new lap top - Page 2

tick · 22-01-2007, 02:30

opps dont have one

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does any one know if you can get a Ariel that works with a lap top

nffc · 22-01-2007, 02:30

A good indoor aerial will work. One like the Telecam TCE2000 - Argos 534/2000 (ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£10) - I have this running indoors for my PC and my freeview.

This is blatantly signal strength issues, and your Media Test Failure just means it's trying to boot from LAN. Pointless...

tick · 22-01-2007, 02:32

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Originally Posted by nffc

A good indoor aerial will work. One like the Telecam TCE2000 - Argos 534/2000 (ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£10) - I have this running indoors for my PC and my freeview.

This is blatantly signal strength issues, and your Media Test Failure just means it's trying to boot from LAN. Pointless...

thanks for that will try a diff ariel:

Strzelecki · 22-01-2007, 02:36

See, exactly what I was getting at. Now I'm off to bed!

tick · 22-01-2007, 02:47

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Originally Posted by Strzelecki

See, exactly what I was getting at. Now I'm off to bed!

so im slow at this time of night
[ well all the time }

dalboy · 22-01-2007, 18:26

Try your main house aerial that you know pics up freeview well.

Then buy a high boosted indoor aerial. the cheap ones will give you no decent picture quality whatsoever.

I bought one of these tuners for my sis who went off to uni but found signal problems even with a high boosted aerial a problem. also slow software and occassional stuttering / stopping. Sent it back in the end.

tick · 22-01-2007, 21:36

hooray tv on lap top.
any one recommend a good indoor aerial.
Running on a ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£ 9.99 one at the moment but it work fine .

Thanks all

nffc · 23-01-2007, 00:13

That telecam will be fine, it's probably the best indoor you can get. You might want a booster though. Just don't get one with one of those daft gain controls because they don't work and read the damn dB ratings carefully.

Remember a booster can't improve on a crap signal only a weak signal, if your signal is noisy the booster will amplify the noise, as well as the signal, and will introduce its own noise.

Also remember decibels are exponential so a 1 dB rise is a tenfold difference.

tick · 23-01-2007, 00:24

cheers will try with a boster have one laying about some where.
Will check cuboard under stairs.
thanks for the help
tick

Chicken · 23-01-2007, 01:35

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Originally Posted by nffc

Also remember decibels are exponential so a 1 dB rise is a tenfold difference.

Sure about that?

nffc · 23-01-2007, 01:48

They're definitely exponential.