Do TVs need to be next to an aerial socket? Stupid question I know...

qy206

Hi all,

I know this is most likely a stupid question but basically, we are having a new flat completely refurb'd. We had some problems with our previous builders abandoning the job and employed some new ones recently who seem ok.

Long story short, it seems that the old builders connected the TV aerial socket behind the main entrance of the property i.e. outside the lounge area and certainly nowhere near where anyone might legitimately think of putting a TV. We were totally baffled by this and asked our current builders to move it into the living room but they told us that modern TVs no longer needed to be next to the aerial socket.

Is this true? I know that people with Sky don't need this but surely everyone else needs an aerial socket?

Swipe

extension cable

Fightsback

How long is a piece of string ?

[Deleted User]

Hi,

if a problem, you could run a cable from aerial into lounge, either through loft or outside.

PasturesNew

Maybe everybody else knows a secret, but I can see what you're asking.

You're saying the socket is, say, in the hallway by your front door - but you will want a telly in the living room and in the bedroom - so how do you plug the telly in.

The answer "extension lead" doesn't work as the living room door won't shut - and there'd be a lot of daisy-chained extension leads to reach the bedroom.....

I don't know the answer, my telly uses an indoor aerial even though I've two TV sockets in this room because [a] one's on the wrong side of the room the other's up by the ceiling for a wall mounted telly.

So I'm interested in "the secret" too

[Deleted User]

Hi,

if extension cable a problem, then google 'AV sender', no cable or wires needed.

windup

no it's not true, they are just avoiding doing anything difficult, there is no secret

bod1467

In my case I fitted a new TV aerial on the other side of the room, routed a channel in the floor to take an extension cable between the existing socket and the new socket, then fitted a powered signal amplifier at the old socket to boost the signal level through the extension cable.

Not had any problems.

HappyMJ

TV aerial not required. I use an Amazon Fire Stick on a TV that is not connected to an aerial and can view almost any Freeview channel (and a lot more as well) via the internet.

PasturesNew

HappyMJ wrote: »

TV aerial not required. I use an Amazon Fire Stick on a TV that is not connected to an aerial and can view almost any Freeview channel (and a lot more as well) via the internet.

So only an option in areas of fast internet and where the user doesn't have a bandwidth cap.

The Internet is slow where I live....can't even watch Youtube as it buffers all the time.

Sounds like a great solution for the future though! Although maybe I'd need a newer telly as it'd need some slot.

windup

are you the builder

the options to get some visuals onto a tv are numerous, but the reality is the builders need to move it if you want to watch terrestial tv in the normal sense ie freeview

while they are at it, you may want to consider wiring some cat6 cable too, for networking, along with a phone point.