That is, indeed, a pitiful excuse for a dish installation! The two stabilizer support arms are doing PRACTICALLY NOTHING as far as supporting the antenna! Not to mention the damage to the chimney! That's awful.
Is VOD available ONLY in a streaming mode, or can you download a video to your DVR and watch it later? If you can D/L to DVR, does the selection expire? I suspect that the PPV's do but what about free stuff?
Get a grip, folks...
A little refresher in "Rocket Science 101":
D*11 is NOT in geosynchronous orbit, yet. It's in a geosynchronous TRANSFER orbit. It's in an elliptical orbit on the equator, with a perigee (low point) altitude of about 155 miles and an apogee (high point) altitude of about...
Maybe you can find what you need here ... They have several notch filters and attenuators.
RF Distribution, Amplifiers, Modulators, Combiners, Splitters, Video Distribution
Your problem MAY be WHERE your splitter is...
If your splitter is between the CM7777 preamp and it's power supply, you'll need to use a splitter that will pass-through power to the preamp. If you're splitting AFTER the power supply, any ol' splitter will work...Just a thought.:) BTW, a...