Wireless Transmitter for Irish TV?

ShaShaBear

Not sure if I have the right place, but here goes!

We moved into a house a few months ago. The sitting room has a terrible structural layout. It's practically impossible to line up the sitting furniture with the TV, if we put the TV by the pipeline (I have no idea what it's really called )

We've resorted to moving it to a more convenient location to get the best out of the living room in general, but I was wondering if there is any way to connect some sort of signal decoder to this pipeline that would transmit to a receiver connected to our TV. I did a few searches (not terribly techie-minded) and came up with something that seems to fit my description but only seems to be available in the UK in-store. Anyone know of something that would do the job here in Ireland, and how much we could expect to spend on it? Partner is thinking about getting Sky in to combat the problem, and I object

winston_1

ShaShaBear wrote: »

Not sure if I have the right place, but here goes!

We moved into a house a few months ago. The sitting room has a terrible structural layout. It's practically impossible to line up the sitting furniture with the TV, if we put the TV by the pipeline (I have no idea what it's really called )

We've resorted to moving it to a more convenient location to get the best out of the living room in general, but I was wondering if there is any way to connect some sort of signal decoder to this pipeline that would transmit to a receiver connected to our TV. I did a few searches (not terribly techie-minded) and came up with something that seems to fit my description but only seems to be available in the UK in-store. Anyone know of something that would do the job here in Ireland, and how much we could expect to spend on it? Partner is thinking about getting Sky in to combat the problem, and I object

By pipeline do you mean aerial feed. You cannot retransmit, that would be illegal and cause interference to others. You could put a Saorview box and video sender by the aerial feed, not very practical however. Why not just extend the aerial feed. A couple of metres of coax and a couple of plugs don't cost much?

ShaShaBear

winston_1 wrote: »

By pipeline do you mean aerial feed. You cannot retransmit, that would be illegal and cause interference to others. You could put a Saorview box and video sender by the aerial feed, not very practical however. Why not just extend the aerial feed. A couple of metres of coax and a couple of plugs don't cost much?

You'd really need to see my sitting room to understand. The only way I would get away with a couple of meters is if I dragged it straight across the floor I saw a Gigaview AV/Digital Sender Kit that had a wireless transmitter that plugged into the socket on the wall, and a wireless receiver that connected to the TV and received the transmission. Surely that's not illegal?

zg3409

Those wireless senders may work to some extent, but any professional would recommend just extending the coax cable and clipping it along the wall or under carpet etc. Getting Sky will not remove the need to bring power and a TV signal to the TV. I would not recommend wireless senders for everyday viewing. The quality is low and they are finniky and unreliable.

winston_1

ShaShaBear wrote: »

I saw a Gigaview AV/Digital Sender Kit that had a wireless transmitter that plugged into the socket on the wall, and a wireless receiver that connected to the TV and received the transmission. Surely that's not illegal?

I did say, "You could put a Saorview box and video sender by the aerial feed, not very practical however."

That is the video sender part. It is an A/V sender and does not plug into the aerial socket. You would still need a Saorview box to feed it.

ShaShaBear

Ah I see, lost cause so I'd need to run the cabling about 30 feet across the skirting in order to connect it to the TV at the closest convenient location. Not very practical since its a rented house

watty

Why?
You can get self adhesive clip on cover trunking or just let the cable lie on the floor. You have no other sensible way to connect the TV. A Wireless sender needs a complete setbox and doesn't do HD. Only Analogue to SCART.

ShaShaBear

watty wrote: »

Why?
You can get self adhesive clip on cover trunking or just let the cable lie on the floor. You have no other sensible way to connect the TV. A Wireless sender needs a complete setbox and doesn't do HD. Only Analogue to SCART.

I wouldn't call 30 feet of cabling sensible no matter what way it's on the floor. The only thing TV would be used for is football coverage, I never watch it. Not really worth the hassle for one match every month or so.