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So I am toying with getting a TV this winter. But I don't have an aerial on the roof.
I see there are indoor one's, plus I had one in a holiday let that kind of worked although it was super remote.
Are they worth the outlay?
We've had mixed success. Think it depends on the strength of the local signal and you've got more chance upstairs. You can get ones with a built in booster which may also help.
Maybe get one from Argos so you can easily return it if it doesn't work.
As above. With a good signal. We get good freeview reception from a loft aerial. A decent sized one. Lik this.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3035986?clickPR=plp:4:6
This is for a second TV. Our main set has a roof aerial. Fitted by a company for a very reasonable £100-£120 supply and fit.
internet telly not an option?
nternet telly not an option?
It is but speeds aren't brilliant for streaming. But it is an option, fire stick type thing?
Is "have an aerial installed, then" not an option?
You can get ones with a built in booster which may also help.
I'm not sure about DVB (digital), but in the old analogue days "boosters" were fairly useless because it boosted signal and noise in equal quantities. I would guess that with DVB a booster would be useful once you already had a signal, if you wanted to send it a long distance or to multiple devices, but I'm not immediately seeing how you can boost something that isn't there to start with.
But it is an option, fire stick type thing?
If you're buying a TV it'll likely have most streaming services built in unless you're going bargain basement. But, yes.
Have you got access to a loft/roof space?
I stuck a TV in our kitchen for the world cup a few years ago. No aerial at the time but I just crawled about in the loft and hung one from the roof beams and poked the cable down the back of the wall where the telly is. There are various phone apps that tells you which way to point it for the best signal too.
In the old analogue days you could sometimes get lucky and at least get a grainy picture if nothing else but on digital it'll tend to work fine or not at all.
If you are getting a TV it'll be a smart TV so will have streaming services built in. You could just see how you get on with that option first?
Depending upon service/ TV/ or going the fire stick route, you should have some control of bandwidth/compression to allow for slow BB. As long as the TV isn't huge it should still look pretty good.
We've two in the loft (house builder covenant against external arial) and two of those small flat stick up ones that work quite well. We do have a good signal though.
ok cheers, this is all useful stuff. I do have a loft (bungalow) and I think signal will be ok. I looked up freeview signal strength and it said 'good' locally, although there could be very good and excellent categories too no doubt!
not all boosters are equal, amplifiers don't have the same response to all frequencies and filters exist. there's not much substitute for a good aerial in very poor conditions, and a simple loop or dipole is very different in performance to a proper yagi (a 'tv' aerial as most would recognise it) well aligned and orientated but boosters can (or could) be effective.
these days, as stated above, it'll work or it won't for the most part.