donheff
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Once again time to appeal to the knowledgeable among us. I have a cable TV problem. I have a TV in the kitchen fed by an old coaxial cable that was installed when we had an addition put on about 20 years ago. That TV does not get all the channels that other TVs do. The Comcast guy who evaluated everything and replaced a couple of my old splitters in the basement concluded that the cable itself is problematic. Lots of noise, low signal at the TV - decent signal at the splitter. I am gearing up for a trip into the claustrophobic crawl space under the kitchen to fish a new cable through the wall and across to the splitter but before I do...
Any particular cable I should get? I would be inclined to get any old good deal available on 75 ohm coax. Also, would a signal booster be an alternative to fishing new cable? Do those things really work and, if so, what kind should I try?
By the way I talked to Comcast about cable maintenance plans and learned that all they cover is external cable (e.g. a line they ran around the outside of your house and passed through a hole in your wall). They don't deal with internal wiring. I can't understand why they even offer such plans. Maybe people assume they have something valuable untill the need service. I pay for and actually get inside maintenance from the phone company.
Also, ironically, the troublesome cable was professionally installed when we had the addition built. The rest of the house has my older, half as*ed cable plant strung up the outside wall, thru an attic vent, down through the walls, crimped with pliers... Three TVs on that cable plant working fine.
Any particular cable I should get? I would be inclined to get any old good deal available on 75 ohm coax. Also, would a signal booster be an alternative to fishing new cable? Do those things really work and, if so, what kind should I try?
By the way I talked to Comcast about cable maintenance plans and learned that all they cover is external cable (e.g. a line they ran around the outside of your house and passed through a hole in your wall). They don't deal with internal wiring. I can't understand why they even offer such plans. Maybe people assume they have something valuable untill the need service. I pay for and actually get inside maintenance from the phone company.
Also, ironically, the troublesome cable was professionally installed when we had the addition built. The rest of the house has my older, half as*ed cable plant strung up the outside wall, thru an attic vent, down through the walls, crimped with pliers... Three TVs on that cable plant working fine.