Differences between normal and "digital roof aerials I thought normal old style roof aerials could receive "digital" signals (freeview etc) thru the air just as the old transmissions so why do newer DVD HD recorders have inputs for both coaxal and digial aerials both the input sockets look the same
yeah old style ariels CAN receive digital broadcasts but in some areas thet don't have a wide enough gain for all the channels that are planned in the future a 'grouped' aerial (somne people call them narrow band) was suitable for ANALOGUE television reception, as it stops interference from distant transmitters. For DIGITAL reception, the reception system takes this problem into account, and so either an grouped or wideband aerial can be used. If you need a NEW aerial, buy a wideband as this will be guarenteed to work after switchover. If your existing grouped aerial works with the transmitted Freeview signals, there is no advantage to changing to a wideband. i presume if having 2 inputs is because of this - plugging a wide band ariel into a normal coax analogue socket will mean more higher gain, higher signal so lots of interferance. here's a good website - lots of tv advice http://www.radioandtelly.co.uk/ - freeview, sky, etc. i'm on it cause i've got a humax 9200T (aslong with my dbox) and it's good for keeping it up to date
Thinking about Freesat installation next year once most the TV's are intregrated, rekon thats the way forward?
defo - if you've got a sky dish - just plug it in that! loads of channels planned, better bandwidth, more HD channels. Cable aren't having anymore HD channels and with their current pricing, i can only see people leaving them in their droves. virmin and sky have got some canny deals on as they know people are dumping them both in favour of freeview and freesat
theres a old dead sky dosh on my roof with cable still connected can i use this if i connect to a freesat decoderer box?
