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Not Wolverine
Jul 1, 2007

by HopperUK

BAILOUT MCQUACK! posted:

All the TV's in their house are HD at this point. And they can pick up all the stations they care about but only when the antenna is located in a particular spot, usually a window, on the north facing side of the house. The issue is that they have to run a long coax cable that is unsightly and in the way to do so, which is why I wanted to find a wireless option to tie into that antenna. Honestly, though at this point, I might just sell them on the idea of a Roku since they can get all the public stations on there as well.
I am pretty sure that if you can access the coax lines in your wall for cable TV, you could also tap into it and use the existing lines for an antenna signal so that you wouldn't have to run a line from the window to the TV. This could require a booster only if you like split the signal a lot of times but even then, I think boosters are still not recommended. A booster will help if the signal is degraded from being split too much, but won't help if it's a low signal due to range.

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