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Indoor Digital TV Arial

susi
susi Posts: 717 Forumite
Sorry if this is in the wrong place but does anyone know of a good Digital TV Arial, My daughter has bought a small TV for the bedroom but can only get 2 chanels on it at the moment

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  • penrhyn
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    Sorry to be pedantic but there is no such thing as a digital aerial.

    I would hesitate to recommend any indoor aerial as being any good for digital terrestrial.
    If you have access to the loft space then the easiest solution would be to install an outdoor aerial in it.
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  • I_luv_cats
    I_luv_cats Posts: 14,459
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    I had to split my rooftop aerial for the best reception in 2 rooms. Could you split yours???

    Indoors you tend to have scattered signals and indoor aerials are hit n miss. Amplified ones too!


    The best pics are normally when you are standing on a chair, holding a broom with the aerial on it and a leg out!!!
  • susi
    susi Posts: 717 Forumite
    Oh right, been looking on sainsburys's website and they sell indoor digital aerial's?
  • penrhyn
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    If you split the feed from your main aerial as above it would be worth getting a small distribution amplifier.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/SLx-Aerial-Amplifier-digital-bypass/dp/B0009D5VU2/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1294428097&sr=8-5
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  • susi
    susi Posts: 717 Forumite
    Thanks for all your replies, she has a man coming to split her arial for her next week, thank you all
  • barak
    barak Posts: 1,258
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    penrhyn wrote: »
    .....I would hesitate to recommend any indoor aerial as being any good for digital terrestrial.....
    I would probably hesitate too, but it does depend on your location.

    "Line of sight" is ideally what you need! I am about 15 miles from my local transmitter with no close physical obstruction in the way and can receive the 50 [at the last count] currently available Freeview TV channels with an indoor ground floor aerial.

    I suppose I'm just saying that it can be worth trying.
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