Not wanting to waste money, [Peter] used coax splitters can take care ... any room in the house and send that back to a cable box, giving every TV in the house digital cable while still only ...

A strong, flexible, high-capacity cable widely used in audio, video and data applications. Commonly called "coax" (pronounced "co-axe"), the cable comprises a solid or stranded wire in the center ...

An input socket on a device that connects to a coaxial cable. It often refers to early TV sets that accepted signals from an antenna or VCR only via a coaxial cable. Modern TVs have coax inputs ...

In this era, though, many coaxial outlets are going unused. Sometimes, it’s because the transition to digital cable meant that a separate set-top box was needed per TV, adding expense.