Amplifiers and splitters?

Question

Is it possible to use a cable splitter followed by an amplifier followed by a splitter followed by an amplifier over and over (to a reasonable amount...like 5 or 6 splitters) and not have any, or at least very little, signal degradation? or is there something more to the signal loss of a splitter that an amplifier can't fix?

Answer 1

The fatal flaw of this scheme is noise. Whenever you amplify a signal, you also amplify the noise. Splitters decrease the signal, but *may* introduce additional noise if the connections aren't perfect.. Video quality is closely related to the signal to noise ratio.

Answer 2

Your best bet is to use splitters and amps only when necessary and use as few devices as possible to get the job done.  I work in a hospital that has many TV's throughout.  The cable signal has to be split and amplified MANY times.  We do get a good signal everywhere, but you do need to know what you are doing.