I get "free" cable where I live--I pay a flat fee (listed in the lease) to the management for a hook up to the rooftop antenna. Unfortunately for them, they don't have a working connection to the antenna, so the cable company just provides basic cable through the line. They just changed cable companies, and put a new cable outlet in the wall about 15 feet (along the wall, rather than a direct line). I have a long enough Co-ax cable, but now I get very bad ghost images on the local stations--I am assuming the cable is acting as an antenna to pick up extra signals.
Is there a reasonably priced, well shielded cable that I can pick up that might help? Ideally, I need 20 ft. with the connections on the ends already (wall to VCR), and another 4 feet to do the VCR to TV thing.
If the Co-ax cable is not the culprit--maybe reflections off the big buildings in the area are? Is there some kind of a reasonable filter system that I can get to help? I rarely watch TV, but the wife does watch the networks.
PS--no pay channels are included with the service. If I want pay channels, I need to pay for the basic cable first, then the premium channels--kind of a rip off when everyone else is getting "free" basic cable.