Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Wednesday 13.8.2025 / 15:26
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > digital video > video - everything else > converter box gives grainy results
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Converter box gives grainy results
  Jump to:
 
Posted Message
Boothbay
Newbie
_ 		11. December 2008 @ 14:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I set up my TV projector with the box and noticed even after the autoscan with my outdoor antenna, the results are grainy. I set it up as such...antenna out of 'box' to a splitter input, one coming from my vcr video out and the other going from my conv. box to my TV input. I did it this way so I can record. I came across a splitter that was originally meant for cable...it had 1 input, 1 output and the other just says -8db...I don't know what the latter stands for, I just assumed its another output...could that be the reason? Anyone Know what that -8db is all about?
[ + quote]
olyteddy
Senior Member
_ 		12. December 2008 @ 10:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's a 'Directional Coupler' or an unequal split. The thru leg has less loss than the tap leg. A splitter has 3.5 dB loss per leg.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > digital video > video - everything else > converter box gives grainy results
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork