Mid Size TV's and instalation advice?
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Current redecorating the bedroom, and the only bit I've been tasked with is 'sort the TV out'
Currently there is an old skool small crt portable on a bracket in the corner at height, behind which is a plug socket and an arial socket which connects to an arial in the roof that can get a crappy picture of 4 channels and not a hope of showing 5.
The new telly is going in a completely different location, mounted to a different wall, plan is to get a 'freeview' TV but what do I need to do regarding the wiring to make this happen?
Current main set up is Sky+ with a magic eye in bedroom 2, this set up is Bedroom 1 and I don't want it mirroring the main tv signal, it has to be independant and I can't justify 'Multi-room' so what arial do I need to get 'freeview'?
Then part 2 of the question is what TV......
It's only watched for a very short time each day, no more than an hour so I'm not going to spend the earth but want something watchable.
Built in DVD would be a consideration but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
Looking at 22"-26" in size and a budget of £2-300 seems sensible so whats the pick of the crop?
Currently there is an old skool small crt portable on a bracket in the corner at height, behind which is a plug socket and an arial socket which connects to an arial in the roof that can get a crappy picture of 4 channels and not a hope of showing 5.
The new telly is going in a completely different location, mounted to a different wall, plan is to get a 'freeview' TV but what do I need to do regarding the wiring to make this happen?
Current main set up is Sky+ with a magic eye in bedroom 2, this set up is Bedroom 1 and I don't want it mirroring the main tv signal, it has to be independant and I can't justify 'Multi-room' so what arial do I need to get 'freeview'?
Then part 2 of the question is what TV......
It's only watched for a very short time each day, no more than an hour so I'm not going to spend the earth but want something watchable.
Built in DVD would be a consideration but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
Looking at 22"-26" in size and a budget of £2-300 seems sensible so whats the pick of the crop?
TV purchase and instalation is now imminent decided the TV is going to be no bigger than a 26” and will probably be the best deal I can find out on the highstreet at the weekend, it's only for occasional use, probably no more than 1/2 an hour a day so I don't see the point spending a fortune on the best quality screen when most of the time it'll be playing to someone that is asleep.
The tricky bit is the installation side of things..........
It's going on the wall, thats the easy bit, called in a favour to put a power socket behind the screen but the current ariel socket is miles away and connects to an ariel in the loft that is pretty useless.
Do I need to get a 'digital ariel' fitted on the roof, terminating in a socket behind the TV, or I've read somewhere that a cable can be run from the sky dish (current set up is Sky+ running one TV downstairs and a magic eye set up to the other bedroom) would this then just plug into the back of the freeview TV?
Then how much is this going to cost me? I don't do ladders. going to pop into a few places on the highstreet soon and would like a rough idea so I know if anyone is taking the mick......the house is a standard Lego Land 2 floor new build type.....
I think I'm even more confused now.
The new TV in the bedroom is going to be a stand alone 'just freeview' TV, I don't want this TV to be able to control the sky+ box, get the sky channels....or see what the 'main tv' is showing.
So can I run a cable from the back of the sky box, additional to the current cable that goes to another bedroom that runs a magic eye setup, to the new tv and just get freeview?
To be honest this would be a lot longer cable than from the dish and still be a job for a man with a ladder....
The new TV in the bedroom is going to be a stand alone 'just freeview' TV, I don't want this TV to be able to control the sky+ box, get the sky channels....or see what the 'main tv' is showing.
So can I run a cable from the back of the sky box, additional to the current cable that goes to another bedroom that runs a magic eye setup, to the new tv and just get freeview?
To be honest this would be a lot longer cable than from the dish and still be a job for a man with a ladder....
It appears I was getting freeview and freesat mixed up, and it looks like freesat (of some discription as there seems to be a few different types) is the way to go.
After looking on the freeview websites the channels seem a bit thin in my location so Sky's freesat might be the way forward, the sky dish should be a quad LNB and only 2 channels are currently being used for the sky+ so another cable can be run from the dish to the bedroom, I've got an old sky box and card and reading elsewhere this should work to get the 'free'sky channels.
My current 'aerial' is in the loft and only feeds the tv currently in the bedroom and the picture is unwatchable.
After looking on the freeview websites the channels seem a bit thin in my location so Sky's freesat might be the way forward, the sky dish should be a quad LNB and only 2 channels are currently being used for the sky+ so another cable can be run from the dish to the bedroom, I've got an old sky box and card and reading elsewhere this should work to get the 'free'sky channels.
My current 'aerial' is in the loft and only feeds the tv currently in the bedroom and the picture is unwatchable.
You are fine to get FREESAT as you have at least one spare output on your lnb on the dish. You can connect a cable to that and run that straight to your bedroom tv. You will need a Freesat enabled tv (F plug straight into the back of the tv) or connect it to a Freesat or Freesat+ decoder. Alternativley you can run a cable from the lnb and plug it into your spare Sky box and you will receive the unencripted channels broadcast by Sky. This is not the same as Freesat.
Finally, you could install a better aerial on the outside of your house and connect to a FREEVIEW enabled tv, Freeview box or Freeview+ box.
Once again, the content of Freesat is not exactly the same as Freeview, for example there is no HD on Freeview at present (although I believe this is coming this year).
I hope this helps you.
Finally, you could install a better aerial on the outside of your house and connect to a FREEVIEW enabled tv, Freeview box or Freeview+ box.
Once again, the content of Freesat is not exactly the same as Freeview, for example there is no HD on Freeview at present (although I believe this is coming this year).
I hope this helps you.
Yeap, helping a lot thanks.
I think it's just a case of looking into exactly what channels are offered by each option, but at the moment the sky box option is coming in favourite.
Freeview is currently looking like a £150 instalation option and the channel choice according to the website isn't great.
A freesat TV is looking an expensive option and I'm actually yet to find one small enough (26" ish)
The FreeSkySat or whatever it's called is about a £50 installation charge, no extra kit is needed, channel choice no worse than freeview, only downside is the Skybox sitting under the TV......
Off on a slight tangent........can you hide the sky box and use a magic eye unit to change channels?
I think it's just a case of looking into exactly what channels are offered by each option, but at the moment the sky box option is coming in favourite.
Freeview is currently looking like a £150 instalation option and the channel choice according to the website isn't great.
A freesat TV is looking an expensive option and I'm actually yet to find one small enough (26" ish)
The FreeSkySat or whatever it's called is about a £50 installation charge, no extra kit is needed, channel choice no worse than freeview, only downside is the Skybox sitting under the TV......
Off on a slight tangent........can you hide the sky box and use a magic eye unit to change channels?
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