8-Port Bi-Directional Cable TV HDTV Amplifier Splitter Signal Booster with Pa...

by PCT

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000WDR94U
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (202 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #387 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 25, 2007

Product Description

This amplifier provides 8 ports for multiple TV sets, cable boxes, or cable modems. It boosts signal strength by more than double (+4dB), Improves Analog, Digital & HDTV Picture Quality, and Improves UHF/VHF/FM Antenna Reception! This amplifier provides the exact same OR BETTER specs as the ones that other sellers are selling for much higher prices. PCT amplifiers are designed to fit into smaller spaces, while providing the FULL performance of larger sized amplifiers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

76 of 79 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product, works like it says, April 15, 2008

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B. Myers (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8-Port Bi-Directional Cable TV HDTV Amplifier Splitter Signal Booster with Pa... (Electronics)

I have a new house with very long cable runs. When they built the house they ran a seperate cable to each room, instead of splitting them upstairs in the attic. I had an issue with the digital cable and the modem loosing signal and picture freezing before I purchased this item. It took about 5 minutes to install the amp and all picture issues are gone. Before I could not have the signal split into more than 3 lines before experiencing picture issues. I now have 7 lines running out of the amp without issue, including the cable modem. Great product, and you can not beat the price.

38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent item. Fast shipping, October 25, 2007

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Andrew Washington - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8-Port Bi-Directional Cable TV HDTV Amplifier Splitter Signal Booster with Pa... (Electronics)

I'm currently deployed and our TV signal is poor. I bought this powered amplified splitter and it works great. We're even picking up channels we didn't have here. It got here to Afghanistan in less than a week after I ordered. These were the only folks I found that had a 8 way powered splitter that would ship to an APO address.

50 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product at a great price - highly recomended, August 22, 2008

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Randall S. Goodwin (Tempe, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8-Port Bi-Directional Cable TV HDTV Amplifier Splitter Signal Booster with Pa... (Electronics)

I acquired one of these after I was having problems with digital cable reception on one of the longer runs in our house. Previously, the incoming cable was connected to a two way splitter with one end of the splitter connected to a cable modem for internet service and the other end connected to an amplifier. Then from the output of the amplifier, it fed into an 8-way passive splitter that was distrubuted to the outlets in the various rooms.

Needless to say, my old setup required many extra cables and did not drive all the outputs sufficiently even with the unused splitter outputs terminated with a termination resistor. Even the cable modem required a special filter. It may have just been a bad amplifier, but after recognizing that I could consolidate four components (2 way splitter, cable modem filter, amplifier, and an 8-way passive splitter) into one it made perfect sense to use this product.

Installation was simple. At first, I thought it was strange to use a coaxial cable for power. Then, a friend told me the obvious - the distance from the outlet to the location of the splitter varies from installation to installation, so it's possible to cut a coaxial cable to "just the right length" for each installation. That made perfect sense and that is exactly what I did.

The structured wiring cabinet in our house looks much "cleaner" now with less components and internal cable runs. TV and Internet service is working great too. No more digital drop outs and audible "squeaks".

This product is a bargain (less than half the price) when compared with other options I researched on the internet. At first I thought that was "too good to be true", but I was pleasantly convinced otherwise after using it for about a month now. I would certainly recommend this product to anyone that has longer cable runs, poor signals or an overly complex setup. Electricians and cable installers should consider using this when installing (or retrofitting) structured wiring in new homes.