All posts by Ronald
Below are all of Ronald's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to install freesat or freeview. Not concerned about number of channels, happy(ish) with current terrestrial batch, but I'm concerned about freeview 'pixellation' / 'freezing' of picture. Is this something one just has to expect (presumably more so in bad weather)with freeview? But then I read that the freesat picture is 'softer' than freeview. Could anyone dispel/confirm? Grateful for any help.
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Briantist, thanks for your reply. My Postcode is IP4 2XD. Predicted coverage doesn't seem good according to Digital uk site, yet aerial installers are saying there shouldn't be a problem.
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Thanks for your concise and unambiguous response Braintist! I'm planning on installing a dish myself, see they're cheaply available on Amazon. Has any one any tips on what to go for/avoid? What type of cable/quality should I use? Re. receiver, although not concerned about HD as don't have HD T.V. (should I be - will an SD box become obsolete soon?), see everyone seems to rave about Humax - am I likely to achieve a qualitative difference in terms of reception/ease of use over say A Bush SD box for £20 from Argos?
Thanks again for your help.
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Thanks for your response Braintist, and for answering the above question elsewhere. I'm planning on installing a dish myself, see they're cheaply available on Amazon. Has any one any tips on what to go for/avoid? What type of cable/quality should I use? Re. receiver, although not concerned about HD as don't have HD T.V. (should I be - will an SD box become obsolete soonish?), see everyone seems to rave about Humax - am I likely to achieve a qualitative difference in terms of reception/ease of use over say A Bush SD box for £20 from Argos?
Thanks again for your help.
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Thanks for your help Les, site very useful. Could anyone please tell me: I want to use my single tuner hard drive dvd player to record while being able to watch another channel, so understand I'd need two receivers, plus supply another T.V. with a single SD receiver, would a quad LNB supply these needs?i.e. is it one LNB per receiver?
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Hi again,
could anyone tell me whether it's possible to connect up my cherished old analogue Sony trinitron with only UHF socket to receive Freesat, and if so how? Thanks in advance, great site.
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Thanks Briantist -
there's only a UHF socket (it's an 'antique' portable Trinitron in a wooden cabinet - superb picture). I had read elsewhere that I could run it 'through' a VCR (I have an old one that would suffice) which would have it's own modulator, or that some freesat receivers have their own modulators - could anyone recommend one?
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Friday 20 May 2011 12:35AM
Ipswich
Hi, I'm trying to decide whether to have a high gain aerial fitted to receive freeview. Coverage prediction for IP4 2XD indicates poor reception now, improving during switchover but ultimately declining to variable by 2013.
Spoke to aerial installer who could see no problems when he checked the same site and they've installed to neighbour recently. I would prefer to go with freeview but if reception will be patchy then I'd sooner go with freesat, can anyone help/advise? Thank you.