I have the following, each with a modulator with yellow, white & red=20 input, and RF NTSC output on a selected channel (2) Directv HD DVR's (channels 63, and 65) (1) Computer (input and output) (channel 59) (1) VHS recorder (input and output) (channel 61) (1) DVD/CD player (channel 57) (1) Off the Air antenna, both ATSC and NTSC local channels ( direct no=20 modulator)( antenna has a coax amplifier) All these feed in to a 8 > 1 Combiner which then a very short RG-6 Coax=20 to a 1 > 8 splitter. Actually the combiner and splitter are exactly same=20 model units. Then to the receivers: 3 TV's with both ATSC and NTSC tuners (1) Computer (1) VHS recorder Any input can be received at any receiver just by tuning the channel of=20 the respective modulator. Here is a link to the modulator: http://www.hollandelectronics.com/catalog/catalog.php?product_id=3DHMM-10H-= Multimedia-Modulator And a link to the splitter/combiner http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/2538 I have been using this setup for 8 years, and still would do the same=20 over. When moving from room to room, just tune the new room receiver to=20 the channel for input you are watching. No determining and remembering=20 which of the 100's of Directv channels you are watching. One of the neat=20 things, is if the one DVR is busy recording 2 channels, it is easy to=20 watch, and even record 2 more channels on the other DVR (both DVR's have=20 RF remotes). I have not conquered similar functionality with HDTV yet.=20 It is possible but gets very expensive $1,000's. Each of the Direct=20 DVR's do have a HDTV near with an HD cable. Our biggest TV is 39", so SD=20 isn't a whole lot worst. On 3/17/2011 6:59 PM, Bob Ammerman wrote: >> What is the output of Time Warner? (Where does it plug in the back of >> the TV, and what do you tune the TV to?) Does The Time Warner have >> S-Video, Composite (Yellow, White, Red) jacks, or what? There are >> "Modulators" that input Composite or S-Video and output RF on a set-able >> channel compatible with TV input like an Antenna. >> =20 > Both the Time Warner and OTA signal includes VHF and UHF channels. Some o= f > the channels are the same on the two sources. The TW signals are old > fashioned NTSC analog TV, the OTA of course is now digital. > > The TW signal also has digital stuff that has to be preserved at a single > location in the house (the only place they have a digital cable box) we a= lso > have to preserve the PowerLink internet signal, but that could probably b= e > tapped off before the combiner. > > The simple solution here would seem to be to run a second coax to each TV > location. Unfortunately this would be very difficult as the house is an o= ld > rambling 3 story farmhouse with about 9 TVs (for a 7 person family!). > > What I was hoping to find was a black box that would shift the OTA signal= s > up above the range used by TW, allowing the two signals to be combined on > the same coax without interference. Another black box at the set would do= wn > shift the OTA stuff back to where it came from. > > It is important to note that we want to have random access to and channel= in > either set simultanously at each TV. It seems nobody can agree on what to > watch :-) > > -- Bob Ammerman > RAm Systems > > =20 --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .