Amplifier, Cable TV RF Broadband 8dB Gain Four Output 5-1002Mhz w/ Power Adapter

This has been working well for many months. Cox-cable put one in my attic that shorted out, apparently from overheating. I routed all of the cables down into the living space to avoid that problem, and the amp is working fine. I have no idea how it would fare in a summer-heated attic.

I had a strange issue with my Xfinity service where I use TIVO and cable card. On certain HD channels I would see pixelation and channel degradation to the point where it was un-watchable. I thought it was my TIVO Bolt or even the cable card which Xfinity provides but since the signal problem only affected specific channels I determined this had to be the incoming signal.So, as a last resort before calling Xfinity (ugh) I decided to try this amplifier and install where it comes into my house. I also bought new 6 foot coax cables and some 75ohm terminators to cap off any unused ports around the house as well as on this amplifier. If you don't cap the empty ports off they can act as an antenna and could result in more noise on the channels or even a visit from Comcast due to excessive broadcasts into the air. FCC requires Comcast and others to prevent this as it could interfere with other users systems. I figured for a few bucks I would just purchase a pack of 5 terminators and cap off the unused ports and avoid any issues plus do the job correctly. They simply screw on to the coax port....nothing complicated.I removed my existing splitter and installed this amplifier (which is also a splitter), a couple of terminators for unused ports and connected the incoming Comcast cable and the power adapter. This amplifier DOES REQUIRE an OUTLET nearby as it is powered to help deal with less than ideal incoming signals from Comcast (or whatever service you have). I've seen a lot of posts about this issue from many people using various services so this is NOT just a comcast issue.Keep in mind, this will boost the INCOMING SIGNAL to compensate for signal loss but it CANNOT FIX AN ALREADY BAD INCOMING SIGNAL. It will simply boost whatever is coming into your house. If the signal is low or poor for other reasons like bad cabling from their incoming box to your house then this likely won't do much other than boost a bad signal. For our issue, it was specific HD channels during evening hours when usage was likely higher on Comcast's systems and there was no indication the signal coming into our house was bad across the board. Only for a handful of channels. I don't know if Comcast can do anything about specific channel's signals or not but I didn't want to deal with them if I could avoid it as involving them is always a headache and they rarely make anything better and often create other problems in my experience. They always want to blame our cabling or router or whatever and I can do the same things their technicians would do in order to troubleshoot issues. In this case, I seem to have found the solution thanks to other postings so I wanted to detail my issue too.Ideally, it would be nice if customers could call Comcast and get them to fix it but in many posts I've seen their solution is to do exactly the same thing...install this amplifier, terminators, etc. to resolve the issues for customers. Clearly, they want to avoid having to run NEW OUTSIDE CABLING and digging up a yard and so on and I am sure most customers don't want that either unless the cabling is found to be truly bad, broken, cut, etc. Then it is worth it but for this random pixelation issue on only certain HD channels at certain times of the day this seems to resolve it. So far we have not seen any additional pixelation issues on the problem channels and our HD channels are as clear as ever.Again, buy this amplifier, a 5 or 10 pack of 75 ohms terminators to cap any unused ports in your house (i.e. where cable ports are in your rooms) as well as on the amplifier itself and make sure you have an outlet nearby to power the amplifier. The best location is where it comes into the house.Good luck!

This would have been a five star if the unit included the f-connector power cable. I suppose it's because different installations require different lengths. I had an 18-inch cable lying around that worked perfectly. Very happy with the image quality.

I install tv antennas for a living and can say if you're splitting your antenna signal more than 3 ways, a distribution amplifier is a must. I tested and wrote down the signal strength of 17 different tv stations in my area without this Amp and with only 1 cable coming in. ( no splitter) . Then I ran the coax to this amplifier and tested them all again. The result was every channel showed a 7-13.5 dB stronger signal when plugged into this Amp. It does what it claims it does and more. This will not solve every problem that people have with their antennas but if your problem is caused by splitting your signal too many times, this will most likely solve it.

Only 1.5db gain on fios digital (not 7.5db), if you look at the data sheet channels that use 550Mhz+ only have 1.5db gain or less. I used temporarily until I had my ONT replaced. Do not recommend for fios or use the 2 output model to give you more gain (+5.5db). You have to put all the STBs and modem on on outputs for MoCA to pass so unless you only have one STB and internet the 2-port will not work at all. Stay away.

So the previous owner of the house left 4 cables drawn from the roof to a dish down to areas of the house. This amplifier seemed a good for it. I would prefer just a single output line I could split 4 ways after entering the home, but this seemed the best bang-for-buck. I used one coax cable to push the 5V power up to the aerial I put up, and 3 others to drop down. I wasn't disappointed. The signal comes in clear to all the TV's in the home. We love it because there's something special about local channels and news. So far have it mounted outside in the elements and performing good. If you're interested, I used the ClearStream 4 antenna.

Well it does amplify, but the WALL WART causes RFI, first I discovered that it caused 6s units of RFI on 40 meters 7mhz ham band. Second I discover in my work shop where the wall wart plugs in. There is an FM radio on 90.1 mhz FM which now has a distorted receive and when unplugging the Wall Wart it stops... RFI "Radio Frequency Interference" I did add some 43 mix ferrite toroid's to the coax power lead connection and that helped suppress the RFI on 40m, but not on the FM radio... The other TV distribution amplifier which this replaced did not have this problem it just died, different brand..

Really improved my OTA reception. Bought a fairly inexpensive antenna and mounted it on the roof split to 2 TVs and one FM radio with very long lines. The antenna came with an amplifier that didn't do anything and I had trouble getting any VHF channels. Removed the stock amplifier and used this as both amplifier and splitter to each device and the VHF problem is 90% solved (getting channels 2 and 12 now and 6 most of the time) and I am also getting even more UHF stations than before. Also pulling in more distant FM stations. Great buy!