Hi.
I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and we have Starchoice, BEV for sat services and Shaw Cable for cable services.
I think Starchoice is better option for me because 1. I will have maximum of four HD TVs at home and SC's sattelite has capability to feed signals up to 4 TVs without any extra equipment. and 2. SC doesn't require phone line hook up, but BEV does. Am I right?
I am building a new house right now and want to make good environment to hookup SC, one more sat TV service(international channel) and basic cable service. I'll have one SC dish(or more if required) and one international sat dish on the roof and one co-ax for cable TV signal(non digital basic cable, no receiver necessary) in basement. I don't know if I need this basic cable service from Shaw Cable company to watch any local Calgary channel. If SC sends Calgary local channels, I can get rid of this.
I want to feed these three signals to 4 TVs through out the house from the basement.
Questions are...
1. How many co-ax cables do I have to run from the roof to the basement, where my signal distribution panel will be? One for SC and one for the other sat dish are ok? or Do I have to run four cables for SC and one for the other dish, total of five?
2. How many co-ax cables do I have to run from the basement to each TV? Can these three signals be mixed together into one co-ax cable in the basement, be sent through one co-ax right next to TV, and be divided into two separate receivers, i.e. SC's and the other's and co-ax input of TV? Or, do I have to run separate cable for each of these signals?
3. Only one phone outlet for main SC receiver is necessary, isn't it? Then what happens if I want to order PPV from a receiver which is not hooked up with phone line?
Thank you very much for your help.
Glenn
I live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and we have Starchoice, BEV for sat services and Shaw Cable for cable services.
I think Starchoice is better option for me because 1. I will have maximum of four HD TVs at home and SC's sattelite has capability to feed signals up to 4 TVs without any extra equipment. and 2. SC doesn't require phone line hook up, but BEV does. Am I right?
I am building a new house right now and want to make good environment to hookup SC, one more sat TV service(international channel) and basic cable service. I'll have one SC dish(or more if required) and one international sat dish on the roof and one co-ax for cable TV signal(non digital basic cable, no receiver necessary) in basement. I don't know if I need this basic cable service from Shaw Cable company to watch any local Calgary channel. If SC sends Calgary local channels, I can get rid of this.
I want to feed these three signals to 4 TVs through out the house from the basement.
Questions are...
1. How many co-ax cables do I have to run from the roof to the basement, where my signal distribution panel will be? One for SC and one for the other sat dish are ok? or Do I have to run four cables for SC and one for the other dish, total of five?
2. How many co-ax cables do I have to run from the basement to each TV? Can these three signals be mixed together into one co-ax cable in the basement, be sent through one co-ax right next to TV, and be divided into two separate receivers, i.e. SC's and the other's and co-ax input of TV? Or, do I have to run separate cable for each of these signals?
3. Only one phone outlet for main SC receiver is necessary, isn't it? Then what happens if I want to order PPV from a receiver which is not hooked up with phone line?
Thank you very much for your help.
Glenn
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