[trainingwheels]

Hi, I heard you can get TV channels without the use of a Set Top Box.

My family has an STB for the family room TV on the main floor.

I have a TV in the basement with no coax wall jack in sight. But there is the Verizon FiOS ONT in the same room.
Could I split the "Cable Out" connection in two, plugging the one end into the usual place; the STB upstairs, and the other end into the TV in the basement?

I know I won't get every channel but my question is, would there be any degradation of signal by using the splitter?

 

[JHBrandt]

My understanding is that some FiOS channels are unencrypted and can be received with any QAM tuner.

I don't know if the splitter will work, but I don't see any harm in trying.

As far as signal degradation goes, it's a digital signal. It'll either work or it won't. If it doesn't work, take the splitter back out.