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TV aerial query

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  • p00hsticks
    p00hsticks Posts: 12,820 Forumite
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    Daniel1971 wrote: »
    Are you sure you need it for the Now box? Mine runs off WiFi, no aerial required


    Second this, ours doesn't require an arial
  • mobileron
    mobileron Posts: 1,218 Forumite
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    Purchase a Firestick from Amazon,plug it into back of tv,all the channels you require.
    Ensure you have wifi.
  • rosyw
    rosyw Posts: 519 Forumite
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    Daniel1971 wrote: »
    Are you sure you need it for the Now box? Mine runs off WiFi, no aerial required


    That's fine for streaming,but if you want Freeview channels you need an aerial.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,093 Community Admin
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    why not just get a small internal aerial
  • CarrieVS
    CarrieVS Posts: 205 Forumite
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    I rented a house with no TV aerial. Bought a set-top one, which I still have if I ever need it again.
  • danlewi2
    danlewi2 Posts: 186 Forumite
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    We dont have an aerial and get by with on demand services. BBC iplayer and ITV you can watch live via the app.
  • Cornucopia
    Cornucopia Posts: 16,156 Forumite
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    There is a version of the Now TV box that provides Freeview channels in addition to the normal streaming line-up. That access to Freeview requires a connection to a terrestrial aerial.

    It's this one:-

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  • MRC59
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    I’ve just moved into a new Rental one bedroom flat, and I’ve just found out that my landlord controls my TV watching time. By that, I mean he pulls the communal TV aerial out of a central signal box in his flat, so my signal goes dead after 12am. Can he do this?... it’s not in the contract.
  • [Deleted User]
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    MRC59 wrote: »
    I’ve just moved into a new Rental one bedroom flat, and I’ve just found out that my landlord controls my TV watching time. By that, I mean he pulls the communal TV aerial out of a central signal box in his flat, so my signal goes dead after 12am. Can he do this?... it’s not in the contract.

    You should really start your own thread. That said, whilst it seems odd your landlord does this I don’t think there’s anything legally stopping him from doing it. Does your landlord perhaps do this because you or maybe a tenant in another flat connected to this signal box have your television blaring into the wee small hours?

    There’s nothing stopping you from streaming television using WiFi or getting your own set top aerial.
  • mobileron
    mobileron Posts: 1,218 Forumite
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    U can get freeview add to your firestick easy peasy.

    https://www.freeview.co.uk/get-freeview/products
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