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Summary: Improved, but Didn't Fix
Review: I just bought a new Flat Screen TV and my cable has never been good, so I wanted to make the most out of my purchase. After my uncle introduced me to the world of cable boosters, I decided to look into it. I've read good reviews about this particular one, and I couldn't pass it up for $40.
I am giving this a 4/5 because it improved my reception, but some of the channels are still fuzzy. All but 4-5 channels (out of 60) are now crystal clear. Those 4-5 channels that are not crystal clear are better than it used to be, but some of them are still fairly fuzzy.
Overall I would say I'm happy with it. For $40 it's definetly worth it, but I wouldn't pay any more for it than that.
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Summary: Truth about signal booster
Review: As for the people writing the other reviews on this product, you should not speak if you know nothing about Broadband. First of all, this booster will NOT increase your docsis cable modem speeds, no matter what you hear. This amplifier, installed correctly (at the entry point of your home) will boost your forward signal by +15db (allowing return signals to pass). Most cable modem operating level ranges are +15 to -15, so if your within that range on your cable modems operating frequency (for example 705mhz) there is no need for a booster. If you are on the treshhold of signal, like -17db, then this amp will be beneficial to you. Your GUI on your cable modem will give you this reading (http://192.168.100.1 for example). As for your cable reception, and amplifier can be helpful if you have multiple TV's, to make up for the loss that your splitters create. But again, this amp MUST be installed @ your cables entry point to your home. If you have a bad connection though, you will only amplify noise. So your outside drop connection from the pole must be good for an amp to work properly. In conclusion, your modem downloads a config file from your ISP which tells that modem what speeds to run at, and your ISP's router capacities determine what kind of speeds you get. So this amplifier will NOT boost speeds :-)
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Summary: excellent product
Review: before I installed the unit my cable tv signal was fuzzy on all of our 5 televisions. Our cable internet was also having trouble loosing sync with our internet provider. It was very frustrating. I installed the signal amplifier right before the first splitter and it works perfectly. Cable internet speeds are around 1.4MB, blazing. All of the televisions are crystal clear also. It seems to be powerful enough for the televisions and the internet for me. Great product.
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Summary: This product is worthless, deceptive adverising Not for OTA
Review: Connected this Signal Booster to a 72" radio shack antenna. Without the signal booster, the reception is near perfect for analog, pretty good for digital but sometimes fox's reception will drop out. After installing the Signal Booster, the analog stations all show "snow". So then I try the HD, ..... nothing. I am not recieving a strong enough signal for ANY channel to display.
I called Motorola tech support and they said that there is a "misprint" on the package and it does not actually work with an antenna, only cable. That is my last try with Motorola products. From my experience they are rarely reliable.
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Summary: Great Picture
Review: Ever since my cable company installed digital cable in my house I have had picture problems. The analog pictures were grainy and half of the digital pictures didn't come in. They just said they would arrive shortly but never did. Numerous calls to the cable company failed to come up with a permanent fix. So I decided to take matters in my own hands. Other boosters made things worse. When I saw that this one worked with digital as well as analog I decided to give it a try. I first hooked it up from the cable box to the vcr and got no improvement. So I tried hooking it up where the signal first came in before the cable reciever and it worked beautifully. Analog pictures are clearer than ever and all the digital pictures come in. No more "Please Wait" screens. I am mad that my stupid cable company refused to do this but I am thrilled to finally have what I pay for! Great product!
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Summary: It works great with cable modem
Review: Fixed my slow internet connection. Something I wish the cable compay would provide free of charge for customer with weak signal.
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Summary: Great for Cable Modem... but not enough for TV.
Review: For those people who are unable to beg the cable company to provide you with a signal amplifier, this is the investment that you should not skip. The amplifier boost my cable connection to full 1.5Mbps incoming and 128Kbps outgoing, which is the maximum rate my cable company provides. Before that I am just getting around 700Kbps and 50Kbps, respectively.Cable companies tend to not giving out this signal amplifier unless their techicans found that their modem can't sync without one. But a modem can sync doesn't mean that you can surf in full speed. So do a speed test, and if you don't get the full speed, get this amplifier. One more thing... if your cable TV needs amplified also, get this amplifier and another one for TV. This amplifier may not have enough power to boost TV signal (otherwise it will mess up the cable modem signal). The best to go is to install this amplifier between your cable modem and the first splitter (or the wall socket) the modem connects to.
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Summary: GREAT PURCHASE!! :)
Review: I have spent alot of money on trying to improve the cable television reception on my computer monitor... which was pretty bad at first. In order to improve it, I bought a somewhat costly surge protecter for power conditioning, A $30 Monster gold plated splitter, and 3 Monster gold plated coaxial cables that were only 3 feet long, but were priced at $30 EACH. They did make significant improvement in the picture and sound quality, but nothing like the signal booster which improved my signal to near PERFECTION. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is because there is ONE channel that doesn't come up perfect & that is channel 2 which has only average picture and sound...but considering the fact that before i had the booster I couldn't even SEE and hardly HEAR channel 2 at all, I am EXTREMELY happy with it. I don't often write reviews for products even though I shop Amazon alot, but I am so happy to finally have great tv signal that I had to say something. :)
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Summary: Didn't improve cable signal at all
Review: I installed this unit today, hoping to clear up some of the "grainy-ness" introduced by 'splitting off' my cable connection. It did nothing ; there was literally no difference at all in the quality of the picture, on any of the channels. In fact, after I removed the unit, I went to the back of my TV and cable boxes and tightened all the connections. After doing that, the reception did actually improve. So, save your $$ and try doing that first. I can't speak with regards how well this unit work in improving cable modem bandwith as I haven't tried that out yet. (that's why it got 2 stars instead of only 1)
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Summary: Works GREAT with analog cable!
Review: I just installed this product to boost my analog cable tv signal to two tvs on the second floor of my my home, probably 50-75 ft from the cable entrance in the basement. Having tried unsuccessfully for quite some time to get a better signal to these two tvs on the second floor, I was pleasantly surprised at the results. This signal booster has improved the picture 100% to a level almost as good as on a tv that is less than 12 feet from the cable intrance. Other reviews say it works as well with a digital signal and/or cable modem. I can only vouch for analog, but based on my experience I would highly recommend this product.
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