UK Freeview in Dublin?

G-Money

Basically I'm wondering can I get UK Freeview in Dublin? I'm based in the Dublin 18 area. The problem is that I live in an apartment complex with no external aerial.

I want to get Freeview so I can use the BBC Red Button but I'm guessing I would need an internal aerial seeing I don't have an external one.

I can't get Sky or use a satellite dish as my apartment is facing the wrong direction and a communal one isn't an option.

Just wondering if there's any way for me to get Freeview or the BBC Red Button. Magnet (my TV provider) do not supply the Red Button stuff.

ardmacha

You cannot pick up any UK signal with an internal aerial in Dublin 18, so it is a satellite dish or nothing.

LordSutch

ardmacha wrote: »

You cannot pick up any UK signal with an internal aerial in Dublin 18, so it is a satellite dish or nothing.

I tend to agree with you, although I have heard of people dotted along the east coast in pockets who claim to pick-up Freeview from Wales with an external roof top aerial. A rough guide says that if you were able to pick-up the old VHF signal from Wales then you 'might' be able to get UK Freeview (with an external roof top aerial).

Ronnie Raygun

LordSutch wrote: »

I have heard of people dotted along the east coast in pockets who claim to pick-up Freeview from Wales with an external roof top aerial.

Claim? It's quite true & there are plenty such 'people' in this forum.

A rough guide says that if you were able to pick-up the old VHF signal from Wales then you 'might' be able to get UK Freeview (with an external roof top aerial).

Best ask an oldie about that one . . .

Gerry Wicklow

Depending on location, many people in D18 could get BBC from Wales or NI but they need a decent external aerial.
The OP says he cannot install an outdoor aerial or dish because he is in an apartment. The only other suggestion I can think of if he wants specific red button shows would be BBC iPlayer. However he would need to use an ISP mask thingy to disguise his Irish location. Either that or become very friendly with someone who has access to the red button stuff

www.watch-bbc-iplayer.com/

LordSutch

Ronnie Raygun wrote: »

Claim? It's quite true & there are plenty such 'people' in this forum.

Best ask an oldie about that one . . .

Glad you agree with me, I think :cool:

Re Freeview on the east coast, about six months ago I saw signs on Tesco Freeview TVs saying that "Freeview is not available in the Republic of Ireland" so I mentioned to the assistant manager that maybe the signs should say "Freeview may not be available in your area", and that I was under the impression that Freeview was available to some on the East coast & along the border, he replied by saying that this was not the case & that Freeview could not be received in the Republic, preiod!

Personally I'm FTA.

Goodby & Goodnight.

It's safer for them to say that it's not available in Ireland as officially it isn't. If you can it's by chance, you just happen to be in an area which can pick up overspill from a UK transmitter.

championc

I'm in Ballinteer and for a long time used my Triax 100 to get UK Analog reception from Divis in Belfast. However, I really have no intention of ever using it again since I have all the channels now on a dish and with Freesat, I have the HD channels too.

So the answer is that yes, technically, it's possible, but forget it and get yourself a dish.


C

Mr. Rabbit

Yep, better off with a dish G-Money although some channels that are on Freeview are missing on Freesat and Vice Versa. Dave, Sky News, Pick TV, Yesterday, and the Channel 5 varients for example. I've heard rumours the Channel 5 stations are coming onto Freeesat soon. Sky news is free to air and can therefore be viewed in non Freesat mode. Then of course, there are loads of Channels on Freesat that you can't get on Freeview, either on the EPG or non Freesat mode so it's a no brainer.

Don't forget that if you enter a Norn Iron postcode ITV 1 HD will be absent from the EPG (only available in non Freesat mode). Still no UTV HD after all this time GRRRRR :mad::mad::mad::mad:

ardmacha

So the answer is that yes, technically, it's possibly, but forget it and get yourself a dish..

Exactly. The basic point is that nowadays if you do not already have an enormous great aerial array it is not wise to now erect one, but rather to get a Satellite dish instead.