I'm having a little trouble with our TV watching, or Humax Fox T2 DVR watching actually. We can see all the freeview programmes we want through the Humax but when we record one prog and watch another the signal drops and often one or the other fails. This is noticable on the COM7 channel 55, I think the others are better. BBC HD News drops as soon as we record anything. We are in north Worcs and the signal comes from Sutton Coldfield.
We have an old (20 years+) MaxView 6-port booster in the loft, and long and no doubt cheapo coax cabling to three tv's. At the TV set signal strength is around 66-70% on most channels and 57% on channel 55 (COM7). Bypassing the booster the signal strength falls to mid 60% on most channels, 44% on COM7. I don't know what db this is, the Humax just shows percentages. Signal quality is 100% on everything.
I'm thinking of getting a new signal amplifier, initially a four-output Labgear LDA204L. I'm worried that this will do no more than the old MaxView amplifier. I see that I can get a Labgear masthead amplifier, LMA415VR, which has lower noise and a greater gain than the LDA204L. This would also be fitted in the loft, not very near to the aerial. Would not the masthead amplifier, with it's low noise and high gain, be a better buy?
We don't and won't have Sky, and I'm certainly not going up on the roof, by the way.
We have an old (20 years+) MaxView 6-port booster in the loft, and long and no doubt cheapo coax cabling to three tv's. At the TV set signal strength is around 66-70% on most channels and 57% on channel 55 (COM7). Bypassing the booster the signal strength falls to mid 60% on most channels, 44% on COM7. I don't know what db this is, the Humax just shows percentages. Signal quality is 100% on everything.
I'm thinking of getting a new signal amplifier, initially a four-output Labgear LDA204L. I'm worried that this will do no more than the old MaxView amplifier. I see that I can get a Labgear masthead amplifier, LMA415VR, which has lower noise and a greater gain than the LDA204L. This would also be fitted in the loft, not very near to the aerial. Would not the masthead amplifier, with it's low noise and high gain, be a better buy?
We don't and won't have Sky, and I'm certainly not going up on the roof, by the way.