Digital aerial + analogue tv?
 

I've just had a digital aerial fitted so my Dad can watch Freeview - and I'm
having a new Freeview tv delivered to be his 'main' tv. But he's also got a
spur coming off for his bedroom. Question is, can I get him an old analogue
tv for his bedroom - will it work off the new digital aerial feed? I know he
won't get freeview, but can I just plug it in the back and he'll still be
able to get channels 1-5? (I can't afford two freeview tellies.)

Digital aerial + analogue tv?
 

"spokes" wrote in message
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I've just had a digital aerial fitted so my Dad can watch Freeview - and
I'm having a new Freeview tv delivered to be his 'main' tv. But he's also
got a spur coming off for his bedroom. Question is, can I get him an old
analogue tv for his bedroom - will it work off the new digital aerial
feed? I know he won't get freeview, but can I just plug it in the back and
he'll still be able to get channels 1-5? (I can't afford two freeview
tellies.)

Firstly, there's no such thing as a digital aerial. It's all a marketing
con I'm afraid. An aerial is an aerial and providing you have a good aerial
with quality cable, it will provide both analogue and digital.

So a regular TV in the bedroom will probably work fine. Buy him a 30quid
box from the supermarket of your choice and he'll have digital there too!

And how is the spur wired? You can split a cable with a passive splitter
but if you don't have a strong signal to start this, this can leave you with
two weak signals and the Freeview TV/box might suffer from drop out
(freezing pictures, blocky images). OTOH, it might be an active
booster/amplifier/splitter or you might have a very strong signal anyway.

Perhaps you can say where you live and others will be able to comment on
whether splitting the cable was a good idea, or not, and whether the
installers fitted the correct aerial. By me (London) they fit widebands
which are totally wrong and make up by fitting BIG widebands and charging
extra when a much smaller group A is the correct aerial.

Paul DS.

Digital aerial + analogue tv?
 

"spokes" wrote in message
...
I've just had a digital aerial fitted so my Dad can watch Freeview - and
I'm having a new Freeview tv delivered to be his 'main' tv. But he's also
got a spur coming off for his bedroom. Question is, can I get him an old
analogue tv for his bedroom - will it work off the new digital aerial
feed? I know he won't get freeview, but can I just plug it in the back and
he'll still be able to get channels 1-5? (I can't afford two freeview
tellies.)



digital aerials dont exist - just aerials that are good enough.
so your new aerial will work - although splitting the signal does lower the
quality - maybe too much to view freeview reliably - you'll have to test and
see.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/

Digital aerial + analogue tv?
 

Thanks fellers - much appreciated.


digital aerials dont exist - just aerials that are good enough.
so your new aerial will work - although splitting the signal does lower
the quality - maybe too much to view freeview reliably - you'll have to
test and see.



--
Gareth.

That fly... is your magic wand.
http://www.last.fm/user/dsbmusic/