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Re: Are the Time Warner police gonna be knocking at my door?
A tv tuner in a pc or in a tv cannot send voltage back thru the cable. In the old days (1950-1965) a number of tv sets could bring a signal down because of the number of baluns (the 300 ohm splitters) attached hence the need for an amp.
With the newer digital cable th ecable company needs a voltage feedback. You cannot use regular cable amps if you have digital cable, phone or internet. If you ONLY have standard cable and no converter box can you use a Wal-Mart amp. The package even says not for digital cable use.
Radio Shack and a few other places sell digital cable amps but they are expensive.
If you have a bad signal then you may have too many splits on your line. I have never in 25 years met a smart cable tech nor one who knows what he is doing.
The chances are greater that you have DC riding on your cable and that causes hum in audio amps, not the PC. And since when does the PCI or AGP bus system send a voltage out thru a tv connection. Isn't a TV connection an INPUT?
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