[kwlug-disc] OT:Cable Splitters/Rogers

[CrankyOldBugger]

RG6 is thicker, better insulated.  Less signal loss over long distances.
 The guy who hooked up my TekSavvy line gave me the standard lecture on it.

There's a very simple YouTube explanation at:  http://youtu.be/s6iShJrc56E




On 9 June 2014 10:55, Paul Gallaway <paul at gallaway.ca> wrote:

> To test if it's the splitter, remove it, and use a female-to-female
> F-connector adapter to connect your TV directly to your cable line in.
> If it's the splitter, the picture should be improved. If it's
> something else it shouldn't change anything. Something else could be
> your cable to your TV or any cable run upstream from there per Khalid.
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com> wrote:
> > You can get cheap cables at Sayal in Cambridge. A 3 ft cable is $3.49.
> Home
> > Depot has reasonable prices for the short ones ($4.99 for 3 ft) if that
> is a
> > closer drive for you. Avoid Best Buy and The Source. They are double the
> > price.
>
> Canada Computers isn't terrible for cables either if they are closer
> than Sayal. I don't get out of Waterloo enough ;) If you're updating
> cables you want to get the RG6 type coax, not the RG59 type. Memory is
> drawing a blank on the "why."
>
>
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