saorview/freeview tuner for car

Crasp

I have the option of upgrading my car's tv tuner to digital. I can install a MPEG-4 tuner for cheap enough. My question is what channels will this actually receive in ireland?

I am guessing I can only get irish freeview channels (ie saorview RTE 1 RTE2 TV3 AND TG4).

Is there anyway to get more channels in the car e.g. English channels? ie what technology is used at home to get english channels that coukd be used in a car (not satellite...)

Thanks

winston_1

Just drive your car to the NI border area.

No one gets English channels in Ireland except those near the NI border or those on the east coast. But on the east coast you will need a tall mast, say 10 metres or more, on your car with a high gain aerial.

Digifriendly

winston_1 wrote: »

Just drive your car to the NI border area.

No one gets English channels in Ireland except those near the NI border or those on the east coast. But on the east coast you will need a tall mast, say 10 metres or more, on your car with a high gain aerial.

Now that would be some sight!:)

Crasp

winston_1 wrote: »

Just drive your car to the NI border area.

No one gets English channels in Ireland except those near the NI border or those on the east coast. But on the east coast you will need a tall mast, say 10 metres or more, on your car with a high gain aerial.

So there is no way to get english channels in the republic anymore? saorview has brought us RTE news in HD but robbed us of english channels. What a shame.

Crasp

Digifriendly wrote: »

Now that would be some sight!:)

Plenty of culchies driving around with enormous aerials on their cars as it is!

Thurston?

Crasp wrote: »

So there is no way to get english channels in the republic anymore? saorview has brought us RTE news in HD but robbed us of english channels.

Saorview hasn't 'robbed' us of anything. There is still UK terrestrial reception in areas of ROI where it was previously available. Saorview & Freeview are completely separate entities.

munchkin_utd

what more do you want than the irish channels seeing as the primetime british stuff (coronation st, eastenders, xfactor etc) is all on irish channels anyhow.

The commercial UK channels (channel 4, more 4, itv 2/3/4 etc) are mostly full of US series and repeats so its not something that you couldn't provide yourself with stuff downloaded off the internet and stored on a hard disc in the car
And anyhow, the random commercial channels were never broadcasted by the deflectors so you havent lost anything with the closure of the defectors

Crasp

Thurston? wrote: »

Saorview hasn't 'robbed' us of anything. There is still UK terrestrial (Freeview) reception in areas of ROI where it was previously available. Saorview & Freeview are completely separate entities.

I know they are separate...

my point is that 10 years ago we had uk and irish channels on analogue. Now on digital we only have irish channels. What's the point in that?

Thurston?

Crasp wrote: »

my point is that 10 years ago we had uk and irish channels on analogue.

In what part of the country did you have these UK channels? How were they sourced & broadcast? Was there nationwide coverage?

donegal.

Crasp wrote: »

So there is no way to get english channels in the republic anymore? saorview has brought us RTE news in HD but robbed us of english channels. What a shame.

what a silly comment.
the only thing saorview has brought us is more stations, much better quality picture, to far more people.
All the english fta stations are avialable throughout all of ireland like never before , you simply have to use a dish.
What a shame? ffs what more do you want?

ardmacha

Crasp wrote: »

I know they are separate...

my point is that 10 years ago we had uk and irish channels on analogue. Now on digital we only have irish channels. What's the point in that?

This is nonsense. Digital extended somewhat reliable reception in fringe areas. The move to digital did not remove any signal from anyone, except in the most unusual circumstances.

This thread makes little point anyway. Do you want your car to have a giant aerial on it? You'd put the fear of God into your neighbours who would think it a TV detector van.

Fresh Pots

Crasp wrote: »

So there is no way to get english channels in the republic anymore? saorview has brought us RTE news in HD but robbed us of english channels. What a shame.

We were never able to get the English channels in this way apart from people near the border.

Thurston?

Fresh Pots wrote: »

We were never able to get the English channels in this way apart from people near the border.

The signal from NI & Welsh sites was usable well away from the border, especially at a time when there was no alternative.

Also, there were the 'deflectors', already mentioned above. Although before the UK channels were available on satellite, they ultimately derived their feed off-air from a UK terrestrial transmitter. Cable systems the same.

Cerco

Crasp wrote: »

I know they are separate...

my point is that 10 years ago we had uk and irish channels on analogue. Now on digital we only have irish channels. What's the point in that?

In case you are unaware, the British upgraded to digital also. So Irish and British channels are available on digital.

coylemj

Crasp wrote: »

I know they are separate...

my point is that 10 years ago we had uk and irish channels on analogue. Now on digital we only have irish channels. What's the point in that?

In the days of analogue you could see a picture and get sound from UK channels even if the signal was poor so in some parts of the country people could watch a fuzzy BBC or UTV. With digital it's all or nothing so people who didn't have a strong signal now get nothing.

Is that what you meant?

bk

MOD: OP's question answered, thread locked.