Cable TV Splitter Uses and Benefits

Simply put, a TV splitter is needed when you are installing cable TV at home and you need at least two different TVs. Gone are the days when everyone would gather in a room to watch a television show, and the continual fights over who wants to see what are also over. Now the trend is for each room to have its own television, so if you want to watch a horror movie, do it in the privacy of your room, while the children can watch their favorite cartoons in their own rooms.

However, in order to effectively “split” the cable so that you can watch TV on multiple screens, you need a cable TV splitter. There are splitters with 2, 3 or more connections, depending on how many televisions you want to install at home. If you only have 2 TVs, you need a 2-way splitter; however, if you want to install 4 TVs, you need a 4-way splitter.

Simply put, the cable TV splitter has the function of assigning a signal to more than one output. Actually, you can have up to 15-way splitter designs and none of them destroy signal strength or give modulation loss. This allows you to easily view a good quality picture, either in HDTV or in normal format.

The splitter gets a signal input and forwards it to various output ports. Basically the signal coming out of the splitter needs to be the strongest so that your bandwidth or even the HD connection stays intact without being compromised in any way.

However, there are times when the signal is compromised and this can happen for a couple of reasons. For example, if your HDTV has an unclear or blurry picture, you should check the signal source. Each connection must be clean and tight. Also, the coaxial cable should be connected to the best signal source at the splitter port. Also avoid having too many dividers as they can reduce the overall quality of the signal you are receiving.