cable/phone/internet providers

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Originally Posted by Rusty

HD digital needs the most dB's that you can get from the cable company. If you split the db's up when it enters your house then be prepared to pay the cost of losing channels.

No, it just needs a signal within an acceptable range. You'll typically be around 0dBmv measured at your TV or set-top box.

The cable drop coming into your house is required to have enough signal level, and proper signal-to-noise ratio, to support a couple of splitters and TVs. This is actually regulated by the FCC, you are *entitled* to an acceptable signal quality as part of your subscription. This is measured where the cable drop initially terminates at your house, it is not the cable co's job to fix or deal with your *internal* wiring.

"The most dB's you can get" would actually over-drive many tuners and cause another set of issues, there is such a thing as too much signal level.