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Old 28-Nov-2011, 3:38 PM   #10
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Marginal signal quality in an analog world can be seen and heard, becoming more apparent as the signal quality worsens.

Digital signals will look and sound perfect until the tuner/de-multiplexer can no longer recover error free data, at which point the picture and sound 'break up' or go away completely.

The symptoms you have described make me think there is an issue with the TV, not the signal. An amplifier is not indicated. If you have access to a larger antenna, for free, try it... I don't expect any change.

(Or, as a test, simply try removing the splitter, and connecting the suspect TV to the antenna. A 2-way splitter delivers less than half the power to each port, removing it will better than double the power to the set.)
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If the well is dry and you don't see rain on the horizon, you'll need to dig the hole deeper. (If the antenna can't get the job done, an amp won't fix it.)

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