Hi ... i am looking for a top aerial to connect to my sony bravia lcd tv to receive freeview chanels 
freeview tv aerial
first, there's no such thing as a "Freeview specific" aerial. The logo being added to otherwise unchanged products is just a quick way of making money.
The only thing to keep in mind is that in some parts the UK, some of the new Freeview frquencies are on very different frequencies to those used be analogue in the past. Its common to find that in many area's in the past, an aerial designed to pick up just a few frequencies was used, and these are simply blind to some of the new frequencies. The same thing was true by the way in some parts the UK with the launch of analogue Ch5 some years ago. You can buy (and always have been able to) aerials which work with all UK tv frequencies, and these are called Wideband (or type "W").
You have to keep in mind also that Freeview signals are a lot weaker than analogue at the moment, so where a small aerial works for analogue, it may not be enough to pick up Freeview, or some of the channels could be missing, or the pictures and sound might breakup a lot. Hence the reason why a lot of people need a bigger aerial than they did for analogue. As a basic rule, unless you have a clear view of the transmitter, a small indoor aerial wont work very well - if at all.
Last but not least, while analogue is broadcast by over 1,000 transmitters around the UK - Freeview is only broadcast from 80 of them at the moment. So for some people, they not only need a new, larger aerial, but to get Freeview it must point to a different (more distant) transmitter compared with the one they used for analogue.
Dave
The only thing to keep in mind is that in some parts the UK, some of the new Freeview frquencies are on very different frequencies to those used be analogue in the past. Its common to find that in many area's in the past, an aerial designed to pick up just a few frequencies was used, and these are simply blind to some of the new frequencies. The same thing was true by the way in some parts the UK with the launch of analogue Ch5 some years ago. You can buy (and always have been able to) aerials which work with all UK tv frequencies, and these are called Wideband (or type "W").
You have to keep in mind also that Freeview signals are a lot weaker than analogue at the moment, so where a small aerial works for analogue, it may not be enough to pick up Freeview, or some of the channels could be missing, or the pictures and sound might breakup a lot. Hence the reason why a lot of people need a bigger aerial than they did for analogue. As a basic rule, unless you have a clear view of the transmitter, a small indoor aerial wont work very well - if at all.
Last but not least, while analogue is broadcast by over 1,000 transmitters around the UK - Freeview is only broadcast from 80 of them at the moment. So for some people, they not only need a new, larger aerial, but to get Freeview it must point to a different (more distant) transmitter compared with the one they used for analogue.
Dave
http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/digitaltv/index.shtml
put your postcode in the checker, find out what type of aerial you need
£140 to £190 supplied and fitted
a lot of areas cant get it so bear in mind freesat from sky £150
if you get aerial use wf-100 cable instead of rubbish cable already in house
put your postcode in the checker, find out what type of aerial you need
£140 to £190 supplied and fitted
a lot of areas cant get it so bear in mind freesat from sky £150
if you get aerial use wf-100 cable instead of rubbish cable already in house
Originally Posted by niall campbell:
“http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/digitaltv/index.shtml
put your postcode in the checker, find out what type of aerial you need
£140 to £190 supplied and fitted
a lot of areas cant get it so bear in mind freesat from sky £150
if you get aerial use wf-100 cable instead of rubbish cable already in house”
“http://www.bbc.co.uk/reception/digitaltv/index.shtml
put your postcode in the checker, find out what type of aerial you need
£140 to £190 supplied and fitted
a lot of areas cant get it so bear in mind freesat from sky £150
if you get aerial use wf-100 cable instead of rubbish cable already in house”
i must live in a real cheap area then , it only cost me £65 last year for a chimney mounted aerial , cant vouch on the quality of the aerial apart from the fact that it gives me perfect dtv reception
