How much should a decent TV aerial replacement cost?
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Another 'just moved in' question!
Previous owners had Sky (which I don't plan to get) and having tested the aerial input from the roof, the aerial appears to be an old analogue job - not good for my Pioneer!
So, more of the green stuff required - how much should a new digital aerial plus fitting by a professional (including running cables into lounge and bedroom for me) cost?
Holding my breath here....
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Previous owners had Sky (which I don't plan to get) and having tested the aerial input from the roof, the aerial appears to be an old analogue job - not good for my Pioneer!
So, more of the green stuff required - how much should a new digital aerial plus fitting by a professional (including running cables into lounge and bedroom for me) cost?
Holding my breath here....
All threads by me likely to be DIY/house related for the forseable future...
richyb said:
If there is a sky connection you can just get an old box and get normal TV through it, no need to actually subscribe. I had to do this when I lived in N.Ireland as I was in a valley and couldn't get a signal with a standard aerial.
Interesting. So if the cables running into the house from the sky dish are still live I can just plug these into an old Sky box (Sky+?), feed this into the TV via COAX and I am away?That still leaves me with the problem of no TV in the bedroom.
Super Slo Mo said:
Just as a matter of interest, who's told you it's an 'analogue' aerial?
An aerial is an aerial. Gain and tuning (frequencies they work best at) vary, but both will receive digital and analogue transmissions just fine.
If your signal strength is good and the aerial/cable is in good condition, then going to the expense and trouble of having another fitted probably isn't worth it.
Your antenna might be corroded/damaged, and your cable from it to your TV might not be up to scratch which, if it's old, might well be the case.
Good point, however when I plugged the Pioneer in all that I had on screen on DTV was 'no connection available'. I put the input to ATV and retuned and managed to get 3 channels of varying quality....An aerial is an aerial. Gain and tuning (frequencies they work best at) vary, but both will receive digital and analogue transmissions just fine.
If your signal strength is good and the aerial/cable is in good condition, then going to the expense and trouble of having another fitted probably isn't worth it.
Your antenna might be corroded/damaged, and your cable from it to your TV might not be up to scratch which, if it's old, might well be the case.
Sixpackpert said:
Legend83 said:
richyb said:
If there is a sky connection you can just get an old box and get normal TV through it, no need to actually subscribe. I had to do this when I lived in N.Ireland as I was in a valley and couldn't get a signal with a standard aerial.
Interesting. So if the cables running into the house from the sky dish are still live I can just plug these into an old Sky box (Sky+?), feed this into the TV via COAX and I am away?That still leaves me with the problem of no TV in the bedroom.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=22828...
How does this work?
Super Slo Mo said:
Just as a matter of interest, who's told you it's an 'analogue' aerial?
An aerial is an aerial. Gain and tuning (frequencies they work best at) vary, but both will receive digital and analogue transmissions just fine.
If your signal strength is good and the aerial/cable is in good condition, then going to the expense and trouble of having another fitted probably isn't worth it.
Your antenna might be corroded/damaged, and your cable from it to your TV might not be up to scratch which, if it's old, might well be the case.
Best way to test what is crap and what is not? Before I embark on expensive replacements?An aerial is an aerial. Gain and tuning (frequencies they work best at) vary, but both will receive digital and analogue transmissions just fine.
If your signal strength is good and the aerial/cable is in good condition, then going to the expense and trouble of having another fitted probably isn't worth it.
Your antenna might be corroded/damaged, and your cable from it to your TV might not be up to scratch which, if it's old, might well be the case.
Sixpackpert said:
If they had Sky then the dish and cable are still there??
Why don't you get Freesat?
http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=products.M...
Or I have a non-HD receiver going cheap as I've just bought the Humax HD recorder.
Just realised - is this a false economy given both my TVs have Freeview built-in?Why don't you get Freesat?
http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?page=products.M...
Or I have a non-HD receiver going cheap as I've just bought the Humax HD recorder.
Edited by Sixpackpert on Friday 13th March 09:25
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