I have 3 destinations for my cable: HD STB, cable modem, and cable input on television. I currently have two 5-1000mhz splitters providing the connections, set up like this:

wall -> splitter 1 -> STB
`-> splitter 2 -> cable modem
`-> television

The picture is good on my tv and speeds on my computer seem ok, but would I see any benefit/improvement from using one 3-way splitter? Or a 4-way splitter? If so, is 5-2400mhz ok? I can't seem to find 5-1000mhz in 3- or 4-way splitters.

Unlikely you would see any difference/improvement.

A 2400MHz splitter won't hurt anything, but it won't help either. The frequency range of all the stuff you have is within the capability of 5-1000MHz splitters.

Don't use a 4-way if you need only three splits.

Thanks!

You avoid dais chaining splitters. It sounds as if you have 3 home run drops in which case you should use a 3 way splittter. In your 2 and 2 setup you are losing some signal you don't need to. In english the loss of a 2 way is about 3.5-3.8db so thats 7-8-8.6 lost on the second split. A 3 way on the other hand is about 5-5.5db. Another benefit is less connections and potential for ingress.

Sorry for the technical jargon. I was a field tech for TWC Southwest Ohio for many years. Still with them but working in commercial internet support now.

Feel free to PM me if you have specific questions

Thanks Cincy. Makes sense, but as I mentioned above, I haven't been able to find a 3-way 5-1000mhz splitter. Any suggestions on where to look?

You avoid dais chaining splitters. It sounds as if you have 3 home run drops in which case you should use a 3 way splittter. In your 2 and 2 setup you are losing some signal you don't need to. In english the loss of a 2 way is about 3.5-3.8db so thats 7-8-8.6 lost on the second split. A 3 way on the other hand is about 5-5.5db. Another benefit is less connections and potential for ingress.

Sorry for the technical jargon. I was a field tech for TWC Southwest Ohio for many years. Still with them but working in commercial internet support now.

Feel free to PM me if you have specific questions

Yes and no.

It depends on whether or not the 3-way splitter is balanced or not. There are 3-way splitters that have 3.5dB-7dB-7dB ports, and there are 3-way splitters that have ~5.5dB-5.5dB-5.5dB ports.

Feeding one 2-way splitter from another 2-way splitter is like using an unbalanced 3-way splitter with 3.5dB-7dB-7dB ports.

Regardless of how the ports are configured, the cumulative loss of a balanced 3-way splitter vs an unbalanced 3-way splitter vs two 2-way splitters is basically the same for practical purposes.

The primary difference is that an unbalanced splitter is often used to send a stronger signal to a cable modem, more critical application (HDTV STB), or perhaps a cable branch run that is significantly longer than the other two.

Thanks Cincy. Makes sense, but as I mentioned above, I haven't been able to find a 3-way 5-1000mhz splitter. Any suggestions on where to look?

It's probably not going to make any difference unless you have something that is borderline/marginal right now. You have indicated you don't see any issues, essentially you're just trying to "tweak" things...

If you go to a balanced splitter, all you are doing is adding more loss to one port and reducing loss a bit on the other two ports.

The total loss for the splitters remains about the same....

If you really want a 3-way splitter just stop a cable guy next time you see one. I'd be almost certain he'll just give you one. Again, though, I really doubt it's going to change anything you see - except for maybe cleaning up the cable routings just a tad.

It's probably not going to make any difference unless you have something that is borderline/marginal right now. You have indicated you don't see any issues, essentially you're just trying to "tweak" things...

If you go to a balanced splitter, all you are doing is adding more loss to one port and reducing loss a bit on the other two ports.

The total loss for the splitters remains about the same....

If you really want a 3-way splitter just stop a cable guy next time you see one. I'd be almost certain he'll just give you one. Again, though, I really doubt it's going to change anything you see - except for maybe cleaning up the cable routings just a tad.

Right, it is a "tweak," as I see decent speeds on my computer and good signal on my cable box. Thanks for the input! :)