Before upgrading your aerial bear in mind that things will improve when the changeover is completed. At present the TV transmitters are transmitting both analogue and digital resulting in the digital signal being on lower power than it will be once they stop transmitting analogue.
It is worth waiting until after your regions changeover date and seeing if your reception is ok then. If not fair enough invest in a better aerial.
Best to check on Freeview website for postcode also ring the site and ask them what there TV coverage is. The other solution is to get a satelite dish in a suitcase type of setup, I did this when in mid wales this year as digital was not available nor analogue.
------------- If it ain't broke don't try to fix it!
Does anyone else find it so maddening that the signal on digital is so poor, and meanwhile they're trying to convince us all (or, more like, force us all) to change over?
It would be far more attractive a proposition if we could see now what we are to end up with.
Does anyone else find it so maddening that the signal on digital is so poor, and meanwhile they're trying to convince us all (or, more like, force us all) to change over?
It would be far more attractive a proposition if we could see now what we are to end up with.
I agree totally with this comment. Our tv signal at home is now useless since we live in a hollow and near the edge of the transmission region. On analogue it wasn't brilliant but at least we had a signal. Now it just freezes and breaks up. And we can't get any form of DAB radio signal - so when they switch the analogue off we have no radio signal at all.
On the caravan we bought one of those aerials with the wide flat blades sticking out of the sides (can't remember what they are called) and that works fine on digital.
In fairnes,, I always found TV signals on camp sites to be patchy at best, whether they are digital or analogue. For that reason, I got a satellite dish and never had a poor picture again.
The areas with no digital signal at all, supposedly will get the digital signal go "live" as the analogue goes off. This apparently is because the transmitter does not have the power to carry both. However, when we supposedly had the changeover in March, the digital signal went live, but the analogue is still available, despite supposedly being turned off.
Does anyone else find it so maddening that the signal on digital is so poor, and meanwhile they're trying to convince us all (or, more like, force us all) to change over?
It would be far more attractive a proposition if we could see now what we are to end up with.
Unfortunately the digital signal will continue to be weak in areas that still has analogue transmissions. If the digital signal was boosted it would blot out analogue signals. Once the analogue signal in your area is switched off, digital signal will be boosted & things should improve(we hope).
We are indeed being forced to change over & we have no choice in't matter because by 2012 all analogue transmissions will be switched off & the country will be 100% digi. Worth pointing out that so called 'digital aerials' are in fact high gain aerials designed to pull in weak signals. Once the analogue signal has been switched off in your area you should recieve digital signal ok on your existing aerial.
do not change your aerial, once your area has fully changed over you will not get any pixalating or freezing , the only thing you may need if you havent got a tv with freeview built in is a freeview box , a satellite dish is no guarantee of getting a picture as some sites are surrounded by tree's ,or have buildings in the line of site , any one who needs a freeview box may consider this , bought a device of ebay which plugs into the scart socket and is a freeview reciever and recorder cost £20.00 including P&P so there is no need to miss your favourite programme while you are out , this device is sold at other places for over double the amount
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Topic: Digital TV coming ??
