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Is HDTV and RG59 coax cable compatible Walter R. 07-17-2005
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Posted by Walter R. on July 17, 2005, 11:49 pm


My house is 22 years old and was wired with RG 59 coax in the walls.

I ran into a problem with my RG 59 cables because they had too much
signal-loss for my cable modem.

I will have to replace the RG 59 with RG 6 for the cable modem. Do I need
RG 6 for HDTV or will HDTV work with RG 59 coax? (Hate to run more wires
through walls than absolutely necessary.)

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on July 18, 2005, 12:33 am


Walter R. wrote:
> My house is 22 years old and was wired with RG 59 coax in the walls.
>
> I ran into a problem with my RG 59 cables because they had too much
> signal-loss for my cable modem.
>
> I will have to replace the RG 59 with RG 6 for the cable modem. Do I
> need RG 6 for HDTV or will HDTV work with RG 59 coax? (Hate to run
> more wires through walls than absolutely necessary.)

I have RG 59 and no problems with my cable modem. I guess it depends.
I do suggest top quality splitters. The ones usually available to the
general public are junk. My RG 59 carries HD just fine.

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia duit




Posted by EXT on July 17, 2005, 9:06 pm


RG 59 is not considered suitable for HD TV due to signal loss. RG 6 is the
current product to use for the best signal. Most noticable if you have a
good quality HD TV. For longer distances they recommend RG 12.


> Walter R. wrote:
> > My house is 22 years old and was wired with RG 59 coax in the walls.
> >
> > I ran into a problem with my RG 59 cables because they had too much
> > signal-loss for my cable modem.
> >
> > I will have to replace the RG 59 with RG 6 for the cable modem. Do I
> > need RG 6 for HDTV or will HDTV work with RG 59 coax? (Hate to run
> > more wires through walls than absolutely necessary.)
>
> I have RG 59 and no problems with my cable modem. I guess it depends.
> I do suggest top quality splitters. The ones usually available to the
> general public are junk. My RG 59 carries HD just fine.
>
> --
> Joseph Meehan
>
> Dia duit
>
>




Posted by joe on July 17, 2005, 9:11 pm


EXT wrote:

> RG 59 is not considered suitable for HD TV due to signal loss. RG 6 is the
> current product to use for the best signal. Most noticable if you have a
> good quality HD TV. For longer distances they recommend RG 12.
>
>
>
>>Walter R. wrote:
>>
>>>My house is 22 years old and was wired with RG 59 coax in the walls.
>>>
>>>I ran into a problem with my RG 59 cables because they had too much
>>>signal-loss for my cable modem.
>>>
>>>I will have to replace the RG 59 with RG 6 for the cable modem. Do I
>>>need RG 6 for HDTV or will HDTV work with RG 59 coax? (Hate to run
>>>more wires through walls than absolutely necessary.)
>>
>> I have RG 59 and no problems with my cable modem. I guess it depends.
>>I do suggest top quality splitters. The ones usually available to the
>>general public are junk. My RG 59 carries HD just fine.
>>
>>--
>>Joseph Meehan
>>
>>Dia duit
>>
>>
>
>
>
all we use is RG6 with quad shield


Posted by Tony Hwang on July 18, 2005, 1:15 am


Joseph Meehan wrote:

> Walter R. wrote:
>
>>My house is 22 years old and was wired with RG 59 coax in the walls.
>>
>>I ran into a problem with my RG 59 cables because they had too much
>>signal-loss for my cable modem.
>>
>>I will have to replace the RG 59 with RG 6 for the cable modem. Do I
>>need RG 6 for HDTV or will HDTV work with RG 59 coax? (Hate to run
>>more wires through walls than absolutely necessary.)
>
>
> I have RG 59 and no problems with my cable modem. I guess it depends.
> I do suggest top quality splitters. The ones usually available to the
> general public are junk. My RG 59 carries HD just fine.
>
Hi,
I think your cable provider was sending weak signal. Don't blame the
coax cable.
Tony


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