Dundas,
Thanks for the recommendation and the excellent links!
The "signal booster" I ended up going with actually is a drop amp (aka RF amp). My ignorance of terms playing a part in the misnomer. After looking at the specs (if you can believe them), the CE Labs 6001 is slightly better due to a lower Noise Figure. A bonus is the slightly higher gain that is adjustable. The adjustability is important as it is possible to overload the front end of a tv tuner with too much signal
http://www.cable-electronics.com/Product4.aspx
As others have pointed out, a multi-port drop amp is preferred over multiple splitters due to the reduction of potential losses from each cable connector (extra connectors are ALWAYS bad!).
Unfortunately for me, I have to live with the existing cable/splitters unless I want to start ripping into walls. But now that I have the rf amp aka drop amp aka signal booster, it is not necessary
