TV without an aerial

[ollya]

I'm "informed" that I must put a TV in the kitchen.
There's no aerial socket.
We've got SKY+ in the lounge and it looks like that can be controlled from a phone app over the home WiFi network (I assume that's what's happening anyway).

Soo....anyway to get the picture over to cheapo second hand TV in the kitchen that doesn't involve wires please?

[tomsugden]

You could upgrade to SkyQ, or...

http://uk.slingbox.com/go/slingbox

[J8 SVG]

If you get an amazon fire stick, there's an app called TV Player which works pretty well or you can watch live TV through iplayer or All4 apps

[gareth_r]

For Freeview, I'd suggest a VBox streamer/recorder (2 tuners) or a Humax Freeview Play recorder (3 tuners)+H3 box (no personal experience, just research on behalf of my sister), but if you have Sky, why not use SkyQ?


When I tried TVPlayer on a Roku, I found that not all Freeview channels were available, some programmes were not shown because of rights issues, and there was poor picture quality on some channels.

Edited by gareth_r on Friday 19th January 12:59

[ollya]

....ah apologies - didn't quite give the full story here did I.
There's no space for a big box of tricks.
A fire TV stick or something small that will hand on the wall is ok but nothing substantial.

[tomsugden]

The additional boxes for SkyQ are not very big. We have a TV on the wall in the kitchen, and the skyQ box is cable tied behind the TV.

[gareth_r]

Sky Q mini - 232mm x 155mm x 35mm

VBox - needs a device to run the app, Android, Andriod TV, Firestick, etc.

Humax H3 - 95 x 18 x 95 (needs a Humax Freeview Play recorder connected to the aerial)