[mythtv-users] Consequences of splitting cable input for multiple tuners

[Tim Gray]

I worked for 4 years at a channel master distribution
center 5 years ago...

we had MANY boxes of product from the factory that
were shipped to radio shack main wearhouse that we
remarked for them.

Radio shack = channel master..  no it's not the high
end stuff, but it IS channel master.



--- Andrew Dodd <atd7 at cornell.edu> wrote:
> Quoting Tim Gray <timgray.geo at yahoo.com>:
> 
> > hate to burst your bubble...
> > 
> > Radioshack Antenna and Cable products are
> re-labeled
> > Channel Master products.
> > 
> > you can find the EXACT same items from RS in the
> > Channel Master line setting next to each other
> they
> > are identical.  CM has more to choose from but are
> > also low-end.
> Show me one RS part number that is identical to the
> CM catalog.
> 
> RS 15-1197 "Bidirectional CATV amplifier for up to 4
> TVs" - Not even remotely
> similar physically to Channel Master's closest
> offering, the 3044.  The specs
> (whatever specs RS actually publishes - note the
> total lack of a published noise
> figure spec.  Trust me, in my experience and others
> on avsforum.com, there is a
> reason RS doesn't publish NF specs.)  If RS products
> ever seem to match another
> brand (in the CATV/OTA amplifier arena at least),
> it's Gemini, another cheapo
> brand to avoid.
> 
> Same for the 1195 - no match whatsoever to the 3042
> 
> RS inline amp - Again, no match.
> 
> And I have never seen any of the Spartan or Titan
> series amps on Radio Shack's
> website, in their catalog, or on their shelves.  And
> I can tell you from
> personal experience that the Spartan attached to my
> antenna is *far* better than
> the last preamp that was attached to it, which was
> one of Radio Shack's best units.
> 
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