Analogue Cable: Crap Signal

babiesfalling

Hey, I have analogue cable in my flat; I have tuned in as many channels as I can. I can't get Channel 4 at all, the reception is so bad. TV3 and TG4 and BBC 1 and 2 are unwatchable. Is there anything I can do? Can I call someone to come fix it or what would it require? Thanks.

scotsmarc

Call the cable company NTL or corus or UPC whatever they are calling themselves this week. But if you call them they will charge you ! Think you are getting it for free right now !

babiesfalling

It's illegal right? How is it there in the flat if nobody was paying for it

watty

Because they leave it to charge the next resident. Called "puppy dog".

Analogue cable has always and always will be rubbish. When they get fully upgraded to BB & Digital, they will turn off analogue because it gives one poor channel in the space of 2 to 20 BB users or 6 to 10 Digital TV channels.

Freddie59

watty wrote:

Analogue cable has always and always will be rubbish.

Can't agree there Watty. My analogue NTL is on a par with the Digital signal (Waterford). Here's a couple of screenshots (please remember that these are captured from a PC TV Card so quality will be degraded - but even at that..........):

SKY NEWS analogue



City TV analogue



Ch4 analogue



BBC2 analogue

Snake Plisken

I think UPC are degrading the signal on a number of the main channels to force people to switch to Digital, up until last year all of my Analog channels were perfect, now RTE 1 & 2, BBC 1,ITV and TV3 are just snowy pictures, I had the engineer around before you ask and he checked the signal strength coming in from the feed and it was fine, so he said they would get another engineer to check the main point out at the manhole cover with a mini tv that was 3 months ago and no improvement, I'm in the Lucan area btw.

Snake

conax

nice photography, I see you caught the frame line twitter on the ticker bar. what settings did you use on the camera?

Freddie59

conax wrote:

nice photography, I see you caught the frame line twitter on the ticker bar. what settings did you use on the camera?

It's a Hauupage PC TV Card Conax.:)

Freddie59

Snake Plisken wrote:

I think UPC are degrading the signal on a number of the main channels to force people to switch to Digital, up until last year all of my Analog channels were perfect, now RTE 1 & 2, BBC 1,ITV and TV3 are just snowy pictures, I had the engineer around before you ask and he checked the signal strength coming in from the feed and it was fine, so he said they would get another engineer to check the main point out at the manhole cover with a mini tv that was 3 months ago and no improvement, I'm in the Lucan area btw.

Snake

Snake I have a niece living in an estate near the Liffey Valey in Lucan. Was up with her two weeks ago. She has only analogue and it was very clear.

conax

Freddie59 wrote:

It's a Hauupage PC TV Card Conax.:)

LOL never even crossed my mind!, feel stupid now

Antenna

babiesfalling wrote:

Hey, I have analogue cable in my flat; I have tuned in as many channels as I can. I can't get Channel 4 at all, the reception is so bad. TV3 and TG4 and BBC 1 and 2 are unwatchable. Is there anything I can do? Can I call someone to come fix it or what would it require? Thanks.

Are you sure its analogue cable?, do you have any satellite stations on the feed, if not it may terrestrial stations being received by a communal aerial , where in the country is this?

If it is analogue cable try another TV, just in case your own has a bad/faulty VHF tuner