Think Darren has a good technical interest in answering questions
about Freeview reception, but I think two things are worth a quick
mention.
1. As I understand it a so called 'digital TV arial' is no more than
a higher gain terestial arial with more elements, and as Darren says,
in a strong reception area you might not need one.
2. A very old coax downlead can be replaced to advantage if you're
looking to maximise signal strength coming of the arial.
Indoor areals are always going to be hit and miss.
Cheers,
From Ray
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-----Original Message-----
Darren Brewer
Well I have a terrestrial aerial on my roof and it works fine with
that. The
question I think you need to answer is. How strong is the freeview
signal
in my area? I think I'm right in saying that even when the analogue
signal
is switched off, the majority of people will still be able to receive
freeview with their current aerial.
I think watchdog did a report about a new scam where you get sales
people
knocking on your door trying to flog a digital aerial that you may
never
actually need. But obviously many people are worrying about not being
able
to receive TV anymore and will fall for this sort of thhing.
Darren.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 10:37 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: advice on reasonably priced accessible TVS
with
freeview required please.
Does this work with a terrestrial aerial or does it require a
digital
one? -
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darren Brewer" <darren.m.brewer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2007 2:37 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: advice on reasonably priced accessible TVS
with
freeview required please.
| Hi Matt
|
| Well I received the freeview box the other day and I must say I
was
| impressed with how easy it was to setup and use. The remote
control is
set
| out in a very easy to use manner and the buttons are not cluttered
in
silly
| places unlike a lot of other remote controls. . There are
separate
buttons
| to toggle audio description or subtitles which is a nice touch.
|
| When first connected all you need to press is the OK button on the
remote
| and it will auto tune. As I mentioned in my previous post I want
to use
the
| receiver in a bedroom which doesn't have access to the roof top
aerial.
I
| initially tried it downstairs and it found all the channels within
a
minute
| and the AD worked perfectly.
|
| Unfortunately upstairs I only have a loop antenna although I was
quite
| surprised that by carefully adjusting the aerial I was able to
tune in
quite
| a lot of the channels. It seems that the BBC stations are the
easiest to
| get. Again I was pleasantly surprised that even with the loop
antenna I
was
| able to receive the audio description. Even watched Jonny English
the
other
| night on ITV2 and had the AD. It did take quite a bit of tweaking
the
| aerial before I got the receiver to lock onto the signal, but I
found
that
| to be the case with all the non BBC channels.
|
| . I bought a mains powered aerial from Argos the other day to see
if
the
| reception could be improved a little, but unfortunately it didn't
really
do
| much better than the loop antenna. I'll be taking it back to argos
on
Monday
| for a refund. My only option now is to get someone to fit an
aerial
| extension in the bedroom so I can access the roof top antenna and
finally
| receive all the channels.
|
| For anyone thinking of purchasing a freeview box I would highly
recommend
| the Logik LDR V3 from Currys, but as I've just described for best
results
| you need to connect it to a roof top aerial.
|
| Darren.
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Matthew Allbones" <mallbones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:24 PM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: advice on reasonably priced accessible
TVS with
| freeview required please.
|
|
| Hi Darren
|
| Having done a little research on the Nebula tv card, and hav ing
previously
| tried to use a set top box with an internal ariel I am not sure
that any
| digital TV reciever wil work with an internal ariel.
|
| Has anyone had any previous experience of this?
|
| Matt
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of
| Darren Brewer
| Sent: 16 November 2007 13:23
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: advice on reasonably priced accessible
TVS with
| freeview required please.
|
| Hi
|
| The freeview box you mentioned is the Logik, thats Logik with a K.
LDR
V3
| and is available from the Curry's website www.currys.co.uk and
cost £66
| including delivery.
|
| I ordered one earlier this week and am awaiting its arrival.
Unfortunately
| I do not have access to the rooftop aerial in the room I want to
have
the
| box and will probably have to buy a decent indoor one to recieve
the
digital
| channels, but I won't know that until I try it out.
|
| Darren.
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Matthew Allbones" <mallbones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 9:51 AM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: advice on reasonably priced accessible
TVS with
| freeview required please.
|
|
| Hi
|
| I agree that the Virgin package is quite reasonably priced.
|
| The only other reasoable option is the new freeview box that has
AD
| facilities on it, I thinkg I saw it quoted at £59. It doesn't
have any
| other accessible features, but would work with your existing tv.
|
| The only tv sets I am aware of that have AD from Free view are
made by
| Panasonic and Sony.
|
| All of this information is avaialbe on www.tvhelp.org.uk and they
also
list
| the AD shows and DVDs.
|
| I would recommend the site.
|
| Matt
|
| -----Original Message-----
| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
Of
| Alexander Shannon
| Sent: 15 November 2007 15:29
| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Subject: [access-uk] advice on reasonably priced accessible TVS
with
| freeview required please.
|
| Hi all,
|
| Last Night I foolishly forgot that "The Bill" was on ITV1 at 8:00
PM, so
I
| missed an episode. when I wrote to a discussion list related to
the
| program, someone said that the program I had missed would be
repeated on
| ITV3 on tomorrow.
|
| I can not currently receive ITV3 as I have an analogue TV, and as
both
my
| self and my wife are fans of "The Bill, and my wife is totally
Blind, we
| were thinking about looking into replacing our current TV with a
model
that
| is accessible and can pick up freeview, (although we would not be
able
to
| have an external aerial fitted as we live in a shared ownership
property,
| partly owned by a Housing association), so I am wondering if
anyone can
| point me in the direction of any accessible models of TV that they
think
I
| should look at.
|
| Thank you in advance for any advice.
|
|
| Alexander Shannon
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