Diane I'm presuming you are considering a co-ax cable - TV signal perhaps
Problem is usually to do with signal strength, and capacitance effect of the other leg of the cable on the device trying to interpret the signal Long legs from the splitter will almost certainly cause problems - sort of like an echo effect down a cavern You should probably go for a powered splitter as that should not so much physically split the signal, and collect, interpret, and regenerate a replica of the signal down the 2 legs. Any delay in the signal propagation should not matter . but if it's something like a disk drive cable then the signal is usually pretty much on the limits with the standard 18" cable and as that is a 2 way conversation then there will almost certainly be problems. There could also be problems splitting a cable TV feed - especially if it includes broadband, or telephone services, as those tend to have separate frequency bands for the component signal sets, and the 'distribution boxes' require the terminal connection devices for those services to be responding to each of the packets sent to them. JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Poremsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:07 PM Subject: OT: splitting digital cable > it's been like centuries since i had cable and used a splitter... with > digital cable, can you split it the same way and if so, will the ones > i used 20 yrs ago work? > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned > LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: > http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html > > -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
