Quick q (cable guy here!), do you need an aerial in 2021?

[Scam]

As above. I have a cable guy here replacing the BT box and removing all historical cabling. He's moved the BT socket and Sky cabling where I want into a neat faceplate/box but has elected to leave the aerial out.

Should I get him to drill another hole and bring the aerial in for backup? Sky customer here (staff account through work actually) so we'll have that as long as I'm in my current job at least. He says obviously we can get a Freesat box if we ever replace Sky.

Should I bother getting him to bring the aerial in through another hole? Likely the aerial can get pulled down when we do work on the roof/loft anyway

 

[lucid]

You're paying for a TV licence anyway. All TVs have to have a Freeview tuner. So, if there's a working aerial currently on the property then why not at least have the facility to use it if ever the need arises?

 

[Scam]

To be honest we don't know if the aerial does work and given the state of a lot of the things left here I'm thinking not! Ah we let it go without.. tbh you can watch most of the main channels live via streaming now anyway? iPlayer, All4.. ?

 

[lucid]

To be honest we don't know if the aerial does work and given the state of a lot of the things left here I'm thinking not! Ah we let it go without.. tbh you can watch most of the main channels live via streaming now anyway? iPlayer, All4.. ?

Streaming is there, but it's very much the condensed version; just the "highlight" programmes. Not the entire output.

 

[Donnie Fisher]

I would get it installed. You might not be with sky all the time in the future.

whilst you can watch via streaming, it’s just a whole better a lot of the time through the aerial if it’s live.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

 

[RobTi]

Always a back up if sky or internet goes down

 

[lltfdaniel]

This is a good indoor aerial > RGTech Monarch 50 Transparent Indoor Freeview HDTV Aerial costs about £25 and for me this is the best aerial i have had.

Just in case you wanted an indoor aerial.

 

[TALON1973]

Also , it’s a plus point if ever selling property. It might seem like an insignificant detail, but it is a factor.