TV licence and signal quality.

Rallydriver

My parents have recently moved to an area where TV reception is poor. There is no chance of getting any kind of digital signal and the analogue signal receives only 3 channels which have shadows, the picture jumps and is generally fuzzy. It isn't an aerial issue, almost everybody in the town seems to have satellite dishes and it seems generally accepted that the terrestrial signal is useless.

Now I'm guessing here that while there is an obligation on people to pay for a TV licence, there is no obligation on the authorities to provide a strong enough signal for people to view even the 5 analogue channels in return for that licence payment?

Is there any means to complain about signal quality at all? Or is it just a case of as long as the public will pay they can be treated with contempt?

david29dpo

Good question. I too would like to know but i fear they will just say get a dish.

custardy

what 3 channels do you get and what sort of aerial set up do you have?

woody01

Your points, althouhg interesting, got you lost.

If you go VM or SKY, you will get perfect BBC signals, so you have no argument.

ukcarper

woody01 wrote: »

Your points, althouhg interesting, got you lost.

If you go VM or SKY, you will get perfect BBC signals, so you have no argument.

or even freesat

Rallydriver

woody01 wrote: »

Your points, althouhg interesting, got you lost.

If you go VM or SKY, you will get perfect BBC signals, so you have no argument.

Yes, pay more money.

You miss the point completely.

Rallydriver

custardy wrote: »

what 3 channels do you get and what sort of aerial set up do you have?

BBC1, BBC2 and ITV1.

I'm no aerial expert but its big, external and well above the house.

Edinburghlass_2

Rallydriver wrote: »

BBC1, BBC2 and ITV1.

I'm no aerial expert but its big, external and well above the house.

I had a similar one and due to water pouring down the inside of the cable I recently replaced the aerial with a new style, different cabling and much smaller so being big and well above the house doesn't necessarily make it capable of receiving better signals nowadays.

spike7451

Edinburghlass wrote: »

I had a similar one and due to water pouring down the inside of the cable I recently replaced the aerial with a new style, different cabling and much smaller so being big and well above the house doesn't necessarily make it capable of receiving better signals nowadays.

If you're on about solid,foam core cables instead of the honeycombe air core,then it's not new,it's been used in the Cable TV side for decades.
Known as RG59 or the thicker RG6.

woody01

Rallydriver wrote: »

Yes, pay more money.

You miss the point completely.

No....you do!
Your question was incredibly stupid.

Farway

woody01 wrote: »

No....you do!
Your question was incredibly stupid.

Oh dear , may I request you look to the right of screen

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