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Q. Will a cable splitter hurt my modem or HDTV signal strength?
A. This can be a technical question, but I am going to treat this as it relates to the average homeowner, HD cable recipient. For simplification purposes, the cable company has limited bandwidth to deliver over the medium of cable. The more people on a trunk-line, the slower/lower quality the signal. This applies more to analog than digital. If you are simply splitting your incoming cable so you can run both your HD cable box and your cable modem, expect little or no visible difference in the modem speed or HD quality. But remember, each cable company is different. Some local, smaller cable companies have limited bandwidth and can only offer a maximum of one cable modem, HD DVR and standard cable box per house. But generally, you will probably be ok. You can always call your cable company and ask.
Dan,
I droped my Dish Satellight. Pesently I have cable for my internet services. Dish left behind two splitters.A Holland DPD2 5-2150MHz with two outputs, one is VHF/UHF and SAT.
The other is a seperator123254
Can I use anyone of these for as a splitter
Ernie
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I believe the first item you noted the DPD2 is actually a diplexor. This is sort of a splitter. What it does is split the powered satellite signal and the UHF/VHF. The second item you mentioned is DISH network specific and takes a single line off a dual LNB and creates 2 feeds (for 2 recievers).
Unfortunately, I don’t fully understand your questions. Did you get rid of your DISH satellite? So you have no TV service now? Are you wanting to split your cable modem to your TV?
Reply and I will try and answer better.
With respect to cable;
Your cable provider usually would not leave this behind (provide it). This will not really work with cable as it is designed to pass power to the satellite dish from the boxes and faciliate bi-directional communications. For cable splitting, what you most likely need is a good, high-bandwidth splitter. These are usually marked with 1GHz, 2.4Ghz or better. The higher the bandwidth, the more they will support. Without knowing your cable company specs, it is hard to get specific here and there isn’t enough space to get into diplexors and such. You should simply be able to call your cable company and find out most of this. Additionally, they sometimes will provide this at no cost, if you ask for it.