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Connecting TV for sat channels & terrestrial tv in old farmhouse.
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09-11-2010 4:49pm#1Hey folks,
Hoping to get some advice on what would be the best option for the following
My folks are in an old farmhouse, its being renovated bit by bit. The sitting room is now currently done. Prior to this the TV had your standard Irish channels but with an inside/"rabbits ears" aerial as there is no connnection on the walls for an outside aerial. As you can imagine with 1m thick walls the pic on TV3 and TG4 is brutal! So now that the sittingroom is complete my olds want to get the tv sorted out, they asked me as neither are very tech-savvy.
Priority for them is to have the Irish channels, adding in some of the standard UK ones is also nice.No need for Sky sports or movies etc.
From what I can gather, I have 3 options. (keeping in mind that there is currently no aerial connection of any type on the wall nor any outside aerial)
1.Freesat - terrestrial aerial for €179, not sure if this includes connection.
or if our area is covered .
Another is a combo of Irish aerial + Freesat basic for €350.
Anyone any experience of self-installing these things??
My dad is not tech savvy but he's a fantastic handyman,
could sort out anything in terms of mounting, connecting etc.
2. Sky - Some sort of Sky package. Seems there is one for €38 a
month? Seems expensive, but they will install it also. Would it
matter that there is no terrestrial aerial already there?
3. UPC - These guys seem to be the cheapest but from what I can
they do not install? Is that correct? It seems they send you
equipment. It seems to me that in this case, they would need
to have some sort of aerial connection already on the wall??
If anyone can offer any advice on what would be the best option or answer any of the above questions then that would be great!
Cheers0
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What your location? im sure a local installer would sort it out for you, since you dont want sky sub, the FTA combined with the DTT seems the best solution, im sure a local installer will be on to you soon,Hey folks,
Hoping to get some advice on what would be the best option for the following
My folks are in an old farmhouse, its being renovated bit by bit. The sitting room is now currently done. Prior to this the TV had your standard Irish channels but with an inside/"rabbits ears" aerial as there is no connnection on the walls for an outside aerial. As you can imagine with 1m thick walls the pic on TV3 and TG4 is brutal! So now that the sittingroom is complete my olds want to get the tv sorted out, they asked me as neither are very tech-savvy.
Priority for them is to have the Irish channels, adding in some of the standard UK ones is also nice.No need for Sky sports or movies etc.
From what I can gather, I have 3 options. (keeping in mind that there is currently no aerial connection of any type on the wall nor any outside aerial)
1.Freesat - terrestrial aerial for €179, not sure if this includes connection.
or if our area is covered .
Another is a combo of Irish aerial + Freesat basic for €350.
Anyone any experience of self-installing these things??
My dad is not tech savvy but he's a fantastic handyman,
could sort out anything in terms of mounting, connecting etc.
2. Sky - Some sort of Sky package. Seems there is one for €38 a
month? Seems expensive, but they will install it also. Would it
matter that there is no terrestrial aerial already there?
3. UPC - These guys seem to be the cheapest but from what I can
they do not install? Is that correct? It seems they send you
equipment. It seems to me that in this case, they would need
to have some sort of aerial connection already on the wall??
If anyone can offer any advice on what would be the best option or answer any of the above questions then that would be great!
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:)Cheers lads
The more ye write the more I realise how much I don't know!
So if I understand correctly, the rolling out of this DTT service means I should insure that anything I get will receieve this signal.
@zerks, this Saortv box you linked, Im guessing this is just something similar to the Freesat no? I guess once they'd connect a standard aerial up outside they can get this box and recieve rte on a dig signal.
At the moment actually the folks have an old rear projection widescreen, connected with scart at the back. Would this be able to accept a digital signal? I guess its about 7-8yrs old.
@satpaul - by installer, do you mean an independent installer who will put up a terrestrial aerial or a installer ie SKY or something.... whats going rate to install an outside aerial at the mo? anyone got a link for where to find someone.....or maybe golden pages is best bet??
The roof is probably best for cabling...was up there with the old man....jaysus, some of the beams were up there since Famine times! Come nuclear war we'll be safe! 0 -
:)Cheers lads
The more ye write the more I realise how much I don't know!
So if I understand correctly, the rolling out of this DTT service means I should insure that anything I get will receieve this signal.
@zerks, this Saortv box you linked, Im guessing this is just something similar to the Freesat no? I guess once they'd connect a standard aerial up outside they can get this box and recieve rte on a dig signal.
At the moment actually the folks have an old rear projection widescreen, connected with scart at the back. Would this be able to accept a digital signal? I guess its about 7-8yrs old.
@satpaul - by installer, do you mean an independent installer who will put up a terrestrial aerial or a installer ie SKY or something.... whats going rate to install an outside aerial at the mo? anyone got a link for where to find someone.....or maybe golden pages is best bet??
The roof is probably best for cabling...was up there with the old man....jaysus, some of the beams were up there since Famine times! Come nuclear war we'll be safe!
yes ring a local reputable !!! satellite tv installer , i dont know any in that area, ask watty or someone, they will probably know, 0 -
So if I understand correctly, the rolling out of this DTT service means I should insure that anything I get will receieve this signal.
At the moment actually the folks have an old rear projection widescreen, connected with scart at the back. Would this be able to accept a digital signal? I guess its about 7-8yrs old.
In two years time the analogue channels via an aerial will be history. So if you were upgrading this should be taken in consideration.
The current rear projection TV will work no problem with a set top box attached but I doubt it has an integrated digital MPEG-4 decoder. TVs of that age may have an MPEG-2 decoder, the UK standard not the Irish standard.0 -
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