We have had our digitalaerial (pointing to Oxford) for more than 12 years now. I had an early Sony TV and gradually the channels became more reliable as time went by. When the Oxford Xmitter was prepared for upgrade, we lost all but BBC, but had Pick and Film4. When the fire debacle was overcome, some channels returned, but not ITV/4/5 etc.
At switch over we got ITV1, C4 and 5 and some more channels than we had before. However, we lost Film 4 and Pick TV as well as some of the other channels that were there in the interim. Interestingly, we can get different channels on different tuners (i have about 10 different digital tuners) but assume that is better hardware.
All the tuners get South East and Midlands (Midlands is stronger) BBC/ITV regions with Midlands being the stronger.
Yes, I have tried all the checks and re-tuning as in the early days that was the norm! We are in the NN11 3DL area, so a long way from Oxford. I know there is nothing wrong internally (wiring and tuners) because we have had all channels over the years. Should the aerial be moved to point at Sutton Coldfield/local booster? I'd rather keep South East region, but at the cost of additional channels would accept Midlands.
Tuesday 3 January 2012 1:49PM
Daventry
Hi.
We have had our digital aerial (pointing to Oxford) for more than 12 years now. I had an early Sony TV and gradually the channels became more reliable as time went by. When the Oxford Xmitter was prepared for upgrade, we lost all but BBC, but had Pick and Film4. When the fire debacle was overcome, some channels returned, but not ITV/4/5 etc.
At switch over we got ITV1, C4 and 5 and some more channels than we had before. However, we lost Film 4 and Pick TV as well as some of the other channels that were there in the interim. Interestingly, we can get different channels on different tuners (i have about 10 different digital tuners) but assume that is better hardware.
All the tuners get South East and Midlands (Midlands is stronger) BBC/ITV regions with Midlands being the stronger.
Yes, I have tried all the checks and re-tuning as in the early days that was the norm! We are in the NN11 3DL area, so a long way from Oxford. I know there is nothing wrong internally (wiring and tuners) because we have had all channels over the years. Should the aerial be moved to point at Sutton Coldfield/local booster? I'd rather keep South East region, but at the cost of additional channels would accept Midlands.
Thoughts?