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Satellite signal without cable

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  • hawkwinddotcom
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    Its a lot of fuss just to have a tv for the short time you lose out on?
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  • RumRat
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    Just use SkyGo on a laptop, PC or tablet. If the picture size is important, plug a laptop into your TV.
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  • debitcardmayhem
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    RumRat wrote: »
    Just use SkyGo on a laptop, PC or tablet. If the picture size is important, plug a laptop into your TV.
    Don't think they have sky , post #1 says foxsat hdr I guess they just have freesat
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  • Neil_Jones
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    RumRat wrote: »
    Just use SkyGo on a laptop, PC or tablet. If the picture size is important, plug a laptop into your TV.

    This will not work on SkyGo. The output gets disabled if you connect a HDMI device to the unit.
  • RumRat
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    edited 10 September 2018 at 1:32AM
    Neil_Jones wrote: »
    This will not work on SkyGo. The output gets disabled if you connect a HDMI device to the unit.

    I thought that was only for phones and tablets. I'm sure I've connected a laptop in the past and used it. Of course you would need to use an old browser that supports Silverlight......
    I currently have it on an old PS3 and it works perfectly with the TV. So it would seem it works via HDMI when it wants to.;)
    Maybe the OP can find a PS3 on ebay, I've seen them for around £30 on there.
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  • ben501
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    hawkwinddotcom wrote: »
    Its a lot of fuss just to have a tv for the short time you lose out on?

    Between stripping the walls, plastering, waiting for it to dry before I can decorate, having the flooring fitted could easily end up being a couple of months or more.
    As for 'a lot of fuss', Using a couple of adapters to relocate the signal (if such a device had been available) seems like a very simple solution to me.



    It looks like I'll be going for the simple solution of a couple of aerial extension leads across the floor. If they're in the way during the day they can just be unplugged & moved.
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