4 PORT CABLE TV / HDTV / DIGITAL AMPLIFIER INTERNET MODEM SIGNAL BOOSTER INTERNET AMP
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Customer Review: Works perfectly, easy setup!
Summary: 5 Stars
The 4-Port Signal Amp was easy to setup. Made of metal, this thing is extremyl durable. Using the screw mounts on the side I mounted it in my basement where I connected my cable, and then split the signal (via the 4 outs) to a SiliconDust Network TV tuner (two inputs), my cable modem, and to my TV, thus using all four outputs on the Amp. All my devises had great signal strength (remember, though, I use cable).
I had at first bought a passive signal splitter, but the db loss from splitting the signal four ways (using 2 two-way splitters) brought my cable tv viewing experience to its knees (though my internet model still worked with the decreased signal). Not with 4-Port Signal Amp.
The only shortcoming of the device is that you can connect the power supply to an incoming coax cable, effectively "injecting" power into your incoming signal for use by the amp. I say "can", but the injector that is required (similar to a T-Splitter) is not included. It's an accessory that you must buy separately. I think it should have been included, as the power supply has to be connected via a coax cable anyway.
All in all, great product. I will buy more of these brand Signal Amps when my TV system needs increase.
Customer Review: OTA use of PCT-MA2-4P
Summary: 5 Stars
Updated 11-1-09
One year later the unit is still working great. It is even in the attic cooking in at over 100'F in the summertime. The local TV stations have converted to digital and finally completed their broadcast antenna upgrade. I now have receive 65 digital broadcast stations mostly without any problems. Occassional pixelation or signal loss on the marginal stations, but I am not sure if it due to rain, fog, or wind. This is about 4 times more stations than I got before. I could not be happier. Who needs cable.
Original review
My digital signal was getting too weak using a splitter. Every splitter cuts the signal in half and my cable runs are 50-100' each. I wanted to share 3 TVs on my attic antenna. Installing the PCT-MA2-4P in the attic next to the antenna, using a power inserter solved the problem. Just like each TV had is own 12' long antenna. Many distribution amps require an AC outlet at the distribution amplifier and I didn't want to install a duplex outlet in the attic. The PCT-MA2-4P with the power inserter allowed me to have the power supply at the TV set and distribute power over the coax cable. This solved my problem perfectly.
Customer Review: Did exactly what I wanted it to do plus more!
Summary: 5 Stars
After the digital transition, I wasn't getting any reception at all with my rabbit ears. I decided to buy a new outdoor antenna, the Antennas Direct DB4, which is an excellent product that I also got from Amazon. Once I got it installed, however, I had about 50 ft of RG6 running from the antenna to the passive 4-way splitter and about 75 to 100 ft running to each of the two HDTVs. In a valley outside of Deliverance, WV, I was getting one channel, 5.1 + 5.2. I expected this and that's all I could get before with analog. But every once and a while one of the TVs would start pixelating and losing audio. I knew it wasn't the TV because both of them had done it. I decided that it must have been the splitter straining too much to get that signal through. To make a long story short, I installed this Amplifier where the splitter was and I not only do I have no problems with that channel, but I also receive signal from 2 additional channels, 10.1 + 10.2 and 12.1 + 12.2. I highly recommend this product.Customer Review: Excellent Product
Summary: 5 Stars
I had a new house that included a GE Smart Center with an amplifier for both cable and satellite. After the purchase of a new HD TV it was obvious the cable signal to the new TV that was 75 feet away from the GE amp was terrible. The cable signal coming into the house at the GE amplifier was good. Replaced the GE amp with this PCT amplifier and the picture was just like having the TV hooked up where the cable entered the house. It was an incredible difference and the PCT amp is literally 1/15th the size of the GE amp it replaced. The unexpected bonus to this purchase is the internet connection. The cable modem is now hooked up to the one port on the PCT amp that boosts the signal in both directions. It has speeded up the internet connection considerably. This product far exceeded my expectations which warranted this write-up. Be advised it only works with cable not satellite systems.Customer Review: Delivered!
Summary: 5 Stars
I used this for OTA and yes, the performance of this is very respectable. I have 100' coax from the antenna to the house, about 20' more to the distribution panel where the final runs vary in length depending on location. The best solution for me would be a pre-amp at the antenna but since I got a very decent signal already I decided to try this for its simplicity. Using this amp, the S/N coming out of each of the 4 ports is considerably better than going straight to one receiver without the amp.
Here is a tip that I have not seen mentioned: if you do not use all the ports, i.e. not hooking up to a cable, or the cable does not connect to a TV/receiver, terminate the unused ones with a cap (a few bucks a dozen at Radio Shack). It can be done either at the amp or at the other end of the cable. In some cases, unterminated cable can give you a lot of grief.