Recomend Me A Freeview Indoor Ariel

[elim]

hi

i need help chosing a good freeview indoor ariel for my bedroom, i already have a tv with built in freeview

these are the results posted from my location transmitter is crystal palace and im in north london



so could anyone recommend me a good indoor ariel from argos or ebay where i could pick up most channels and good quality?

[Aragorn]

I'm sorry, but 'indoor', 'freeview' and 'quality' don't generally go together.
You could try the most expensive TV top aerial from Argos and then return it when you've tried it because I seriously doubt you'll recieve a watchable signal.
I live about 15m from a Freeview transmitter and barely get a good signal with a mid range aerial 10ft above the chimney

[Delta Whiskey]

I have this one - http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?...46229&doy=20m2

It sits on a windowsill facing a car park, the local transmitter is 90 degrees to the left on Kilvey Hill a couple of miles away. I get 85% signal which gives me all the usual channels.

The good thing about Crystal Palace is that its digital signals can all be picked up with a Group A antenna. The antennas arms are spaced and of a specific length to make the antenna particularly good at recieving certain frequencies. An indoor antenna will be a wideband antenna, not particularly good at any one set of frequencies so a bit hit and miss.
I'd get a small group A antenna and build some sort of stand for it.

[nffc]

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...%3ETELECAM.htm

I have this.

[Jefferson T]

Originally Posted by Aragorn

I'm sorry, but 'indoor', 'freeview' and 'quality' don't generally go together.
You could try the most expensive TV top aerial from Argos and then return it when you've tried it because I seriously doubt you'll recieve a watchable signal.
I live about 15m from a Freeview transmitter and barely get a good signal with a mid range aerial 10ft above the chimney

I guess it depends where you live.

I have a cheap tesco antenna on my media centre pc and my thomson top up tv hdd - both have no problems.

[elim]

Originally Posted by nffc

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...%3ETELECAM.htm

I have this.

how far away do you live from the nearest transmitter and is that for your tv or comp?

[nffc]

Originally Posted by elim

how far away do you live from the nearest transmitter and is that for your tv or comp?

Nearest, about 8 miles. Nearest main tx about 30, the one I use about 50 miles.

Picks up all DVB-T channels, on laptop, PC and freeview box. You do need a booster to go with it, but the aerial itself is good and Im not a fan of integrated boosters.

[elim]

mm so that £9.99 is better than the more expensive?

btw what does db mean coz it says up to 45db on some

[nffc]

I don't know how that other one works but it is likely to be a loop aerial boosted to the hilt to make it useable. But a booster is analogous to a volume control and is only as good as its input. All aerials are loop aerials with varying degrees of channeling the signal onto the loop. The Telecam is a perfectly good aerial and because it doesn't come with a booster you can select your own.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel click there for an explanation of what dB is.

[Nanook]

I use one of these http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...ce=14&doy=21m2
on top of a Daewoo 28" widescreen CRT TV with integrated Freeview tuner.
I live quite close to a transmitter & am in a built-up area. The TV is in a ground floor room.

I can receive these channels :

BBC 1
BBC 2
BBC 3
BBC 4
UKTV History
The Hits
Virgin 1
TMF
Ideal World
ITV " +1
Film 4
Gems TV
CBBC Channel
CBeebies
BBC News 24
BBC Parliament
Community
BBCi
4TV Interactive
301 ??
302 ??
303 ??
305 ??
Dave
E4+1
Sky 3
Sky News
Sky Sports News
Sky Text
+ about a dozen radio stations.

[nffc]

Ouch, loop aerial.

[elim]

i think ill try the telecam one with the amp for £19.99

u think ill pick up any channels?

[Ben B]

Originally Posted by elim

i think ill try the telecam one with the amp for £19.99

u think ill pick up any channels?

well i used to get freeview through one of those loop aerial things that come free with some tvs to stick in the hole on the back of them and i picked up everything but now i use the rooftop aerial

[Matth]

I'm 18 miles from Crystal palace, and an unamplified 7 element log periodic "Antiference Silver Sensor" gets partial results.

The Telecam appears to be a 10 element

Log periods are wideband, and cover all channel groups properly. Real cheapo conventional yagi (equal length elements) set top antennas are often not adequately widebanded, as this takes more design skill, and often have low rear rejection or even reverse gain on the group A channels - I junked one of those nasty things that cost all of £2.50 from a discount shop.