Digital switchover

wotnext

The switchover is looming. Downstairs I have Sky+HD and want to enable two tvs upstairs to run either freeview or sky. I rang Sky today to enquire about multiroom and the quote was ridiculous so they can forget it. TBH I'd rather have freeview upstairs anyway.

Which leads me to my question - can anyone please advise on the cheapest possible way of installing tv sockets in bedrooms.

I am useless with electricals, so does anyone know what sort of price I'd be looking at to get in a "man who can"?

Thanks.:)

Kurtis_Blue

Cheap end: If you have a TV aerial that actually works then you are looking some where around 45-65 per room to feed from the aerial +possibly a masthead amp to feed the extra rooms.

The way it should be done is to run an aerial feed to the sky box then feed the RF2 socket out put to all the other rooms, thus enabling freeview and the current sky channel to be watched at any point.

Go to the CAI or RDI-lb website and find three local firms, get written quotes go with who you feel offers the best service.

macman

Why not use your existing Sky dish (with 2 additional feeds from a quad LNB if necessary) to get Freesat from Sky on the other 2 TV's? Only cost is the possible one-off extra cabling. You can get the Sky boxes for next to nothing on eBay, or free on freegle. Then it's free thereafter.

Buzby

There's no 'switchover'. It's the shutdown of analogue - but that doesn't sound 'positive' enugh.

Kurtis_Blue

Buzby wrote: »

There's no 'switchover'. It's the shutdown of analogue - but that doesn't sound 'positive' enugh.

I think you will find they are replacing analogue, or switching over to digital.