TV ariel alternatives ?

robbie_998

ok folks.... so far i have my tv running of a coat hanger (metal hook but rest plastic... i dont have any full metal one's lying around)

what can i use as an alternative to a tv aerial that would be fairly decent ?

at the mo i have to put up with it being soo fuzzy i cant see but can hear perfectly ! !

ideas please peeps

MungBean

Cover the plastic hanger in tin foil maybe.

strobe

robbie_998 wrote: »

ok folks.... so far i have my tv running of a coat hanger (metal hook but rest plastic... i dont have any full metal one's lying around)

what can i use as an alternative to a tv aerial that would be fairly decent ?

at the mo i have to put up with it being soo fuzzy i cant see but can hear perfectly ! !

ideas please peeps

Use aluminium/tin foil.

Wait... do they have tin foil back there in 1982?

ejmaztec

This'll do the trick.

SEPT 23 1989

Your tongue

petes

A fork.

Chuck Stone

Man up brah and use a little cop on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxHXPltuZ74

Fromthetrees

you can get a decent small arial for 20 bucks

Where To

you could turn an umbrella into a satellite dish

Paddy Samurai

Make yourself a 2 meter high "tin foil" cone shaped hat.Put hat on head,and stick head out the window.At the same time stick your finger in the back of the telly.At will become clear.............

robbie_998

im going for tin foil around the hanger idea..... hope it works



tempted to make a tin foil hate while im here :pac:

FTGFOP

Daz.

Dotrel

FTGFOP wrote: »

Daz.

That's a Bold suggestion!

robbie_998

whopper.... tin foil improved quality quite a bit !

ejmaztec

robbie_998 wrote: »

whopper.... tin foil improved quality quite a bit !

The quality of the picture or the quality of the programmes?

robbie_998

ejmaztec wrote: »

The quality of the picture or the quality of the programmes?

picture only sadly

I had a metal hanger that I unwound into one long wire and stuck the end into an empty beercan. I believe the can was just for effect but it worked nicely. My brother swears by a beercan on the top of the TV for reception.

Glenster

robbie_998 wrote: »

ok folks.... so far i have my tv running of a coat hanger (metal hook but rest plastic... i dont have any full metal one's lying around)

what can i use as an alternative to a tv aerial that would be fairly decent ?

at the mo i have to put up with it being soo fuzzy i cant see but can hear perfectly ! !

ideas please peeps

Get a job.

robbie_998

Glenster wrote: »

Get a job.

i have one

ejmaztec

robbie_998 wrote: »

picture only sadly

Worth a try.:(

Sisko

A battery seems to work wonders - one of those big ones pushing right into the aerial socket.

robbie_998

Sisko wrote: »

A battery seems to work wonders - one of those big ones pushing right into the aerial socket.

i have an old one of them lying around beside me here...



if your not taking the piss which i think you are im willing to try it but dont wanna blow myself up !:pac:

Capt'n Midnight

FTGFOP wrote: »

Daz.

you're taking a gamble there

Dotrel wrote: »

That's a Bold suggestion!

Lever alone

Snakeblood

Why don't you switch off your tv set and go do something less boring instead?

LighterGuy

robbie_998 wrote: »

ok folks.... so far i have my tv running of a coat hanger (metal hook but rest plastic... i dont have any full metal one's lying around)

what can i use as an alternative to a tv aerial that would be fairly decent ?

at the mo i have to put up with it being soo fuzzy i cant see but can hear perfectly ! !

ideas please peeps

Op, dont use coat hangers or "bunny ears" thing of the past
Just buy a proper aerial. Sure you can buy one in powercity for 40 euro. Its an outdoor aerial but can actually be used in doors. You can pick up soarview with it too if you buy a soarview receiver. But as it stands you'll still receive analog signal until the end of 2012 with it.

Cantona's Collars

LighterGuy wrote: »

Op, dont use coat hangers or "bunny ears" thing of the past
Just buy a proper aerial. Sure you can buy one in powercity for 40 euro. Its an outdoor aerial but can actually be used in doors. You can pick up soarview with it too if you buy a soarview receiver. But as it stands you'll still receive analog signal until the end of 2012 with it.

Lidl have a Saorview box on sale this Thursday. http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/index_14607.htm

Get a cheap aerial and away you go,I've seen perfect reception with one from a €2 shop but depends on your location. http://www.saorview.ie/make-the-switch/coverage-checker/coverage-map/

Anyway what's on Irish tv that's really worth watching??

LighterGuy

zerks wrote: »

Lidl have a Saorview box on sale this Thursday. http://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_ri_ie/hs.xsl/index_14607.htm

Get a cheap aerial and away you go,I've seen perfect reception with one from a €2 shop but depends on your location. http://www.saorview.ie/make-the-switch/coverage-checker/coverage-map/

Anyway what's on Irish tv that's really worth watching??

Haha nothing really :pac:
Freesat is well better.

Ruu_Old

Give the telly a good belt, picture should improve.

Capt'n Midnight

Ruu wrote: »

Give the telly a good belt, picture should improve.

we used to have a wind up telly

but the wheel fell off

earpiece

I feel embarressed that I have read this thread thus far!

Mike 1972

earpiece wrote: »

I feel embarressed that I have read this thread thus far!

Could be worse











You could have been watching TV

Capt'n Midnight

earpiece wrote: »

I feel embarressed that I have read this thread thus far!

and you with a name that sounds like a cockney's venereal disease

Capt'n Midnight

Which image is most like your TV picture?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/analoguetv/picture.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/analoguetv/interference.shtml

Sisko

robbie_998 wrote: »

i have an old one of them lying around beside me here...



if your not taking the piss which i think you are im willing to try it but dont wanna blow myself up !:pac:

Just for the record I wasn't actually taking the piss with that. It works! It can be wasted even.