Watching live TV over internet on my TV?

Pocket10s

Pocket10s

Pocket10s

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Hi all,

I have a Hisense 43A7100FTUK TV and unfortunately, there is no Ariel port nearby.

I've tried a portable Ariel, but due to the placement, I can't get any signal.

I do however have strong WiFi in that room - is there a way of streaming Live TV (I'm just talking freeview) on my TV?

Thanks :)
 
all i can get live is BBC 1 and 2 , weirdly i can get them all on my laptop , so you might want to try to plug your laptop into the TV ( my Tv is a Panasonic 902b)
 
pretty sure you wont do it legaly, you would have to use things like iplayer and other tvs stations sevices like that
 
Build a IPTV server with tuner adapters or buy one of those pre-configured boxes that does the same > attach to the aerial or satellite sources you have (will need a separate connection for each tuner) > broadcast channels over your network. Most half decent smart TVs should be able to play IPTV streams depending on what apps they have available.

You can also do this over the Internet without the hassle of setting it up yourself but obviously this comes with the legal implications.
 
Pocket10s said:
Hi all,

I have a Hisense 43A7100FTUK TV and unfortunately, there is no Ariel port nearby.

I've tried a portable Ariel, but due to the placement, I can't get any signal.

I do however have strong WiFi in that room - is there a way of streaming Live TV (I'm just talking freeview) on my TV?

Thanks :)
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TL; DR version- just get an aerial put up. That, or put up a satellite dish and use the TV's satellite tuner instead.


A bit more detail: Indoor aerials are largely a pile of crap. They're a combination of too little real metal to suck a decent signal from the airwaves combined with a massive overdose of amplification which just adds noise (not good). Combine that with the handicap of being used indoors where signal levels are much lower and the possibility that it's not oriented correctly for the local transmitter and it's really a wonder anyone gets them to work at all. If they do work, it's often because the local signal level is strong anyway and so it's pure luck rather than any magic from the indoor aerial.

A small Log Periodic aerial without amplification will usually pull in better signal quality than the typical indoor amplified aerial. The one in the link is 18" in length. I have seen these used indoors. I supply them to the canal boat crowd as they're easy to stow away when shutting up shop for any length of time.

It's not really the right way to do it, but a small loft bracket will do for outdoor mounting of a little Log aerial so long as the mounting position is fairly sheltered.
 
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There are devices like the HDHomerun which you can connect to an aerial elsewhere in the house and then access live TV over WiFi using its app or another supported dvr app (you have to pay to use their dvr service).

It doesn't work all that well though and I'm probably just going to put a new aerial connection in at some point. It's OK for recording but just found watching live TV a bit clunky and buggy.
 
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