Is there a way to split DirecTV signal?

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ruthless <ruthless@xoss.com> wrote:

>It's not HDTV related, but experts here might have a good
>answer.
>
>I just moved into a house. The owner has DirecTV in his
>room. I don't want to get another receiver in my room. The
>cost for that is $45 + tax + $15 (shipping) and $5 monthly
>fee increase. I'm looking into ways to get the signal into
>my room and somehow connect to the cable-in port on my TV.
>Is there a way to do that?

Sure, but you'd have to watch what he's watching. Just run the RF out
from his receiver into the cable in on you TV. To watch other
channels at the same time you'd need a separate receiver, the dish
would have to be dual LNB, and I doubt DirecTV would sell you service
for $5/month since it's a separate household even though it's in the
same building.

And just to return this to an HDTV discussion, the RF out would not
work for HD.

Del Mibbler

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ruthless wrote:
> It's not HDTV related, but experts here might have a good
> answer.
>
> I just moved into a house. The owner has DirecTV in his
> room. I don't want to get another receiver in my room. The
> cost for that is $45 + tax + $15 (shipping) and $5 monthly
> fee increase. I'm looking into ways to get the signal into
> my room and somehow connect to the cable-in port on my TV.
> Is there a way to do that?

You have to have a box to be able to tune in DirecTV. If you split the
signal, it has to be AFTER the box. Therefore, you and the owner will
be watching the same channel at all times.