Fisherman Mike Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 There is so much rubbish and repeated programmes on Sky that Ive decided to get rid of it and as My Phone, and Broadband is with BT for a extra 7.50 a month I can get BT Vision. This makes a saving of £42.50 per month. Only thing is I may need a new aerial outside (the current one is in the loft) to take advantage of all the available freeview channels. Anyone had a new aerial recently and know roughly what the cost is. Cheers. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 £99 if your an OAP or£150 - £400 depending get some quotes from local CAI members and make sure they use WF100 grade coax and decent brackets actual aerial is about £30 if going for BT visionyou need Ethernet (cat5) from router to STB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 £99 if your an OAP or£150 - £400 depending get some quotes from local CAI members and make sure they use WF100 grade coax and decent brackets actual aerial is about £30 if going for BT visionyou need Ethernet (cat5) from router to STB Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul041075 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 £55 for a replacement a few weeks ago. Also paid £130 for new one including routing to three rooms of the house a year ago on a rental property I have. All above supplied and fitted by a local firm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Why get an aerial you can still get free sat on your sky box or you can buy a sat digie box but you can still use the same dish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenshooter Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 I got one today (in South Bucks) to take me from 50dB to > 80 dB, whatever that is. But apparently I need > 70dB to get decent reception and we are in a poor reception area. 1 x Hi Gain Digital aerial 1 x instay and 10ft pole and some better cabling £210 + VAT = £252 :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Why get an aerial you can still get free sat on your sky box or you can buy a sat digie box but you can still use the same dish. What he said ^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) Why don't you call Sky and try to leave. You might find that they'll knock your bill down. I get the full package, plus HD for £15.99 a month. I just have to call them every 6 months and say I've had enough and they keep me at that level. But yes, as said above, you're throwing money away if you buy an aerial. Freesat runs off the same satellite as Sky and therefore will use your dish and cables which are already in place. Edited March 24, 2011 by Billy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftycarper Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 just bought a outside tv aerial for my grandmother ,32 element, digital from toolstation £12 works fine plus all her freeview channels http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Electrical/TV+Satellite/SLx+Digital+Aerial+CAI++32+Element/d190/sd3084/p40554 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Freesat is the way to go. The European Working At Height directive now makes it almost impossible to fit a TV aerial to the roof of a house legally without incurring ridiculous costs. So dishes will be the norm in a few years. If you leave sky and they leave your dish in place that is a result. If not buy one from Maplin or internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Everyone seems to have missed the point that the OP wants to go with BT vision and will need an aerial. Vince I respect your opinion when it comes to guns but this is part of my expert area any Proper Aerial rigger will be fully trained, certified and insured for roof top working hence the recommendation to use a http://www.cai.org.uk/ installer. In many cases replacing the old Coax with new high spec sat grade cable will cure the problem, this is a much bigger job than bolting a new aerial on so make sure you have new run of cable put in. It all depends on where you live some areas a coat hanger gets a decent signal, others need specialist rigs and amps/attenuators too much signal is almost as bad as not enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death from below Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Another way to fleece the general public under the guise of health & safety. Working at height my ****. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piebob Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Another way to fleece the general public under the guise of health & safety. Working at height my ****. Tell that to Rod Hull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I got one today (in South Bucks) to take me from 50dB to > 80 dB, whatever that is. But apparently I need > 70dB to get decent reception and we are in a poor reception area. We were told the same, so we got a dish for a £100 - job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaybeNextTime Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 I had a free BTVision contract along with a free box. Benefits of being an earlier adopter. But I junked it and run a Humax off the old Sky dish. Costs me nothing per month and I was free to get a better land line contract from the GPO saving me even more money. Still the same rubbish on TV though. Any must watch stuff that would have gone to Sky1 usually came out in the US 6 months ago so is available on the Internet anyway. YaaHaaaarr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death from below Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Tell that to Rod Hull I always get him mixed up with Roy Hudd - one had a psychotic emu and the other was eerrrrrr, I can't remember - a **** northern comic maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) If you must have an outside TV aerial there is one advantage you can get digie boxes with big hard drives in for recording stuff for half the cost of a sat box with a hard drive and they do work quicker or the one that I had did. Having said that if you are getting the BT box that has a hard drive in it already. Edited March 24, 2011 by four-wheel-drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) Been on FreeSat for about a year now. Dish cost £100. Bought Humax PVR for about £240. Love it. Three HD services (BBC1 HD, BBC HD, and ITV1HD) and Channel4 have announced they will be broadcasting C4HD over FreeSat from April which will be brilliant for the racing. Before long there will be more HD channels signed up. I don't mind the initial outlay. The subscription services like Sky are good for niche things but the monthly fees just go up and up and up. Edited March 24, 2011 by Whitebridges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billytheghillie Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Been on FreeSat for about a year now. Dish cost £100. Bought Humax PVR for about £240. Love it. Three HD services (BBC1 HD, BBC HD, and ITV1HD) and Channel4 have announced they will be broadcasting C4HD over FreeSat from April which will be brilliant for the racing. Before long there will be more HD channels signed up. I don't mind the initial outlay. The subscription services like Sky are good for niche things but the monthly fees just go up and up and up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Me too. And the Humax box is an awful lot better than the cheapo one I had before it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Vince I respect your opinion when it comes to guns but this is part of my expert area any Proper Aerial rigger will be fully trained, certified and insured for roof top working hence the recommendation to use a http://www.cai.org.uk/ installer. Unfortunatly working at height is very much part of my business as well. I run a company that has working at height as part of its daily routine. So can you honestly tell me that any aerial fixer carries out a full risk assessment in writing and agrees it in with the owner of the property before going onto a roof. Securing the ladder with at least two fixings attached to different parts of the ladder, and follows the rule that roof ladders are for inspection only and cannot be used for the transporting of tools or materials, neither can they be worked off. We do, because that has been the law since 2008. Its a PITA but eventually it will drive aerials off rooftops. And a lot of other things will change as well. Several roofers round our area have been warned off by H&S already. Why do you think so many window cleaners use those pole systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 The guy i use has a full harness rig, ladder bolted etc etc etc with the proper gear its not normally necessary to walk on the roof. I was in the aerial place the other day and had a notice up about a current training course for working at height, showed a gunt in harness on a roof ladder can't remember if he had tools with him. terraced houses could be an issue most of our rigs go on at first fix stage from the scaffolding while roof is being put on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) Sorry I appear to be an anti on this, that wasn't my intention but we are getting ripped to pieces by corporate customers on this now and have to jump through hoops to get their H&S people's agreement every step of the way. We have bought two towers and are going for cherry picker licences at fantastic cost. Just to change light bulbs or clean cladding on buildings Edited March 25, 2011 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 No offence taken vince but if the corporate muppets actually had a clue things would be very different it's all just ******** covering and they don't have to foot the bill, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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