Splitting my satellite feed: Will it greatly degrade HDTV signal? (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

Here's my situation....

I want to add DirecTV to another room in my home.

Gonna do iut myself. I'm gonna buy a cheap
$50 basic HUGHES receiver (with card) and run
a secondary cable off of my main line from the
dish. The feed is actually for a TV PC card
so I can watch satellite on my computer while
I work.

The problem is that the cable I am looking
to split off of also goes to my Home Theater
TV which has HDTV.

Will splitting the cable cause noticeable
HDTV picture degragation?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

 

[Michael TLV]

Greetings

So you are not running a line off a dual LNB into two receivers ... but rather splitting it off the main line.

I'm not sure you will be able to operate both receivers at the same time with this set up.

I've run the satellite cable through homes with one whire when I used an A/B switch box ... and it worked that way ... but not two receivers at the same time.

regards

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Michael,

I am running one line off a 3 LNB satellite
and simply splitting it to two televisions with
separate receivers..

DirecTV says this is not good.

What do I need to buy from Radio Shack?

A simple A/B switch? I take it with this switch
setup I will not be able to have both TVs running
at the same time?

 

[Chris_HA]

Ron, why not use one of the additional lines off of the triple LNB and avoid the hassle of an A/B switch?

The A/B switch will limit you to having one operable receiver at a time.

 

[Steven Simon]

Just use the Multiplexer that's on your dish... You should have more Coax outputs on there..... If not, you may be able to split the line comming in with an additional MultiPlexer in the house... This approach would be redundant, if it's possible....