I'm wanting to get freeview in my room next year sometime but the house aerial isn't available in my room so I have to use those silly indoor aerials.
Is this one (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amplified-Indoor-Analogue-Digital-Freeview/dp/B000LML6RI/sr=8-4/qid=1165356448/ref=sr_1_4/202-9542704-9980608?ie=UTF8&s=electronics) any good?
I think it all depends on how near you are to a TV transmitter. I have an indoor aerial similar to the one on the page and i can recieve all the channels and at near perfect quality.
Look in Argos...anything between £15 and £30 will be adequate.
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There's a thread somewhere down the list devoted to Aerials - have a search for aerial and argos or something similar.
Basically if you're in a strong signal area there's no reason why you can't pick up all the channels from a crappy set-top aerial. If you don't live near a transmitter though you'll have to bite the bullet and get a connection to your rooftop aerial.
Can I ask a similar question about boosters - I know we had one years ago for analogue and it did do the trick, but what about digital?
It does the job for me, I have a Tesco Technika indoor aerial with an adjustable amplifier on it and it does the job, it gets the vast majority of channels available. I'm in Warrington which is about 20 miles away from Winter Hill (you can see it on a clear day BTW), but I guess it just depends where you live, what you have around you and how high you put the aerial up.
Indoor aerials are hit and miss. You really need an outdoor/roof aerial for best reception. They work, but you may need a booster or a new special aerial. My brother bought a "special aerial", didn't work at all on his box, plugged it into mine and it performed a lot worse at picking up signals than my four-year-old aerial did.
I get a strong(ish) signal from Sutton Coldfield but it depends which way the aerial's pointing as to what I can actually watch. If I point it one way I lose everything on Mux D. If I point it another way I get everything on Mux D, but lose everything on Mux A. As I like my ABC1, I need to be able to receive Mux A
But anyway, indoor aerials are also more susceptible to interference from other quarters, such as switching other electricial applicances on, turning lights on and off and even whether you're sitting in the right place. It often only takes somebody to walk to the bathroom to pixellate the picture.
My indoor supposedly "digital" aerial was quite simply useless, I got BBC1, BBC2 and ITV1 at most with an awful signal strength.
Again, when high up enough (from the roof of my house) you can see Sutton Coldfield on a good day.
I ended up having to get a connection to the roof aerial - what I did was take a feed from the RF output of the Sky box in the lounge, boosted it, then sent it upstairs.
Set me back about £45 all in all, but now I get 100% perfect strength on all available channels off Sutton.
I have a philips indoor aerial which works brilliantly, i get every freeview channel and the reception is v. high quality. they dont make it anymore but i think this one is v. similar www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5345210.htm
I've decided to get a roof aerial with connections in my room.
How much would it cost for the aerial + installation and will I be able to get it available in two rooms rather than just mine?
