All Talk

I've had enough of paying NTL £28 a month for lots of useless telly and only really want CBeebies for my son. There is one out for £45 and some for over £100 I can't find out the difference, can anyone help? Thanks.

Danbo

The Thompson one is a neat small little box(about 10 inches long and 1.5 inches high) and is around £80. Ive had no problems with it at all, good reception and easy to use.

IWatkins

Pace Twin has twin tuners and hard disk recording. Lob your video recorder in the bin as well. Cost is more than £100 though

All Talk

Just checked the Pace twin looks good but they expect the price to be £350. That's more than a DVD recorder but that's a thread in it's own right !!!

GaryK

Just got one from richer sounds for £60 (grundig) which is fine, currys have just started advertising them for half price now, £40! Check if you need a wideband aerial, if you go to an aerial supplier should get one cheap (I paid £20) otherwise get ripped off at one of the high street stores!

Gary

paulr

Gary....are you serious re wideband aerial for £20....where is it installed?What sort of reception do you now get?

pbee

the nokia has a sp-dif optical audio out if you have a receiver for home cinema, if not there all pretty much of a muchness, except pace is solely british.

JackClark

My Nokia keep crashing. I'm waiting for the 'you need to buy an extended warranty' letter before I take it back.

paulr

A question about the aerials......do you have to have it outside or can you have it in the attic?

GaryK

Paul,

Well Ive got to go back for a more expensive one Although that said its £35, I bought it from a local aerial shop that supplies trade, Im right out in the sticks so need a little more, plus I tried it in the loft, no good. Also bear in mind the coax itself needs to be good quality.

The guy I bought the aerial from was very helpful. He said using your existing aerial plug this straight into the back of the TV, not via video or anything else. Then select channel 5. Turn the aerial one way until the picture starts to go black and white. Then do the same in the other direction. The location in the middle of the two extremes is where your wideband aerial should be.

Gary

paulr

Thanks mate....does that mean you have to install it outside the house?
(sorry to repeat myself,your answer seemed a bit unclear)

GaryK

Paul,

Well it really depends on the strength of your signal, C5 signal condition is used as an indicator, Im way out in the sticks so trying to remove as many obstacles as possible, you just need to try and see what works best, you dont *have* to have it outside.

cheers

Gary

Jye

A few questions for the more Knowledgeable here

Can you use an old Sky sat box (Panasonic) or does it have to be a new kind of receiver?

If I can use the Panasonic do I just plug the wideband ariel into it where the old Sky satellite dish plugged in?

jaf01uk

I still use my old OnDigital Nokia box and it works fine although it is susceptable to electric interference cuasing the screen to pixelise (go's mental when you open the fridge door) [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]


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imlach

Jye,

Errr....no. A satellite box needs an input from a satellite dish, and while not dissimilar, you need a dedicated terristrial digital box. A satellite box does not contain the UHF tuner that terrestrial digital is transmitted on.

So, to sum up, no.