cheapaudiophile
03-05-2005, 02:01 PM
Ten years ago, a cable installer left about 40 feet of coaxial cable (labeled "catv") between the wall jack and the TV, on the theory we might move our tv and need the extra length. Well, we haven't (although we got satellite tv five years ago).
Anyway, I decided to replace the big coil behind the TV with 12 feet of Radioshack "gold" series coaxial cable. This resulted in a seriously degraded image from the satellite (directv).
Does anyone have any idea why? I expected either an improvement or, at worst, equivalence. Should I use something else? I would really like to replace the excess coaxial cable, but not at the cost of degrading the picture quality.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide
Anyway, I decided to replace the big coil behind the TV with 12 feet of Radioshack "gold" series coaxial cable. This resulted in a seriously degraded image from the satellite (directv).
Does anyone have any idea why? I expected either an improvement or, at worst, equivalence. Should I use something else? I would really like to replace the excess coaxial cable, but not at the cost of degrading the picture quality.
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide