DaveKngrn
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- Jan 2, 2003
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Hi,
I have a 47" wide screen samsung, the quality of my signal coming in was poor due to splits needed to provide internet connection via cable, and tv connections on the first floor and second floor of my house. My new TV is on the second floor, so I installed a new RG6 cable run from my outside cable connection directly to the TV, which produced as good a picture as I can get with analog cable. But in order for me to use the cable for internet, as well as for other tvs in the house, i need to split it at least twice (if using 2 way splitters) or once using a 3 or 4 way splitter.
Anyone have suggestions on the best way to do this and provide the clearest signal to the new TV? Some have recommended I use a low gain amp with 3 or 4 ports, but I havent figured out yet if my internet connection will work ok with that or not.
My other questions were, would moving to digital cable offer any better quality? If a low gain amp is what I need, are there higher and lower end units or are they all the same?
And lastly, the monster surge strips that best buy pushes which supposedly filter noise out of the cable signal, are they worth anything or would I not see any difference using them?
thanks for any suggestions,
Dave
I have a 47" wide screen samsung, the quality of my signal coming in was poor due to splits needed to provide internet connection via cable, and tv connections on the first floor and second floor of my house. My new TV is on the second floor, so I installed a new RG6 cable run from my outside cable connection directly to the TV, which produced as good a picture as I can get with analog cable. But in order for me to use the cable for internet, as well as for other tvs in the house, i need to split it at least twice (if using 2 way splitters) or once using a 3 or 4 way splitter.
Anyone have suggestions on the best way to do this and provide the clearest signal to the new TV? Some have recommended I use a low gain amp with 3 or 4 ports, but I havent figured out yet if my internet connection will work ok with that or not.
My other questions were, would moving to digital cable offer any better quality? If a low gain amp is what I need, are there higher and lower end units or are they all the same?
And lastly, the monster surge strips that best buy pushes which supposedly filter noise out of the cable signal, are they worth anything or would I not see any difference using them?
thanks for any suggestions,
Dave