Getting Rid of NTL - what is alternative

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With a need to tighten the belt, I have deceided NTL needs to go,in the summer I wouldn't watch that much TV anyhow, however I was wondering what the alternative is in regard to getting RTE 1 1&2 (possiblely TV 3).
My parents have an ariel on their house, however living in an apartment, this doesn't seem like an option.
Any suggestions welcome
 
birdy said:
My parents have an ariel on their house, however living in an apartment, this doesn't seem like an option.
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Depends on the apartment location, but I've lived in one where I could pick up a decent signal on a coat hanger (waiting for cable to be connected) or a good signal on a length of coax.
 
Depending on location a set top, loft/attic or externally mounted antenna could do. You could also get a FTA satellite setup for a once off fee to get most of the "regular" channels that you get on cable (and more). Try the boards.ie terrestrial and satellite TV forums for more advice.
 
Thanks for all suggestions, but cann't have anything on the external wall, mgt company are taking them down. Will have a look on the forum on boards.ie
 
Set top aerial is probably your only option. [broken link removed] for about €10 is recommended by the people in the know on that boards.ie forum. Maybe watching TV online is another option?
 
I dont have sky in the bedroon, just the sitting room. never really watch tv in bed but when I did need to I stuck a coat hanger in and I great excellent rte 2, tv3, tng and an ok ish rte 1. Living in galway.
just stabilise or afix the aerial/hanger or else youll be tormented fixing it !!
 
I read recently that Sky can now provide a communal sattelite dish, and feed into individual apartments and their own decoders. I became aware f this in the past few weeks, give them a ring
 
If SKY can do communal installations then there should be no reason why you cannot approach your management company and ask them about the possibility of a shared FTA satellite installation which would require no subscription fees (other than perhaps a nominal sum to pay for maintenance etc.).
 
A coathanger works perfectly fine for my little bedroom tele as well and I used to have same tele in an appartment with standard antenna and reception was excellent. No harm in trying!
 
ClubMan said:
What use is that here in Ireland? For the digital terrestrial trial broadcasts that are running or something?
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I thought you could pick up some of the broadcasts here. Maybe not. You see it for sale in DID, PowerCity. Maybe its something else.
 
You can get small dishes that loook like boxes rather than dishes - see here:



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http://www.satellite.ie/acatalog/index.html they have all the info ther eon FTA- which would get you many channels.

I'm sure they are cheaper ones on the net, just the ones I found on google.

I know that many apartment will not allow "fixed" dishes in apartments, but I saw a neat set-up the other day. The dish was mounted on a painted traffic cone just sitting on the balcony!! There is nothing a management company can say about that set-up.!!!! Many samll dishes out there that will do the job - we have moved on from the huge ones that were the only choice back in the early 90's! but you need to facing south/SE - otherwise I thinjk you might have trouble getting a signal for FTa.

For just teh Irish channels you should be able to get a good set of rabbit ears or something.
 
rob30 said:
I read recently that Sky can now provide a communal sattelite dish, and feed into individual apartments and their own decoders. I became aware f this in the past few weeks, give them a ring
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Halleluia! I've been wondering for years why this was not the norm. Rows of satellite dishes on buildings seems so wasteful - especially when planning permission is required (but obviously not enforced very rigourously) for dishes mounted to the front of any building.
 

SKY have started targetting apartment blocks and sending letters about this to owners. Basically they give you a code which you use to register your interest online. The code relates to your property. When four properties within the same block register SKY then begin to liase with the management company and are willing to do business. This is a fantastic development for many apartment dwellers who have been starved of HDTV and features like SKY Plus.
 
A fantastic development too for non-sky customers who have to look out the window at banks of dishes everywhere.
 
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