I'm sorry if this is a silly question, but I'm hoping for some advice. Can I start by saying that I very rarely watch tv and have very little technical ability, hubby enjoys watching TV a lot and is very technically minded (he works in IT!)and neither of us has much in the way of DIY skills! We have a tv in the sitting room, which gives us freeview.I think it uses the outside aerial to get the picture, and I'm assuming the signal strength is ok, as hubby doesn't complain! We were given a new tv for the bedroom for Christmas, but can't get a picture on it as there isn't an aerial socket (if that is the right word?) up there. Hubby bought an rabbits ears antenna, which worked well and we got a good picture, but it looked hideous, took up too much space and kept falling off the chest of drawers, so had to go back. As most of my friends have several (working!) tvs in their homes and none with obvious aerials cluttering up the place, I naively assumed that tvs nowadays had their own internal aerial, but this obviously isnt the case. Can anyone recommend a solution please? Drilling holes in walls or ceilings isnt an option as we rent, and I dont want to run cables up walls or the stairs as that also looks hideous!
Monday 2 January 2012 12:56PM
I'm sorry if this is a silly question, but I'm hoping for some advice. Can I start by saying that I very rarely watch tv and have very little technical ability, hubby enjoys watching TV a lot and is very technically minded (he works in IT!)and neither of us has much in the way of DIY skills! We have a tv in the sitting room, which gives us freeview.I think it uses the outside aerial to get the picture, and I'm assuming the signal strength is ok, as hubby doesn't complain! We were given a new tv for the bedroom for Christmas, but can't get a picture on it as there isn't an aerial socket (if that is the right word?) up there. Hubby bought an rabbits ears antenna, which worked well and we got a good picture, but it looked hideous, took up too much space and kept falling off the chest of drawers, so had to go back. As most of my friends have several (working!) tvs in their homes and none with obvious aerials cluttering up the place, I naively assumed that tvs nowadays had their own internal aerial, but this obviously isnt the case. Can anyone recommend a solution please? Drilling holes in walls or ceilings isnt an option as we rent, and I dont want to run cables up walls or the stairs as that also looks hideous!