On Dec 18, 2008, at 11:28 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > Speaking of antennas, if you go that route, you may want to replace > any > splitters you have in your cable. I had really lousy signal > strength until > I replaced a splitter, after noticing in the store that new > splitters are > rated up to higher frequencies. Or maybe it was just that the > splitter was > old. Who knows, but after I replaced it, we had far more channels and > stronger signals, which in DTV means less jerks. Except the ones > who host > Fox news talk shows, of course.
Can vouch for upgrading the splitters, especially if the ones in the existing wiring are really old. Digital TV does require pretty serious bandwldth, and to get the signal through to where the TV can receive it cleanly, splitters and cabling need to be rated up into the GHz range. If the cable is old and ratty, it's worth pulling it out and replacing it, too. (Cable TV companies are known for cutting out old cable and running new cable drops on new installations, specifically because old cable is usually degraded/damaged and tends to have impedance bumps in it that can make even analog signals look like the old days of rabbit ears.) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
