I have timae warner cable. Why does it do this?

Question

When tune to a channel that i hardly watch, or a digital channel, its always breaking in and out. Its so annoying. Some times the channel doesnt even come through and im sitting there watching a black screen with no sound. I really wanted to watch picture this so i recorded it. Even when i watched the recording it sucked. This only happens with the tv in the basement. It has the one of two boxes. And thats the only box that does that. Why does it do it?

Answer 1

The biggest possibility is that its split inccorectly and its not getting the signal it needs to process thorugh so many things. You want to split the signal before it gets to you boxes. The reason is because it will get the strongest signal it can at that point. If you split after a box youll get terrible recep. Also the line to the box could be messed up, or not screwed in all the way.

Answer 2

The pixilation you are seeing is a result from Over Compression. It is because the cable companies refuse to increase their cables or put in better cables underground for digital signals.

I would assume it is especially rough on HD Channels.  Cable lines do fine with just standard definition cable programing going through their lines, but with the introduction of High Defintion Programing the only way the cable companies can fit HD programming through their lines is to compress it. (HD requires a ton more bandwith for transmission) Since they are trying to cram in as many HD channels as they can with regular old school channels the lines are getting congested. The pixilation your seeing is the channels fighting through the lines, and often the packets of information that they are sent through get lost or are further back in the lines.

Answer 3

umm it sounds like the box is broke i have one its never does that