On 11/02/2007 23:04, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Sure it *might*. I've got digital terrestrial running through all sorts
of joints..and the world is full of people who have read text books and
never actually try anything practically themselves at all.

Didn't seem to be best advice, sure I've used a cheap and nasty passive
splitter in the past, but had to remove it years ago when I got digital.

I have told him the quick and dirty and very cheap way to do it
that will net him 90% of what a single piece of cable would. And if it
fails to be satisfactory, he has lost nothing much by trying.

except you didn't mention that it *was* the cheap and dirty method