Newbie Seeks splitter recommendation
Hi, I am new to the OTA world, having cut the cord last September I made do with what I know now is referred to as "Digicrap" I bought at Factory Firect, not knowing any better.
I had never found it particularly satisfying, my OTA usage was small compared to streaming, but would like to watch dinner time news on City-TV. Some days it would be good, some days it would be splotchy, some days unusable.
My chief issue has been location, I live in Upper Burlington by Upper Middle/Walkers in a condo on a ground level unit facing N/NW with the entire building between me and the optimal signal area. Condo rules prevent me from mounting on outside walls , and the Digicrap would definitely violate the esthetic rules. I only had a few places I could place it , and got some good quality channels that I don't watch, occasionally some fringe channels (for me anyway like WIVB, and the 7 series of ABC Buffalo).
Finally after wasting many hours the last couple weeks to try and find optimal places to get what I want and failing I came here. Found out the truth about Digicrap and decided to take a chance on Antenna Directs Clearstream C2. It has made a big difference once I found a sweet spot that looks ok propped on a table on balcony.
I now get all the channels I wanted plus CFTO on VHF, City that seems reliable, CBC, Global, TVO, CHCH, YesTV, CtV2, CW & Bounce, 3 PBS, plus clear WIVB, and splotchy ABC, Laff & Escape.
Now to crux of matter (sorry for the background book) I get those on my main TV, but on a second TV (using a normal splitter) I get splotchy WIVB, no 7 series, and a signal on CFTO that looks more like a test pattern.
Both TV's have identical lengths of good RG6 wires , and are basically in same exact position on either side of wall, with splitter on the wire just before going into wall and up to TV's. I onow TV tuners vary, and the Main set is by far the better TV, but I would still like to improve the TV signal in bedroom. Plus I want to feed another signal to a mostly unused kitchen TV. I have read that regular splitters do have signal loss and want something that allows max signal to reach all TV's equally. Splitter is a regular cable splitter though I tried another I recently bought that says better for HDTV up to 2GZ - but in reality makes no difference so I am returning it.
I had tried a Pre-Amplifier on old setup , and lost all channels. It had worked somewhat when using the antenna indoors It also was made by Digicrap. I don't think that's what I want now anyway. Just a good splitter, that will either send full signal equally or maybe boost a bit but not at cost of losing anything else either.
If you have any suggestions I would appreciate it, again sorry for the bloated background info.