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that split the signal with more loss to one leg than the others. Should I
use one of these for more signal to the TVs than to the modem?  Would this
be a better approach than an amplified splitter?  What experiences have
others had in solving this problem?
-Jason

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:28 PM, jason maxwell =
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:decepticon at gmail.com">decepticon at gm=
ail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padd=
ing-left: 1ex;">
<div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div>An update here: I took the suggestion from =
the list and moved my wireless router a few feet further away from my HDHR =
(there was only ~2ft between them before), and the artifacts seem to be gon=
e!=C2=A0 I never would have guessed this could be the problem, but looks li=
ke it was.=C2=A0 Thanks to the person that discovered, and posted this sugg=
estion.<br>

-Jason<br></div></div><br>
</blockquote></div><br>So this was a false alarm.=C2=A0 Moving the wireless=
 router did not fix the issue.=C2=A0 The artifacts came back shortly. I the=
n completely unplugged my router, and there was no improvement.=C2=A0 I lat=
er did some monitoring of the problem channels using VLC/libhdhomerun, and =
found that the signal strength and quality were fluctuating quite a bit on =
both HDHR inputs.=C2=A0 My cable line coming into the house splits off to t=
he modem and 2 TVs on other floors, then to the main TV, and the 3 mythtv i=
nputs (pvr500 has 2 tuners/1 input, so I guess it&#39;s like 2 inputs). I a=
lways suspected that was too many splits, and it looks like I was right.=C2=
=A0 I tried swapping cables around to see if any of them had better results=
, none did.=C2=A0 I finally took the 4-way splitter out and ran the line di=
rectly to one HDHR tuner, and viola, no more artifacts!<br>
<br>From digging around the archives a little, I understand there are coupl=
ers that split the signal with more loss to one leg than the others. Should=
 I use one of these for more signal to the TVs than to the modem?=C2=A0 Wou=
ld this be a better approach than an amplified splitter?=C2=A0 What experie=
nces have others had in solving this problem?<br>
-Jason<br>

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