Freeview...

Azagoth · 17 Aug 2008 at 21:16

dmpoole said:
Seeing you are 1.5 miles from the main transmitter you should have

Yeah, that does help slightly.

jcb33 · 17 Aug 2008 at 21:27

Berserker said:
Depends where you're going to fit it. In the loft is quite easy. On the roof needs care, for obvious reasons. Of course you have to run cables too.

In your case, however, it's up to the landlord, not you (unless of course the landlord says it's OK for you to do it).

It would be in the loft I imagine, can you not use the existing wire?

peetee · 17 Aug 2008 at 21:49

what internet do you use? Had same problem as you at uni (newcastle is crap for analogue too tbh!) just got virgin media internet installed and ran tv through one of their set top boxes, problem solved!

Housey · 17 Aug 2008 at 21:55

What I have found is that with Freeview where we are there are in fact 2 sets of channels and if I get break up on one I simpy swap it for the other version and all is fine. So there are 2 BBC1's' BBC2's etc on my Sony set top boxes. I have a BBC1 on channel 001 and channel 800 and they are at different strengths!

Scam · 17 Aug 2008 at 22:10

Is it worth spending £30+ on an indoor aerial? My girlfriend gets bad reception at her new flat. That's with a £13 Argos aerial. Would she actually see better reception with a more expensive aerial? :confused:

peetee · 17 Aug 2008 at 22:14

Scam said:
Is it worth spending £30+ on an indoor aerial? My girlfriend gets bad reception at her new flat. That's with a £13 Argos aerial. Would she actually see better reception with a more expensive aerial?

cant imagine a £13 argos aerial is worth anywhere near £13..

Slam62 · 17 Aug 2008 at 22:19

new aerial and mast head amp is what's really needed

Scam · 17 Aug 2008 at 22:45

peetee said:
cant imagine a £13 argos aerial is worth anywhere near £13..

So you're saying it is worth spending more then?

peetee · 17 Aug 2008 at 22:48

im saying that I cant imagine an argos aerial is worth £13, so a £30 aerial from somewhere decent should infact be somewhat massively better in terms of quality etc.

Im not sure though, ask someone whos maybe tried one.
Sometimes you're fighting a losing battle with TV signals tho.

Scam · 17 Aug 2008 at 23:32

peetee said:
Im not sure though, ask someone whos maybe tried one.
Sometimes you're fighting a losing battle with TV signals tho.

Well that was my point really. I'm not sure how much an aerial can make if the reception is crappy. I thought anywhere in London would be decent!