Members Death Hands Posted August 23, 2008 Members Share Posted August 23, 2008 An old guy I used to know was talking about some device that you can purchase that sends the signal from one tv to another without a second receiver... Any idea what that's called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groutt Posted August 23, 2008 Members Share Posted August 23, 2008 Xantech Xtra Link 2 This isn't what I was looking for, but it sounds promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Death Hands Posted August 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 23, 2008 Xantech Xtra Link 2This isn't what I was looking for, but it sounds promising. Yeah, it does, but damn, it's expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Death Hands Posted August 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 23, 2008 p..m ....u........b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Death Hands Posted August 25, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 25, 2008 Eh, {censored} it. I got a second receiver with DVR, installation, and a three year protection plan for free from Directv, so forget this shazbot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J. Posted August 26, 2008 Members Share Posted August 26, 2008 Well, I suppose a regular coax splitter would work, although whatever the receiver is tuned to would have to we watched on both televisions. A good way to cut your satellite bill is to get one person with a nice bundle of channels, and have them get at least three extra receivers. The extra receivers add a small fee to the monthly bill but it's not much. Anyway, dishes are a dime a dozen, so get ahold of a recent dish and grab one of your friend's receivers and set it up at your place. You could have several people with their own receivers and dishes all over the city, all coming off of one account. Split the bill, and it's a pretty good bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members walkerci Posted August 26, 2008 Members Share Posted August 26, 2008 It's called a Diplexer. You can use them in backfeed configurations. You have to get ones that are compatible with the frequencies that your Sat system uses. Even when everything technically looks good, it might not work due to weak signals or a too powerful signal stomping on some channels. It can be major PITA. I had Dish TV and Brighthouse techs working over 2 days and they couldn't make it work. I am using a second coax cable for backfeed and that does work for me. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Death Hands Posted August 26, 2008 Author Members Share Posted August 26, 2008 Well, I suppose a regular coax splitter would work, although whatever the receiver is tuned to would have to we watched on both televisions. A good way to cut your satellite bill is to get one person with a nice bundle of channels, and have them get at least three extra receivers. The extra receivers add a small fee to the monthly bill but it's not much. Anyway, dishes are a dime a dozen, so get ahold of a recent dish and grab one of your friend's receivers and set it up at your place. You could have several people with their own receivers and dishes all over the city, all coming off of one account. Split the bill, and it's a pretty good bargain. Eh, this has a dollar tax, 20 dollar shipping and no other monthly fee. I think we got a great deal as-is on that. We had a bunch of ala carte {censored} cut too, partially to offset the cost of the receiver, partially because we weren't using it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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