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Hello there chaps and chapesses
I have been trying to work out the answer to this and failed miserably. So here goes.
We're in Barcelona, an entresuelo flat, and we currently have a hideously ancient telly courtesy of our landlady. Well, it was an 80s Sony which didn't work and didn't even have a remote, and now it's a 90s Sony which works a little better....
She says that when the switchover happens - I think here it's April next year - she'll get a better telly for us. Hmmm. Believe it when it happens, put it that way. But in the mean time we are hugely envious of our friends here who do have TDT now. We also want to watch more telly to improve our Spanish but right now it's just hard work.
I'm wondering whether if we buy a basic TDT box in el Corte Ingles or whereever and plug it into ancient telly, it will work. I don't know if the building has been 'done' yet but the signal via coaxial cable is OK. Not great but OK, some channels clear, others snowier. So is there any point in spending this money? I remember getting a Freeview box at home and despite a not marvellous signal, we did get a good picture on the digi channels once I used a signal booster.
Would buying a booster help too? Or will we just have to be patient?
Thanks in advance,
xx
I have been trying to work out the answer to this and failed miserably. So here goes.
We're in Barcelona, an entresuelo flat, and we currently have a hideously ancient telly courtesy of our landlady. Well, it was an 80s Sony which didn't work and didn't even have a remote, and now it's a 90s Sony which works a little better....
She says that when the switchover happens - I think here it's April next year - she'll get a better telly for us. Hmmm. Believe it when it happens, put it that way. But in the mean time we are hugely envious of our friends here who do have TDT now. We also want to watch more telly to improve our Spanish but right now it's just hard work.
I'm wondering whether if we buy a basic TDT box in el Corte Ingles or whereever and plug it into ancient telly, it will work. I don't know if the building has been 'done' yet but the signal via coaxial cable is OK. Not great but OK, some channels clear, others snowier. So is there any point in spending this money? I remember getting a Freeview box at home and despite a not marvellous signal, we did get a good picture on the digi channels once I used a signal booster.
Would buying a booster help too? Or will we just have to be patient?
Thanks in advance,
xx