3rd TV - What to do ? 12 September 2015 at 1:09PM in TV MoneySaving 7 replies 1K views

50Twuncle

We have 2 TV's connected to Sky (magic eye in bedroom) - with a 3rd that needs a connection.
Are there any USB adapters that pick up live TV (BBC/ITV/CH4) as well as iplayer/Netflix/Amazon etc ?

Kurtis_Blue

Lots of USB/HDMI dongles that work with live streams, non are particularity good as an actual replacement for an aerial or dish feed.

Why not just cable from the Sky eye distribution point?

50Twuncle

Kurtis_Blue wrote: »

Lots of USB/HDMI dongles that work with live streams, non are particularity good as an actual replacement for an aerial or dish feed.

Why not just cable from the Sky eye distribution point?

Can you run a 2nd cable from the sky box to 3rd TV ?

jem16

50Twuncle wrote: »

Can you run a 2nd cable from the sky box to 3rd TV ?

If you take the cable from the Sky box to a TV amplifier with however many ports you require ( I have an 8 port amplifier ) then you can feed the Sky output to as many TVs as you have ports.

Kurtis_Blue

Options vary slightly if you have an older STB with RF outputs or whether you are using an "i/o link" to feed to current 2nd TV.

If your cabling etc is good quality then you could run it to two TVs just using a passive splitter with "DC pass" to all ports.

If you are using an amplifier then make sure it has "IR Pass".

Some thing like a "Global T120" or a T140 is easy to use as it is powered by the Sky box itself via the RF2 output.

50Twuncle

jem16 wrote: »

If you take the cable from the Sky box to a TV amplifier with however many ports you require ( I have an 8 port amplifier ) then you can feed the Sky output to as many TVs as you have ports.

Does the Sky controller allow a change of channels using this method - ie Can you use a "magic eye" ?

50Twuncle

Kurtis_Blue wrote: »

Lots of USB/HDMI dongles that work with live streams, non are particularity good as an actual replacement for an aerial or dish feed.

Why not just cable from the Sky eye distribution point?

I was wondering whether live TV broadcasts from Sky could be picked up by a USB adapter - from a Wireless router ?

jem16

50Twuncle wrote: »

Does the Sky controller allow a change of channels using this method - ie Can you use a "magic eye" ?

Yes it does provided the amplifier has an IR passthrough as Kurtis-Blue has said. He's given you two suggestions.

This is the one I use.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SLx-27824BMG-Compatible-Distribution-Amplifier/dp/B00DQQKYXI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442139733&sr=8-1&keywords=tv+amplifier