Do I still need a TV aerial?
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Mark300zx said:
Refurbing a house and the previous owner had aerial cable running throughout the property looking untidy, I watch very little terrestrial TV, wanted to know the PH pundits say?
If you only watch terrestrial channels that have an on-demand service then no.In fact, get something like Freeview Play and you can watch all terrestrial via the Internet.
So no.
Haven't used my TV aerial for 20 years (use Sky dish, probably streaming via broadband one day). Haven't used my telephone cable for several years either (broadband is via SIM in a router).
I'm thinking about getting rid of both cables and sockets etc from the house. Only reason for leaving them is the next owner might want them.
I'm thinking about getting rid of both cables and sockets etc from the house. Only reason for leaving them is the next owner might want them.
Spent hours running coax for satellites and aerials to every room when we renovated our house back in 2013, never got round to fitting a satellite dish, then the aerial was inside the loft so that was removed in 2019 when I started converting the loft, it's not been replaced or missed. Just use apps on Chromecast now.
Actually thinking about it the multiplex is still turned on with nothing for it to plex, I should unplug that!
Actually thinking about it the multiplex is still turned on with nothing for it to plex, I should unplug that!
Smart TV, streaming apps and decent fibre internet here. Recently refurbed house and did away with TV aerial leads and landline telephony sockets. We don't watch a lot of live tv so iplayer live and itvx are more than good enough for us, BT landlines were cancelled when the refurb started.
I rarely watch terrestrial TV, however at the weekend, the six nations were on, discovered my aerial had stopped working after the recent storm.
I watched the french match live on ITVX, had to go out on saturday during the ireland match, started watching it, paused it thinking i could resume it when i got back. This did not work, figured i'd be able to watch it on catch up to find that only the 5 minute long highlight show is available and the full recording isn't made available until the next day.
Bought a new aerial and put it up in the loft temporarily.
I watched the french match live on ITVX, had to go out on saturday during the ireland match, started watching it, paused it thinking i could resume it when i got back. This did not work, figured i'd be able to watch it on catch up to find that only the 5 minute long highlight show is available and the full recording isn't made available until the next day.
Bought a new aerial and put it up in the loft temporarily.
Though I mostly watch streamed content, it's rarely live TV that I stream. The issue isn't really picture quality, though ITVX does look a bit ropey now and again. Nor is it the lack of streaming on many of the lesser channels.
No, the main issue is the bliddy avalanche of adverts each commercial channel makes you watch before they'll stream the actual programme that I might be interested in viewing. I can't channel hop with streamed content the way I might do with terrestrial/Sky/Virgin.
We have Freeview and Freesat plus a few streaming subs. Mrs. Lucid likes to channel surf. She'd hit the roof if each channel change was accompanied by anything up to 7 bliddy adverts. The TV aerial and sat dish both stay for as long as there is broadcasting.
No, the main issue is the bliddy avalanche of adverts each commercial channel makes you watch before they'll stream the actual programme that I might be interested in viewing. I can't channel hop with streamed content the way I might do with terrestrial/Sky/Virgin.
We have Freeview and Freesat plus a few streaming subs. Mrs. Lucid likes to channel surf. She'd hit the roof if each channel change was accompanied by anything up to 7 bliddy adverts. The TV aerial and sat dish both stay for as long as there is broadcasting.
Lucid_AV said:
Though I mostly watch streamed content, it's rarely live TV that I stream. The issue isn't really picture quality, though ITVX does look a bit ropey now and again. Nor is it the lack of streaming on many of the lesser channels.
No, the main issue is the bliddy avalanche of adverts each commercial channel makes you watch before they'll stream the actual programme that I might be interested in viewing. I can't channel hop with streamed content the way I might do with terrestrial/Sky/Virgin.
We have Freeview and Freesat plus a few streaming subs. Mrs. Lucid likes to channel surf. She'd hit the roof if each channel change was accompanied by anything up to 7 bliddy adverts. The TV aerial and sat dish both stay for as long as there is broadcasting.
I'm interested to know what Freeview channels can you watch via an aerial without ads that I can't watch by streaming with my EE box? No, the main issue is the bliddy avalanche of adverts each commercial channel makes you watch before they'll stream the actual programme that I might be interested in viewing. I can't channel hop with streamed content the way I might do with terrestrial/Sky/Virgin.
We have Freeview and Freesat plus a few streaming subs. Mrs. Lucid likes to channel surf. She'd hit the roof if each channel change was accompanied by anything up to 7 bliddy adverts. The TV aerial and sat dish both stay for as long as there is broadcasting.
OutInTheShed said:
dickymint said:
I'm interested to know what Freeview channels can you watch via an aerial without ads that I can't watch by streaming with my EE box?
with an aerial or sat dish, and something like a Humax box, you can record and Fast Forward through the ads.Gassing Station | Home Cinema & Hi-Fi | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff