Motorola 484095-001-00 Signal Booster | List Price: $99.99
Discount Price: $35.28
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Brand: Motorola
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Improve signal strength by up to 32 times (15 dB)
- Low noise addition of only 3 dB
- Superb gold patented connector design
- Supports Pay-Per-View and Video on Demand (VOD) Services
- Quick, easy installation
Helped, but not by much. [Posted on 2008-06-22]
I just bought my wife a new Vista system with an ATI Wonder TV card, so luckily I was able to run signal strength tests from the tuner diagnostic screen in Media Center. I did a pretty complete test with different splitters and came up with the following:
My base readings using my standard connection (no signal booster, cablevision supplied splitters) gave me about 40db for basic channels, -8db for standard HBO, and a range of -9 to -12db for higher channels. The worst performance were the digital music channels at -12db (works but the music hiccups a bit). Keep in mind this is running through a cablecard connected to the TV card.
Surprisingly, I found virtually no difference between the cablevision supplied splitters and the Monster 5-1000 splitters. Signal loss is rated the same on a double splitter (-3.5db per split). My old gold Radio Shack splitters were only marginally worse (about -1db worth of difference overall).
Adding the signal booster in any splitter configuration only gave me at best an extra 1db on average. The digital music channels come in noticeably better, but the audio still hiccups regularly. -12db should be within acceptable range limits, so it might be the cable card. (My HD DVR box on the den TV handles the digital music flawlessly, so my only conclusion is that the cablecard is the culprit.
If anyone knows a way to test signal at the source I'd appreciate the imput.
It doesn't work -- Period. [Posted on 2008-06-24]
I tried this on my Comcast cable system. I even bought the Monster 2GHZ splitters, which in fact DO work well, but this so-called "booster" just boosts electrical noise on all 3 of my TVs. It's funny -- Comcast says I "must" have one of these on my system ( one of THEIRS, I suppose ), but after 3 tries with it I just gave up. My pictures are clearer without it and it doesn't even make a good doorstop.
This was the solution [Posted on 2008-07-11]
The internet came though on this one for me because of Amazon and these reviews. I bought one and put it on the cable where it entered the house as some of the reviewers suggested. Instant solution. The cable company box now gets every channel, the channels are crystal clear, and the box switches channels very fast. My only thought is that it should have been included by the cable company with the cable box. It was the solution. 100 percent successful.
Great Buy [Posted on 2008-07-14]
This product was exactly what I needed for my new house. I have COMCAST digi cable, phone and internet and a couple of my TVs in my basement were fuzzy. After I purchased this, all the signals in my house are clear (2 are HD, one regular cable and one internet). I highly recommend this to use if you were having problems like I was. It cleans up all the signals nicely.
Saved My Living Room [Posted on 2008-07-15]
I bought a new home and have cable in every room. All the signals were fine except in the main living area. The reception was terrible, snowy, with lots of image lag and broken audio (annoying to the point of unwatchable).The cable company came out twice and the builder looked at things. I tried changing cables, HDMI cables, cable converter box. Nothing worked. Cable company said cable inside the wall (behind sheetrock and solid wood) probably had nail or staple in it somewhere along course from "smart box". Builder hemmed and hawed. The destruction and hassle of tearing out the wall, etc seemed like a bad option. I found this on Amazon and hooked it up between wall cable and converter box.
WOW! My probelem was solved. The regular analog as well as the HD channels all come in crystal clear now with great audio! The cable TV picture quality on my 1080p rivals that of a DVD. Got best audio result with HDMI from converter box out to TV.
This product saved me a lot of construction hassles and has brought HD TV back into my family room. Best money I've ever spent on an ancillary electronic device. I was hesitant at first b/c some reviews said the booster just amplified noisy bad signals and didn't improve them. It cleared up my poor signal problem brilliantly.
This product works!!!
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