There are amplified spitters out there that would be able to
compensate for any loss in signal strength, these are usually called
CATV distribution amplifiers. That's an option but you may not even
need to split your cable signal. There's a better approach to this.

Take a look at the back of your new HDMI converter box which must
have analog audio-video outputs on its back panel, they'll be little
round jacks called RCA jacks, there are three of them. You can now
connect the audio left and right along with the video out from the
cable box and into the audio-video inputs, or 'jacks' your LG VCR-
DVD combo should have on its back panel.

You can grab a patchcord from Radio Shack that has the three
connectors built into one combo cable fairly inexpensively.

Connect your LG combo unit that way and then make a brief test
recording onto a VHS tape then play it back. That way you can
confirm that the audio and video is making it OK to the LG unit.

Also you can hook up a small TV to the output of the LG unit so you
can tell right away that your audio and video is properly patched in
and you're able to once again make a recording on either a tape or a
disc.

The best part is that you will be pleased at the improved quality
your recordings will have when using an audio-video cable in this
new setup.

Please keep us posted on your progresses and let us know how that
works for you.

semi_nativefl

--- In Video@yahoogroups.com, "J Sullivan" <wa1tej@...> wrote:
>
> As a Comcast cable customer in New Jersey I enjoyed the ability to
> burn discs of commercial-free movies that run on PBS on weekends.
The
> cable was connected to the input of my LG DVD-VCR box & its output
> connected to the Panasonic CRT color TV.
>
> I recently invested in a 46" Panavision plasma TV followed by
having
> Comcast install a 20-channel HD box. This I recently upgraded to a
20-
> channel HDMI box.
>
> While I can't complain about the quality of the video, I had
assumed
> that the LG box would still function in the new setup. Wrong!
After
> burning a disc of snow, I took the system apart & found that now
the
> cable goes into the HDMI box input & not into that of the LG box,
> which only has its output connected to the TV. I switched the
> connections around & found that running the cable through the LG
box &
> then into the HDMI box didn't work. I had to switch back to the
> Comcast configuration.
>
> My question about this to the installer got the reply that I had
to
> use a splitter on the cable line in order to burn movies. I am
> reluctant to do that as I'm afraid that the splitter would only
> degrade the great quality TV signal. If I have to use a splitter,
I
> would appreciate a recommendation on makes that would present the
> least loss. (My ISP has a splitter made by Extreme at the house
entry
> point to split the TV & broadband cable modem signals).
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Jack
>