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Bill_Satellite
Apr 15, 2015Explorer II
alfalfabuckwheat wrote:
We just spent about $5000 with Camping World upgrading the satellite dish and TV's in our motorhome to high definition. However, after we picked it up (and paid) we discovered that our new TV's were not broadcasting high definition. After lengthy discussion with DirecTV Tech Support, we found out that the existing coax cables wired throughout the motorhome's roof to the various TVs do not support high definition! In fact, no coax cable can carry high definition. Are there any other options, other than finding a way (and $)to rewire the entire motorhome with HDMI cabling? Plus, we have one receiver, with a separate OEM splitter, which supports 3 TV's.
The coax WILL carry the OTA HD signal to all of your TV's. It just can't send HD from satellite, DVD or similar sources. There are wireless HDMI transmitters available but the easiest (if you are trying to do satellite TV) may be to simply install a receiver at each TV. Hopper and Joey for Dish or Genie and clients for DirecTV. If it is satellite, the type of antenna and the satellite service you have still may or may not allow you to receive HD from your satellite provider.
If it's DVD then buy one for each TV!
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