(another?) Cable Question

[aquanomics]

I rejoined E* recently to give my wife access to their foreign programming. Non-HD in the bedroom, 811 hooked up to the bigscreen.

For OTA-HD (Vegas has lots) I diplexed an old UHF (circa 1970) antenna on the roof to the sat cable coming out of the switch. Result: HD and E*, but E* looked more fuzzy.

So I ran a cable directly from the UHF, through the wall and into the 811. Result: E* SD looked better. HD looked too, but with a wide quality range between HD stations.

Now to my question. It turns out the rg6 cable I ran from the UHF is a piece of &*%$. So, even though I get a minimum of 86% on each channel, will my picture quality improve if I run a superior quality cable from the antenna to the 811?

Many thank for your advice.

Phil

 

[korsjs]

welcome to satellite guys. make sure to visit often.

for the local digital channels, you either get them or you don't. a better quality cable might have a slightly better picture quality. see if you can buy a cable from somewhere that you can eaisly return it. hook it up and see if you can see a difference. if you can keep it, if you can't return it.