On 12/17/2004 2:47 PM, Preston Crow wrote:
On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 14:24, David George wrote:
Try watching local channels on Time Warner
cable here. Channels 2-13 are horrible. Unfortunately, channel 4 and
has always been the worst. I can't miss my Alias. I was very happy
when the local ABC got their HDTV running well enough last year to watch
it in HD.
In my experience, poor cable reception of local channels is often
because you are using poorly-shielded coax cables. These cables act as
an antenna and pick up enough of the broadcast signal to interfere with
the cable signal (even if it's the same channel, it's out of sync).
Usually the bad cables are noticeably thinner. Try swapping cables
around and eliminate splitters to see if you can get a good signal.
Replacing cables made a huge difference for me.
Unfortunately, new cables didn't make a difference. I even completely
rewired my house with Quad-shield RG-6 coming straight from the feed
outside. TW themselves acknowledge it and were always saying they were
working on it. Of course this was last year and I stopped bugging them
because I didn't need it anymore.
--
David
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