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Indoor Aerial needed for digital Freeview; need recommendations
Hi all,
I have done some research on this as had no idea where to start with it all. I have managed to find out that I live not too far from the nearest TV transmitter (Emley Moor). I reside in Horsforth (near Morrisons). From the research I did I know that buying an indoor aerial isn't worth it unless your close to a TV transmitter. So now that I have discovered I am close-ish; I'd love for some recommendations on models that I should consider. The aerial would need to be for a Goodmans 22" LCD HD Ready TV ( specific model is LD2271D) which has built in Freeview. I cannot connect to the roof aerial as there is no connection to it in my room (shared housing). Thank you for any help; budget is of no concern. High range preferred with a built- in amplifier (I heard they come with them these days). |
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http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...&highlight=tce
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/postcodec...pspl6eq2lj8hh6 Ignore PSB3 as your TV does not have a tuner that will store that mux. |
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If budget is no option then an indoor aerial is not the way to go. Either get an outdoor aerial or a distribution system connected to the existing one.
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Quite agree with Rich.h.
Built in amplifiers on indoor aerials are a waste of time, money, and electricity. Amplifiers are designed to overcome the losses on a long run of cable. On an indoor aerial they will just amplify all the noise that is present plus add a little of its own. The best indoor aerials are ones that look like miniature outdoor types. Loops and fancy shapes are useless. |
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If budget is no option then an indoor aerial is not the way to go. Either get an outdoor aerial or a distribution system connected to the existing one.
Thank you for the replies so far. I can't do an outdoor one as my landlord won't allow me to. So it needs to be an indoor option. I will look at the options in the link provided. |
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http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showt...&highlight=tce
http://www.digitaluk.co.uk/postcodec...pspl6eq2lj8hh6 Ignore PSB3 as your TV does not have a tuner that will store that mux. Some extra information which might be of some use; my room is on the very top floor of the house (which is detached 3 levels). I'm on the side of the house facing the nearest transmitter. Had a brief look and there are the TELECAM TCE2000 High performance UHF, Telecam TCE2001 or even Philex SLx Gold DigiTop options. What would you recommend? |
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Can't edit above no more but I also found this option: Caracol 12 Element Digital TV Aerial
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It has to be a Yagi aerial, the more elements the higher the gain will be but the more precise you have to align it to the transmitter.
Loop aerials are rubbish, I have line of sight to the transmitter aerial from my house (around10 miles away) and still have occasional stutters from the TV I have using an indoor. Also some cheaper TV's have rubbish inbuilt receivers, my sons one would only work with an external set top box, the internal one would only work with a roof aerial. |
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Hi broken, I can only do indoor. All I could find for Yagi were outdoor aerials. Could you link me to an indoor model if you know of one? Or recommend from the ones I have listed above. Thanks Pete
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Try asking at your local Euronics' shop, Fisher's Home Electricals.
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if signal strength is an issue for normal table top aerials, then try one like this - its an outdoor aerial but small enough to install indoors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log-periodic_antenna |
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Had a brief look and there are the TELECAM TCE2000 High performance UHF, Telecam TCE2001 or even Philex SLx Gold DigiTop options. What would you recommend? |
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Here's my two penn'oth.
Over forty years ago I used an old 405 line TV dipole aerial in my loft for my new tuner/amp. I guess it's about six feet long and it even has the old "thin" coax cable connected to it. It worked fine. When freeview started, I just swopped it over from the tuner/amp and plugged it into my TV and I get a perfect picture. I think it depends where you are as to what sort of reception you get |
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There is no contest here. The Telecam TCE2000 is the one to go for.
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hi, thanks for the advice. Why not the more expensive one (2001)? Pete
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Thanks Chris. Looks like I'll be getting the telecom 2000 then. Thanks for all the help all. Pete
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Thanks Chris. Looks like I'll be getting the telecom 2000 then. Thanks for all the help all. Pete
![]() The Telecam got good reviews so I bought one and its been great. I get all the channels and once I placed it I haven't needed to fiddle with its position that can sometimes happen with other indoors I've had. |
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Thanks Chris. Looks like I'll be getting the telecom 2000 then. Thanks for all the help all. Pete
![]() You're very welcome. The Telecam did the trick when I needed it in Newham, pointing at the Crystall Palace transmitter. |
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I'm in the same area (Emley Moor Transmitter) and did a bit of research before buying an indoor aerial too.
The Telecam got good reviews so I bought one and its been great. I get all the channels and once I placed it I haven't needed to fiddle with its position that can sometimes happen with other indoors I've had. http://www.ricability-digitaltv.org.uk/pages/products/indoor_aerials/aerial_search_results.asp?schAmplifier=&schName=&sortPerformance=DESC Going to go with the Telecam 2000. Considered the Philex SLX Gold digiTop 27769R but after the posts on here and other reviews I've read I'm defiantly going with the Telecam. |
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