PCT 1-PORT BI-DIRECTIONAL CABLE TV HDTV AMPLIFIER SIGNAL BOOSTER WITH PASSIVE RETURN PATH

by PCT

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.6 x 1.2 x 3.5 inches ; 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000F28DP2
• Item model number: PCT-MA2-M
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,588 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 16, 2006

Product Description

If you are having cable TV picture problems this may be the product for you. It is NOT compatible with satellite TV, and will actually block satellite reception - so do not order it if you have satellite TV. This product will improve your cable TV picture and reduce pixilation, snow, and audio drop-outs that are caused by a weak signal level. It is compatible with all cable TV systems and services. You may or may not notice a difference in cable modem speed when using the amplifier. A number of factors influence cable modem speed, and there is no guarantee a booster will improve modem performance. If you are boosting an HDTV antenna signal, you should get the best HD antenna you can afford BEFORE using a booster. This signal amplifier IS NOT a substitute for a good antenna. If you are using an indoor antenna or are having HD reception problems with just a single TV attached to your outdoor antenna, this product will likely not improve your reception. If you are uncertain if this product will work for you, contact your retailer before purchasing.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product!, January 14, 2008

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JoJo "JoJo" (Magnolia, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: PCT 1-PORT BI-DIRECTIONAL CABLE TV HDTV AMPLIFIER SIGNAL BOOSTER WITH PASSIVE RETURN PATH (Electronics)

This Drop Amp works great! I have a two story home with a several TV's at the far end of the house that never had clear pictures. They have always been grainy and just never looked right. Well after talking with the cable company they told me they could come out and put an amp on the cable to boost the signal and it would cost me a service fee plus the cost of the amp which would be a total of $150 bucks. I would have thought they should have fixed it for nothing. Luckily I talked with a friend of mine who had once worked for a cable company and he told me that I could get an amp myself and recommended one of these. So I bought one and installed it myself! It took maybe ten minutes to get this thing up and running! I also found "thanks to the cable company" they had extra splitters in my cable run in the attic that was not needed "this will also degrade your signal". Now my TVs have clear pictures and look great all for $35 bucks!

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works well with DTV, April 7, 2008

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D. Bennett (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Picked this up on the strength of the reviews here. The DTV is working fairly well at my pad, but two stations are weak (drop outs), and I never could pick up one that I knew existed (58). Plugged the unit in (no more than 3 feet from the DTV converter box and immediately picked up 7 new stations. Can't see any signal degradation either. (Zenith DTV converter box, sony vega TV, and the old style roof antenna, one that never received UHF signals well). Great little amp!

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars works as advertised, April 25, 2007

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G. Hansen (Ellensburg, WA) - See all my reviews
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I have tried signal boosters in the past with limited success. This is the first one that works fantastically well. The improvement in picture quality is astounding.