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Good in-car Digital TV antenna?

  • 06-08-2010 10:11pm
    #1
    bmstuff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭


    I am looking for a good one if anyone has experience with this.

    There is plenty of them on eBay, so much, that I have no idea what to pick up...

    Any help on a particular model or vendor much appreciated.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    zoiborg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭zoiborg


    bmstuff wrote: »
    I am looking for a good one if anyone has experience with this.

    There is plenty of them on eBay, so much, that I have no idea what to pick up...

    Any help on a particular model or vendor much appreciated.

    Thanks

    Hi bmstuff,
    Did you ever find one? I want to buy one myself and have been looking at them on ebay, any suggestions? i have a tv stereo which i bought on ebay from hong kong 3 years ago the analog tv antenna connects to back of stereo with a jack plug most ive seen are sma connection, also will digital antenna even work on my tv or will i need a digital tuner aswell (how can i tell if it has a digital tuner?). sorry for all the questions have read some of your posts and you have good knoweldge of this stuff, would really appreciate yor help on this one.


  • #3
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    I assume you want to pick up the Irish terrestrial digital broadcast?
    If so, your TV needs to have a digital tuner and the TV needs to be MPEG4 capable. If that's the case, then if you're in a very good signal area your aerial that you have will probably do.


  • #4
    zoiborg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭zoiborg


    Tea 1000 wrote: »
    I assume you want to pick up the Irish terrestrial digital broadcast?
    If so, your TV needs to have a digital tuner and the TV needs to be MPEG4 capable. If that's the case, then if you're in a very good signal area your aerial that you have will probably do.

    Yes thats what i want to pick up, im not sure if it has digital tuner the stereo doesnt have a make or model on it to check, it does say mpeg4 on the monitor, i was parked in the rte carpark one time and even the signal wasnt very clear there. My main reason for wanting to change antenna, come october 2012 im guessing the antenna i have will become obsolete.


  • #5
    mullingar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,340 ✭✭✭mullingar


    zoiborg wrote: »
    Yes thats what i want to pick up, im not sure if it has digital tuner the stereo doesnt have a make or model on it to check, it does say mpeg4 on the monitor, i was parked in the rte carpark one time and even the signal wasnt very clear there. My main reason for wanting to change antenna, come october 2012 im guessing the antenna i have will become obsolete.


    Be carful, MPEG4 could just be for a compressed video file via SD/USB and its DVB-T circuitry might only be MPEG2.

    Make 100% sure you are picking RTE via the DVB-T and not the analogue. If its analogue the image will go fuzzy/snowy when you drive. DVB-T will simply freeze or go completely blank.


  • #6
    zoiborg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭zoiborg


    mullingar wrote: »
    Be carful, MPEG4 could just be for a compressed video file via SD/USB and its DVB-T circuitry might only be MPEG2.

    Make 100% sure you are picking RTE via the DVB-T and not the analogue. If its analogue the image will go fuzzy/snowy when you drive. DVB-T will simply freeze or go completely blank.

    Yes the image is fuzzy/snowy


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  • #7
    zoiborg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭zoiborg


    Might i possibly need this

    http://www.erisin.com/es499d-dvbt-hdtv-receiver-box-mpeg4-mpeg2-two-amplified-tv-antenna_p186.html


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