signal strength on different receiver

[thor1]

I have bought xtrend et10000 to change for my lx3, was moving lx3 upstairs, so I disconnected everything on lx3 and replaced with my new et10000, using same cables I notice signal strength on cable tuner was only half what the lx3 pulls in, how true are these readings

[Sicilian]

how true are these readings

I'm still yet to see any true readings from any hybrid tuner. All are false imo. Only way to read correctly is an engineers meter.

[thor1]

thanks for your quick reply

[Rob van der Does]

Signal strength isn't interesting at all; you should look at signal quality (SNR) as that's the deciding factor. And a good SNR can be reached at a very low signal level....
But even then Silician's answers applies.
The value can only be used for comparing different services (transponders) on the same box.