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| Thread ID: 109128 | 2010-04-25 09:04:00 | New Freeview TV... | --Wolf-- (128) | PC World Chat |
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| 879884 | 2010-04-25 10:02:00 | Just me or do the last 2 posts contradict each other? "Freeview TV's (I believe) are terrestrial only (DVB-T, through a UHF arial)" "You must have an old UHF aerial too" Is Sky UHF or is Freeview UHF? EDIT: Did you mean I must have an old UHF aerial to use it or are you saying that's what I do have? |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 879885 | 2010-04-25 10:06:00 | I'm finding it difficult with your posts Wolf. In one you say sky aerial and in another you say sky satellite which may imply a dish rather than an aerial. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 879886 | 2010-04-25 10:09:00 | Just me or do the last 2 posts contradict each other? "Freeview TV's (I believe) are terrestrial only (DVB-T, through a UHF arial)" "You must have an old UHF aerial too" Is Sky UHF or is Freeview UHF? Sky is no longer available through UHF - only satellite. Freeview HD is only available through UHF (and only where there are HD UHF transmitters). Normal freeview is though satellite. UHF is the wavelength used by the old analogue sky & now that that no longer exists, the wavelength can be reused by new Freeview HD transmitters for digital broadcasting. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 879887 | 2010-04-25 10:09:00 | Freeview is UHF. You have a coax cable running from your sky box, into the aerial input of your new tv which has been tuned in to channel 4 right? To get decent freeview reception, you will need a separate aerial (a UHF aerial), which would then connect to your new tv, via a mixer (to combine the signals from your sky box and the new aerial). Or, you could run the new UHF aerial cable to the sky box and plug it into the aerial input. The sky box would then pass on the signals via the cable that you already have. Make sense? |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 879888 | 2010-04-25 10:14:00 | Sorry I meant satellite, have a dish on the roof. I think it's starting to make sense...give it a couple of hours to settle in. Not really up with this stuff. |
--Wolf-- (128) | ||
| 879889 | 2010-04-25 10:17:00 | To get decent freeview reception, you will need a separate aerial (a UHF aerial), which would then connect to your new tv, via a mixer (to combine the signals from your sky box and the new aerial). Or, you could run the new UHF aerial cable to the sky box and plug it into the aerial input. The sky box would then pass on the signals via the cable that you already have. To get ANY freeview reception, you need a separate UHF aerial. Sounds like (as you suggested) the UHF aerial is plugged into the aerial input on the sky satellite box. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 879890 | 2010-04-25 10:40:00 | Freeview TV's (I believe) are terrestrial only (DVB-T, through a UHF arial). Therefore attempting to tune in through the Sky satellite (DVB-S) isn't going to get you very far... Yep you will need a UHF aerial to get freeview. I am almost 100% certain that the freeview decoders that come in TVs are HD. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 879891 | 2010-04-25 10:45:00 | Yep you will need a UHF aerial to get freeview. I am almost 100% certain that the freeview decoders that come in TVs are HD. :) You are 100% right there Trev! If you have a UHF aerial -wolf-, hook it up to your nice new TV. The picture totally blows Sky away on the HD channels, and the SD channels are so much better than any of the same Sky channels. That is assuming you can get UHF HD... depends where you live. Ken |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 879892 | 2010-04-25 13:39:00 | Just to confuse matters, you may not need an external/outside UHF aerial to receive FreeviewHD if you are reasonably close to the transmitter in Chch (www.lincrad.co.nz), try plugging an inside aerial/rabbits ears into the RF socket of your TV to see what happens, then you'll just need to figure some way of hooking up the Sky. Perhaps asking an aerial/tv installer person would be the way to get it set up to the new TV's best capabilities (seems silly not to, if you've spent a serious sum on it). www.tradefinder.co.nz |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 879893 | 2010-04-25 14:03:00 | Thats what i use here ( a mini aerial on this). It's WAY better than the crap TV aerial outside | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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