what do i need to do this ,put tv in bedroom and receive chanels

shely33

hi, i am about to have an op which will confine me to bed for 3 months and i was hoping someone could let me know what i need to get and do to watch tv in my bedroom...i used to subscribe to sky but cancelled it as could not afford it,,when i cancelled i found i still had a lot of chanels free such as film 4, the horror chanel, itv ,bbc 3 etc....i think i must be receiving them through the sky dish,,,what do i need to buy and do to get these same chanels in my bedroom so that 1 person can watch 1 thing downstairs and i can watch something else upstairs,,,i just spent most of my money i had on things to take in hospital so want to do this the cheapest way....thanks

macman

You can take an additional feed from your Sky dish into your bedroom, but to watch different channels in different rooms then you would need a second box.
Might be cheaper just to use a Freeview box on a TV in your bedroom, you can get most of the Sky Free to Air channels that way.

shely33

hi, thanks,,so what do i do now if i go the freeview box way....i plug my tv in the bedroom then just plug a freeview box into the tv,,is that all? i know im thick sorry..does the tv need to be pluged into an ariel or cable thingy or something or like i said do i just plug tv in to power socket then plug freeview into tv....also how much will i pay for a freeview box ,,can i buy one off ebay..thanks again

shely33

i just went on the freeview site and it says freeview is not available in my area at moment,,,what am i watching on my tv at the moment then?

andy2004

freeview box requires an aerial to be plugged into the aerial socket, normally they connect via a scart lead from the box to your tv, so your tv must have a scart socket, shouldnt be a problem if its a reasonably new tv, say in the last 5years or lcd

freeview box, price range from £18 and up
argos, asda, comets, curry's all sell them.

macman

shely33 wrote: »

i just went on the freeview site and it says freeview is not available in my area at moment,,,what am i watching on my tv at the moment then?

Well presumably the Sky free to view channels, assuming you are connected via your Skybox to the Sky dish. If you don't have Freeview, then the only terrestial service you can get is analogue TV through an aerial, but this will not give you anything but the basic five channels.
A Freeview box requires an aerial connection, just like analogue TV does.
The only other digital option is Virgin Media TV service (if you are in a cabled area).

Fifer

You could get a dual or quad LNB fitted to your dish and a cable run to the bedroom, then buy a second hand Sky box from eBay.

lindabea

As an alternative to Sky mltiroom or a freeview box which requires a cable running to your bedroom, I suggest an AV transmitter. This is effectively a small arial which transmits your TV channe from your main TV to your TV in your bedroom - without any cables. I have one and works really well. You can buy them from various places, but I'm sure Argos sell them for around £20.