R. Ashworth
> jra at baylink.com
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