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Recent Bill Husted Q&A columns
Splitting cable signals can degrade picture qualityQ: Using cable, sometimes I have an excellent picture, sometimes good, sometimes only fair. Comcast splits the signal to the computer, and to the TV, I then split the TV signal several times. I've been told I need boosted splitters. Do I? There are four TVs in the house. I've also run a cable to the motor home with a TV. Do I need to upgrade my splitters, my cable and/or add boosting splitters? The cable I'm using is 75 ohm, RG6/U. I also have empty branches wired for cable so I can move a set as I need to. Should I avoid that? No guarantee an indoor antenna will get a digital signal
Q: My parents have a 20-year-old TV. They want to buy a new TV for the change to digital rather than buying a digital converter box for over-the-air reception. They do not have cable, and they are not going to get cable. Can they buy an LCD, plasma or DLP TV and use an indoor antenna to get reception? They will not put up an outdoor antenna. For HDTVs, power protection depends on projection
Q: I am using a UPS (uninterruptable power supply) with my plasma TV. I believe that's what you recommended in an earlier column. However, a friend says that I don't need to use the UPS. What's the deal? Battery-rejecting camera a mystery readers may solve
Q: Have you run into problems with a digital camera rejecting new AA batteries? I have a digital camera that takes two AA batteries. It gives me a message that the battery charge is low. The batteries test fine. But when I replace the batteries with brand new ones, I get the same message. ... I have this problem on my old camera (6 years old), my current camera (2 years old) and now my wife's camera (less than 1 year old). No need to hack into own machine
Q: I have a Toshiba laptop running Vista. I use it intermittently during the day and put it on "sleep" when I'm not using it.
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