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Re: "HDMI is digital, so either it works or it doesn't"
09/13/11 07:11 AM
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> I'm not a cable guy... but when it comes to "cable", like coaxial, quality is > apparently more important than the guy who built my house knew. Who ever wired my > current house cut corners, and put in cheap ass coaxial... so yes, the entire house > is wired for cable in every room... and all of it is useless. I've had several > different companies out, and they all say the same thing... the cable is too shitty > to handle todays satellite tv signals (cable service is not an option in BFE). I can > spend a fortune rewiring my whole house, or run the crap all over the outside of the > house, or live without TV. We live without tv.
There are options...
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q...ved=0CEQQ8wIwAA
You can do a lot to improve shitty runs of coax now that most cable companies have gone digital. If the cable impedance is really high it's always going to be a fight, but amplifiers will definitely help.
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