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ReMan - 13/3/11 at 10:22 PM

Want a TV for the bedroom, but we have no aerial feed.

Does the portable TV still exist?
I recall when all such tv's had a loop style aerail built in
What happens now?
Eddited to add I have not had much sucess with indoor aerials in our conservatory!

[Edited on 13/3/11 by ReMan]

deltron63 - 13/3/11 at 10:33 PM

analogue signal goes off soon, so i would say no. ( in our area any how )

rayward - 13/3/11 at 10:34 PM

what about a video sender ?

could send the signal from your sky box//digital tv receiver

hth

Ray

ReMan - 13/3/11 at 10:47 PM

We have a HD-Freeview box on the maing l0unge TV
Would they transmit permanantly?

morcus - 14/3/11 at 02:15 AM

Indoor Ariels do still work, in theory. That is to say they work if you live somewhere with brilliant signal so they probably won't work for digital if they currently don't for you with analogue.

When I lived in Garnethill I got brilliant reception from a coil of ariel cable wrapped around a chair, I bought a really long lead to read the wall socket but it wasn't attached to anything so the wire worked better in a coil. for a while I ran a digibox through a VCR and it worked with the wire around a chair ariel.

rusty nuts - 14/3/11 at 08:22 PM

We get a less picture break up on the kitchen tv using an indoor ariel and digibox than we do on main tv on a proper digital ariel

Peteff - 14/3/11 at 08:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
We get a less picture break up on the kitchen tv using an indoor ariel and digibox than we do on main tv on a proper digital ariel


Anyone who sells you a "proper digital aerial" is conning you. Your old analogue aerial will receive the digital signal. The best way to receive without breaking up is to use shielded coaxial cable and don't put any unnecessary joints between the aerial connection and the plug into the box. You need a line of sight from the transmitter to the aerial with as little obstruction as possible. We live on a busy junction and the worst cause of break up is traffic, particularly two stroke mopeds.