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Getting a indoor tv aerial

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I am thinking of getting an indoor tv aerial for a room that does not have a connection to the external tv aerial . I have heard some people say that these are not good at picking up freeview signals. I live in n london, would it be worth getting an indoor aerial ?
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  • espresso
    espresso Posts: 16,448 Forumite
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    Ariel is washing powder, you could try getting an indoor aerial but external aerials are often needed, especially for Freeview.
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  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    Indeed, an indoor aerial may work, but it is strictly down to your location, they are rarely ideal.
  • I had a firm in who set up an external Freeview-ready, 53-element, aerial with 2 TV connection points (1 lounge, 1 bedroom) for about 150 quid. And they were the best of 3 quotes that I got.

    They were even able to use the existing cables for the indoor aerials in the loft that the people I bought the house from had used before they got Sky installed. The dish is still there, but I'm not a fan of Sky.
  • samhale
    samhale Posts: 413 Forumite
    I'm not too sure about London, but I live an hour away from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter at 8KW for freeview, and you need a very decent aerial.
  • missile
    missile Posts: 11,770 Forumite
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    I have never found indoor aerials any good, but you could try one from Argos and take it back for a refund.

    You would be better / cheaper to run a cable but have you thought of a magic eye to send signal?
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  • Cat695
    Cat695 Posts: 3,647 Forumite
    indoor aerials are useless.......even more useless than "signal BOOSTERS" especially for freeview

    london could be worse because you have so many obstructions and extra noise ( not as in outside noise ) so i would expect one to be pretty bad

    and external aerials are just as cheap as internal ones if you search
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  • MothballsWallet
    MothballsWallet Posts: 15,864 Forumite
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    samhale wrote: »
    I'm not too sure about London, but I live an hour away from the Sutton Coldfield transmitter at 8KW for freeview, and you need a very decent aerial.
    Don't forget that as more of the country completes its digital switchover, the old analogue transmitter network will be shut down, (supposedly) freeing up more bandwidth for the digital (Freeview) signal.
  • ss4
    ss4 Posts: 85 Forumite
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    Does anyone know where I can check the strength of the signal?
    Seems that these indoor aerials useless even though they say freeview on them.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    You would need to buy a signal strength meter, unless your Freeview Receiver has signal stregth meters built in.
  • ss4
    ss4 Posts: 85 Forumite
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    Inactive wrote: »
    You would need to buy a signal strength meter, unless your Freeview Receiver has signal stregth meters built in.

    is that the same as an amplifier
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