[mythtv-users] Possible to have 2 HDHomeRuns, one on Antenna, one on cable?

[Daryl McDonald]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 12:37 PM, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com
> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Larry Finger <Larry.Finger at lwfinger.net>
> wrote:
> ....
> > My problem was not with TV, but with broadband. The solution was to
> replace
> > (on the 3rd visit) all the cable ends, including those inside the plate
> on
> > the wall, and all splitters in the high-speed path.
>
> The typical tech does not want to return to the site
> (and the cost of a dispatch is really really high), so
> it is not unusual for a tech (especially if it is a repeat
> call) to replace everything in sight.  Even if the items
> are not actually bad, because it is faster than actually
> testing (at least the larger franchises now issue the
> tools so that one could find the faults, but it is still
> faster to just take the "swap 'till you drop" solution,
> especially since a fair percentage of the time it *is*
> the household cabling).
>
> I am surprised the 1st (or at least 2nd) tech did not
> replace the connectors if they looked at all suspicious,
> but maybe the use of compression fittings fooled
> them.
>
> An interesting thing going forward is that more and
> more cable modems (and the new "do everything"
> STBs/household gateways) now include spectrum
> analyzer capability in the device.  As the new
> devices get rolled out, it will be increasingly possible
> to remotely determine the details of the issues rather
> than just the power levels and SN numbers.
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I misspoke, it is a compression tool that I have, not a crimper.
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