five tv's and one aerial

davew

davew

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anyone know if it's possible to have five tv's running from one aerial and if so what equipment would i need, i've seen splitters and signal boosters but i havent got a clue what i'm looking for :)
 
yes, you can

afaik, you could just feed the 5 straight from the arial or with a spliter feeing one/two rooms off another

not sure about boosters
 
Each TV in the system reduces the apparent signal strength from the antenna, even when the other sets are turned off. Best bet is to get an amplifier with built in splitter and put as close to the antenna as possible, with each TV getting its own cable from the amplifier/splitter.

This applies to digital TV too, as assuming the signal from the antenna is good to start with, then the boosted signal split between each TV will also be digitally "correct".

Booster/splitters are great for multi TV setups, but are a poor way to fix a poor quality antenna (amplified junk in = amplified junk out)
 
Corasik said:
Each TV in the system reduces the apparent signal strength from the antenna, even when the other sets are turned off. Best bet is to get an amplifier with built in splitter and put as close to the antenna as possible, with each TV getting its own cable from the amplifier/splitter.

This applies to digital TV too, as assuming the signal from the antenna is good to start with, then the boosted signal split between each TV will also be digitally "correct".

Booster/splitters are great for multi TV setups, but are a poor way to fix a poor quality antenna (amplified junk in = amplified junk out)
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great thx, exactly the info i was looking for :)
 
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