On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 12:37:31 -0700, evodawg
wrote:

BetaB4 wrote:

evodawg wrote:
If I remember correctly, Splitters list the loss of RF on each port.
8way will have tons of loss, you might need an amp. If you googled
I'm sure you could find more info on this.

Thanks. I htink that's what the article you provided was saying, but I
wasn't sure. I'll do a little Googling and see if I can find out for
sure. If it is the way we think it is, I'll probably just put one outlet
in each room to avoid needing a main splitter with too many splits.

There is a lot more to this then just the splitter loss. You also get loss
in the cable per 100 feet. You probably want to use RG-56 Triple shielded
for less loss than RG-59. I also believe the loss on a splitter is the loss
before anything is hooked to it. It's best to run home runs to each outlet
but in your application you might want to run home runs to each unit then
split. Like I said you will probably need an amp. where all these home runs
come together. You're going to have a lot of loss. Sometimes the cable
companies can change the face plate of the tap to gain you more RF or run a
hard line into a central location and have the tap right there. Cable
outfits will sometimes do this for free depending if they can justify the
cost to revenue per unit.
My cable provider (rogers) did all the cable work for free, including
splitters. My main line comes into a 3 way wideband 5-1000mhz)
splitter with 1 3.3db and 2 7db taps. The 3.5 goes to a second 3 way
wideband splitter. One 7 goes to the cable modem, and one to the
digital TV box. From the second splitter, the 3.5 gos to the tv
farthest from the splitter, the 2 7db taps go to the basement tv and
the tuner card on my basement computer.

Both splitters are Regal model ZDS3DGH10 if that helps. All cabling
is quad sheild commscope RG6.