mattus
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Oct 1, 2006, 12:28 AM
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Combining cable tv and PVR signals onto one cable
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Hi all,
I am just getting cable TV for the first time in years and have a few questions about a complicated setup. I currently have an internet connection through a cable line FYI, that might be importand info. In the basement, where the cable hookup comes into the house, I would like to put a five(possibly six) way splitter, one output connected to the cable modem(RG6 coax is needed right?), one output leading to a TV with a 25 ft cable, one output leading two stories up (50ft) to a two way splitter, and that split into two 25 ft cables to leading to two more TVs. This would give signal loss of about 135 ft of coax total. So far so good right? Anyhew, with the last two connectors on the former mentioned (5 or 6 way basement)splitter or diplexer I would like to use a spare computer as a PVR(Personal Video Recorder), with a dual tuner card(I might need two video sources for the dual tuner card), and possibly feed the TV OUT from the computers video card, through a RF modulator if need be, back onto the household coax network. Is it possible to use this setup as described? Should I use a six way splitter in the basement if the dual tuner needs two seperate inputs to minimize the number of splitters and thus signal loss? I realize I will lose channel 3 or 4 from the cable signal, and am willing to do so. Do I need to use a diplexer to combine the cable and PVR signals? Will I need a two input four output diplexer? Where exactly should the cable modem be hooked up among all this? Will the PVR signal feed back into the neighborhoods cable setup and piss off the neighbors and cable company? Does anybody think I will need amplifiers for this setup? What would the ideal setup be to minimize signal loss? Any help on this topic would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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