All posts by MikeB
Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Dexter: I have no idea, since this thread is about a terrestial transmitter, and therefore I thought you were talking about the Freeview HD box....
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Ann: I'm not sure what you mean by a 'normal TV (make/model would help). If you've got a normal scart in the back of the TV, just use the normal lead, and thats fine. Unless its got a digital tuner, dont bother with connecting it to an aerial - your wasting your time, so its only if you want to watch stuff on tape. If you've got a TV with apparently no scart, its probably still there somewhere - look at the manual. There will often be an adapter, etc, or you can use the RCA's - the red/white connections you spoke about, plus a yellow one as well - a cheap RCA/scart adapter is no more than a couple of pounds.
However, if you want to record, and its not digital, dont bother.
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G.Mitchelmore: DigitalUK reckons you should have pretty decent reception (put your postcode into the site, and it will do that for you). However, if your correct, and when you have wet wether, your signal goes on the fritz, that sounds like there is a link....
Possibly a lose connection/joint letting in moisture and killing the signal. Probably best to get someone out and have a look.
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Alex: You've retuned - so check that your actually tuned into Sandy heath, not Waltham or somewhere else (Sony's can be a bit sensitive). Then check your aerial lead - is it loose? And then check your aerial system, because if your losing channels, thats probably where the problem lies.
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coach: Dont assume that that channels are all that weak for you - check actual signal strength. It might be too high, hence the problem.
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LM: Ok - you have a dish and an aerial. Dont bother with using the TV to record to - your right in that its not user friendly.
Freeview HD has more in the way of boxes, although I'd just recommend Humax or panasonic. The latest ones have Freeview Play (go back 7 days, etc) wifi built in, and more than two tuners. The Humax 1400 with a 500gb hard drive will be about 199, and the Panasonic version about 229. If your getting a good Freeview signal, off you go.
I'm assuming you've got at least a twin LNB for your dish, so you could go for the Freesat equivalent - which is a Humax with wifi and Freetime (go back 7 days...). Starts at 189, and is a straight swap for the Sky box.
Its up to you which one you go for, but if your canny, you can get the whole lot - ish.
If you've got an LG thats no more than 3 years old, check the back - it will probably have an 'F' fitting - for the generic sat. tuner. Thats perfectly fine with your existing dish. Its not freesat, but you can get BBC1, etc on it. next, you can carry on using your old Sky box, you just cant record, etc. So just use one imput and get 'Sky no card'.
Buy a Freeview Play PVR, and hook it up to your aerial and TV. That gives you all the Freeview channels as well, and of course you could record using the TV's sat. tuner as well.
If its an smart LG TV, it might have Now TV preloaded or available. If its doesn't, then get a Now TV box (OK, a proper Ruku stick is even better - Sainsburys had them a couple of weeks back for 35, which is an excellent price). Now TV boxes normally come with a pass, so you can use Sky movies/sports etc for a certain time. They are hoping you will sign up to more, or even get Sky, but a lot of customers are finding its cheaper to come off Sky, and use Now TV to 'top up' their viewing with something they miss from Sky, that programme thats only available from them, etc.
If you spend about 199 on a PVR, plus a Now TV pass/box, your be out a total of about 230. Thats probably less than you'll pay for Sky for a year. Its yours (and certain stores should offer a two year warrenty as standard), and you'll be able to record, pause, stream and get Netflix, Amazon, etc, plus pick and mix from Now TV. And you could you your old dish as well.
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MikeG: Its unlikely anyone is going to take away terrestial TV any time soon. Its certainly true that the amount of spectrum it takes up will be less, but thanks to DVB-T2, thats perfectly possible - we all get our cake and to eat it. And of course the greedy Telecoms companies supply us all with mobiles technology - if we didn't use mobiles, there wouldn't be a need for more spectrum.
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John H Williams: Thats not quite true. If you look around the internet, you'll see guidence on streaming 4K - and the figures range from roughly 15 to 25 mbps as a minimum. In other words, who knows. Give it a try - its not going to hurt. Infinity is a service, not a must have for 4K.
An article here reckons you might get away with 15mbps What is 4K TV and Ultra HD? Everything you need to know , although Netflix itself says 25. I can't find a number for Amazon.
And of course there is Sky Q....
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Saturday 30 January 2016 4:52PM
James Egan: Your 26km from the transmitter, so pretty close. HD tends to break up with too much signal.