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| Thread ID: 107099 | 2010-02-04 02:26:00 | Freeview terrestrial or satellite | Morgenmuffel (187) | PC World Chat |
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| 855112 | 2010-02-04 02:26:00 | Okey doke we have just moved and the freeview terrestrial thingie says Likely with high aerial, how high do they mean, or should I just skip it and go with satellite which seems marginally cheaper |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 855113 | 2010-02-04 02:30:00 | Ours is on the roof, must be high enough I can still get it. But I'm using a mini aerial. And its sitting on this case Depends if you want HD. If you do, then dont get satellite |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 855114 | 2010-02-04 02:33:00 | I'd try terrestrial, it's so worth it if you can get it. Quality is excellent. :2cents: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 855115 | 2010-02-04 06:05:00 | Yup, as Wrat says, quality is superb; so much so that it's hard to watch SD telly afterwards, and even DVD's don't look as good as the 1080i movies they show. Height may help with signal quality, but almost certainly you'll need an amp to boost the signal (something like this (www.supremeantennas.co.nz)); the issue with a digital signal is that you either get a perfect picture, or and unwatchable bunch of blocks on the screen. |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 855116 | 2010-02-04 06:10:00 | If you get it from Dick smiths and the terr doesn't work, they will take it back, I think, ask first. Their seem to be pretty good like that | plod (107) | ||
| 855117 | 2010-02-04 06:13:00 | This is what this one looks like. Not bad for a DVB-T tuner, using the mini aerial it came with. Just took a snapshot off TV3 | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 855118 | 2010-02-04 07:07:00 | we have just moved and the freeview terrestrial thingie says Likely with high aerial, how high do they mean, Do you receive analogue terrestrial broadcasts where you are? If you can pick up the channels with good reception then you probably can pick up digital broadcasting as well too. Otherwise you could try a large "high" UHF aerial. Talk to your neighbours. or should I just skip it and go with satellite which seems marginally cheaper I don't know what you mean by cheaper. If your television has an integrated Freeview digital receiver then you can tune in to digital terrestrial broadcasts with it. If it doesn't you'll need to buy a digital set top box. The Freeview certified STBs only do high definition out over copy-protected HDMI so you'll need an uncertified STB that can do high definition over component video if you have an HD television that doesn't support HDCP HDMI. If you have a standard definition television you won't notice much if any advantage to terrestrial digital over satellite reception. High definition is only being broadcast over the terrestrial signal. There are some channels only available over terrestrial or only over satellite en.wikipedia.org |
GoodHour (12218) | ||
| 855119 | 2010-02-04 08:07:00 | Does this dish pick up the main Aussie networks? | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 855120 | 2010-02-04 09:01:00 | Going for "large and high" antennas can be an expensive exercise. Quality cable (low loss) is pricey stuff too. A rule of thumb for antenna sizing is that if it hasn't blown down in 6 months it is too low and/or too small. Add money. ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 855121 | 2010-02-04 09:07:00 | I am quite surprised I got terrestrial with an old Hills DSE VHF/UHF combo aerial NATO for West Auckland. TV man said it would be marginal because my house is in a depression (like me lol) Blardy crystal clear HD picture does not make any diff which ways its pointing I did replace the coax. |
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