[mythtv-users] Most tuners in a single machine

[Todd Houle]

I strongly recommend against amplifiers from my experience with  
CATV.  When the cable wire joins the fiber node for your area, it  
sends a signal with whatever DB - Then along each "leg" that leaves  
the fiber node, the cable company has a pad/tap that reduces the  
signal strength hitting each house- the splitter on the pole that  
runs to your house and continues on the way down the road has a pad  
built in to reduce the signal strength.  So the first house after the  
node may have 18Db reduction, the next house 16, then 10 or 8db pad  
and so on.  So you can contact your cable company and ask them to  
change your pad so you are getting hit with more signal. That makes  
more sense than the cable company reducing the signal then you  
amplifying it.  I'd ask them to come in the house and measure what  
you're getting hit with after all your splitters.  I've found them  
very helpful in doing this, but I know a lot of the guys so maybe  
it's just me...
   Todd


On Mar 3, 2006, at 11:33 AM, Greg Woods wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 16:02 +0100, Chris Rouch wrote:
>
>> I couldn't split the signal between the tv and a pvr500 without the
>> latter producing a rubbish picture. But I bought a cheap (20 Euro) 2
>> port antenna amplifier and now I can drive 2 pvr500s and get good
>> pictures from both.
>
> This shows that you can't tell exactly what will happen without  
> actually
> trying it. In my case, even a signal amplifier didn't help; I still
> couldn't split the signal without getting too much degradation.
>
> --Greg