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Monster Splitter - Abracadabra! It Worked!
I am normally a bit cynical about the performance claims of companies like Monster Cable. I'm an engineer, I want to understand exactly what is happening and the slightly fuzzy, "oogy-boogy" nature of some of these claims makes me scoff.
BUT...I am amazed at what this little thing did for me!
I spent a good 5 hours on phone calls with my FiOS...
Eh.
I got this to replace the standard rusted-out splitter that Comcast had installed in my home years ago to reduce any kind of loss and improve picture quality. While it seems to be working fine, I haven't noticed any improvement over the old rusted one.
This review is from: Two Gigahertz Low-Loss RF Splitters for TV & Satellite MKII - 2 Way 2 GigaHertz RF Splitter (Electronics)
I am normally a bit cynical about the performance claims of companies like Monster Cable. I'm an engineer, I want to understand exactly what is happening and the slightly fuzzy, "oogy-boogy" nature of some of these claims makes me scoff.
BUT...I am amazed at what this little thing did for me!
I spent a good 5 hours on phone calls with my FiOS service provider trying to figure out why my super high speed internet connection was intermittently stopping and going super slow and then hitting its speed limit. My family was getting pretty irate. (It's funny how totally dependent we have become on the internet.) I hate electronic problems that are not repeatable. They are nearly unsolvable. The very helpful customer service reps led me through several attempts to fix the problem. After thinking it was fixed a couple times, the problem reappeared. The last rep (logically) concluded that the only component that could be flakey was the wireless router and he sent me a new one. Didn't fix it.
I was getting extremely frustrated. I figured there had to be some very slight fault in the cables that wasn't bad enough to cut off the signal, but bad enough to interfere with it. So I swallowed my skepticism and decided to try replacing the standard quality splitter that the FiOS company installed with one of these Monster 2-way splitters, because that was the simplest first step.
Well, blow me down! The problem is gone. I have my screaming fast internet back, and everybody is happy!
I guess there really is a meaningful quality difference! Monster, I believe!!
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This review is from: Two Gigahertz Low-Loss RF Splitters for TV & Satellite MKII - 2 Way 2 GigaHertz RF Splitter (Electronics)
I have a VOIP phone connected to a router on an Internet connection that was split with the Cable TV. The problem was that my phone wasn't working properly--my voice kept cutting out to the person I was talking to.
After determining the problem was with my Internet connection, it was further determined that the phone worked fine when I removed the splitter that I had, took the TV out of the mix, and plugged the Internet connection directly into the jack in the wall. So the problem was either going to be with the splitter or there just wasn't enough bandwidth to deal with a TV, Internet, and VOIP phone.
I bought this splitter to see if replacing the splitter would solve the problem. I plugged the sucker in and packet loss is now zero. It's all good. Best $20 I ever spent.
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This review is from: Two Gigahertz Low-Loss RF Splitters for TV & Satellite MKII - 2 Way 2 GigaHertz RF Splitter (Electronics)
I got this to replace the standard rusted-out splitter that Comcast had installed in my home years ago to reduce any kind of loss and improve picture quality. While it seems to be working fine, I haven't noticed any improvement over the old rusted one.
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This review is from: Two Gigahertz Low-Loss RF Splitters for TV & Satellite MKII - 2 Way 2 GigaHertz RF Splitter (Electronics)
I've been having problems with my cable signal, and I tried a few of these splitters to see if that's where the problem was occurring. Replaced the 15 year old, cable TV company supplied splitter with the Monster, and while it certainly seems to be a more robust product, in the end I saw no performance difference.
Indeed, my cable modem (Motorola) has a diagnostic mode where it can display the strength of the incoming signal. I measured it on the old splitter, switched to the Monster - and see exactly zero difference.
Still, considering that my local electronics store no-name brand is about $15, I don't feel bad paying a few dollars more for the Monster product. It certainly seems more rugged, and I doubt I'd ever have to replace it again.
Bottom line is I'm sure it's doing what it's supposed to, but there's no magic to be had by simply swapping out a splitter.
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This review is from: Two Gigahertz Low-Loss RF Splitters for TV & Satellite MKII - 2 Way 2 GigaHertz RF Splitter (Electronics)
I bought this to replace an old crusty splitter I had for ages. I'm glad to get rid of that ugly thing.
The picture I get is just as good as the signal I get when I hook up the cable directly to the TV. I see no loss of signal strength. Overall, I'm very satisfied.
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This review is from: Two Gigahertz Low-Loss RF Splitters for TV & Satellite MKII - 2 Way 2 GigaHertz RF Splitter (Electronics)
I replaced a much cheaper Phillips splitter with this splitter (everything else remained identical), and the performance was slightly WORSE (confirmed by the television signal strength meter).
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This review is from: Two Gigahertz Low-Loss RF Splitters for TV & Satellite MKII - 2 Way 2 GigaHertz RF Splitter (Electronics)
Under normal circumstances, I would never waste my money on any Monster product since all of them are overpriced and mostly hype. But faced with no HDTV until I replaced an aging, no longer working splitter, I ran out and bought what I could. It turned out to be this Monster splitter. You can buy a quality splitter with the same specs for $10-$15. Considering Monster only charges $20 for their splitter, it's a bargain when compared to what they sell their overpriced cables for. As for the splitter itself, it seems well made, and works well. It doesn't perform any miracles though. Diagnostic tests show my signal db is no different from when the other splitter was inline.
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This review is from: Two Gigahertz Low-Loss RF Splitters for TV & Satellite MKII - 2 Way 2 GigaHertz RF Splitter (Electronics)
Can't tell a difference in signal. This IZ tha best I've ever used..I'm about to believe that the picture got better after the split..I used Belkin Pure AV RF cables with this Gold Nugget.
This is more than just a 2 or 4 dollar splitter..This has a Computer Chip inside that has (In My Opinion) duplicated the signal....Truly A Monster..
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