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Got a new TV, need channels!!

  • 05-06-2010 10:09am
    #1
    niamh4626
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I got a new tv for my bedroom and currently am only watching dvd's on it as I cannot locate any of the 'free' channels, rte 1, network 2, tv 3 etc. Do I need an aereal/cable to get them?

    Can anyone advise how I get these channels without having to get another NTL box thus increasing my already large premium.

    Thanking you in advance
    Niamh


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  • #2
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    Aerial on roof for Irish channels.
    Which particular aerial, how big it is and where it's pointed depends on your location.


    "freesat" logo set box and 60cm to 80cm dish for 200+ free UK inc all BBC TV & Radio, ITV, C4 and Five. This can easily be expanded to feed all the TVs


  • #3
    niamh4626
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭niamh4626


    An aeriel on a roof, serious?! That seems like a lot of effort..... I live in an apartment and would have no access to the roof.

    If I got one of those cable things that plug in to the wall and the tv would that not work....?? See image attached


  • #4
    ftakeith
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,251 ✭✭✭ftakeith


    niamh4626 wrote: »
    An aeriel on a roof, serious?! That seems like a lot of effort..... I live in an apartment and would have no access to the roof.

    If I got one of those cable things that plug in to the wall and the tv would that not work....?? See image attached

    or put the aerial beside a window in your apartment facing the dublin mountains to receive the tv channels


  • #5
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    niamh4626 wrote: »
    An aeriel on a roof, serious?! That seems like a lot of effort..... I live in an apartment and would have no access to the roof.

    If I got one of those cable things that plug in to the wall and the tv would that not work....?? See image attached


    Do you have rabbits ears (an indoor aeriel)? What type of TV did you get (Make/Model)? Where are you based?


  • #6
    falan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,574 ✭✭✭falan


    If you don't have any type of aerial then you will receive no signal. You need to get the rabbits ears...Will cost you about 20 euro...


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  • #7
    watty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    niamh4626 wrote: »
    An aeriel on a roof, serious?! That seems like a lot of effort..... I live in an apartment and would have no access to the roof.

    If I got one of those cable things that plug in to the wall and the tv would that not work....?? See image attached

    Talk to Apartment Management. usually you have to pay to have the wall socket activated.

    OR
    Any aerial similar to this on windowsill (Less than 10 Euro)
    l56af.jpg
    Available in Maplin Jervais St or Blanchardstown and many other Electrical shops

    See http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055605432
    and
    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=56


  • #8
    The Cush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,852 ✭✭✭✭The Cush


    niamh4626 wrote: »
    An aeriel on a roof, serious?! That seems like a lot of effort..... I live in an apartment and would have no access to the roof.

    If I got one of those cable things that plug in to the wall and the tv would that not work....?? See image attached
    Does your bedroom have a tv point socket? If so buy one of those cables (very cheap) and try it out.

    As you say you already have an ntl box in the living room, if there is a socket in the bedroom it may have the analogue channels.


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