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Title: Freeview HD - feeling smug
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 19 December 2010, 19:38:04
The official date for Freeview HD being available from our local transmitter (Belmont) is Sept 2011, but I decided that I didn't want to wait and devised a cunning plan to get it early.

I worked out that although Emley Moor (which has Freeview HD now) being over 65 miles from me, it is a clear shot with no high ground in the way. The real snag was that the aerial HAD to be inside the roof.  :-/

So I invested in an appropriate decent aerial, did the calculations regarding angles and set about it this afternoon. I was half thinking that there was no way that it would actually work, so imagine how chuffed I was when it worked 1st time.  :o

I think the magic factor that made it all work was the make/model of the, aerial - an Omega 14  ;D

Am looking forward to the apprentice final now as the first proper program viewed in HD via the TV aerial.  :y
Title: Re: Freeview HD - feeling smug
Post by: aaronjb on 19 December 2010, 19:43:41
So yours isn't installed like any of these, then ;)

http://www.aerialsandtv.com/cowboyslocker.html
Title: Re: Freeview HD - feeling smug
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 19 December 2010, 19:54:32
Down here we have got to wait until 2012 apparently! :'( :'(
Title: Re: Freeview HD - feeling smug
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 19 December 2010, 20:14:25
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So yours isn't installed like any of these, then ;)

http://www.aerialsandtv.com/cowboyslocker.html

This is an excellent site, and the company that I ordered my Omega aerial from  :y
Title: Re: Freeview HD - feeling smug
Post by: Martin_1962 on 19 December 2010, 20:42:04
What tuner do you have?

I will be getting a Humax PVR
Title: Re: Freeview HD - feeling smug
Post by: Andy B on 19 December 2010, 20:45:06
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What tuner do you have?

I will be getting a Humax PVR

let us know what you think of it. I have the Humax 9300 at the moment but am thinking of upgrading to HD some time in the near future.  :y
Title: Re: Freeview HD - feeling smug
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 19 December 2010, 20:51:13
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What tuner do you have?

I will be getting a Humax PVR

I got the Humax Single Tuner (FoxT2) that can be used as a PVR with an external drive. I'm holding back on a full Humax PVR for a bit as I hope that prices will fall into next year. I already have a 500Gb Topfield that's working well so will sweat that a bit longer. The Humax family can be networked - so when I do get the Humax PVR the one I have now will be able to view content stored on the PVR - hope that makes sense. The normal price of the single tuner unit is £169, but I got one direct from Humax for £102 inc delivery.  :y

Title: Re: Freeview HD - feeling smug
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 19 December 2010, 21:51:28
Beware, being non line of sight your a bit exposed to atmosherics etc  :y
Title: Re: Freeview HD - feeling smug
Post by: I_want_an_Omega on 19 December 2010, 22:48:19
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Beware, being non line of sight your a bit exposed to atmosherics etc  :y


Thanks, yes, I was aware of that, but the end game plan is to swing the new aerial around to point @ Belmont in a year or so when it gets the HD mux operational. So, this is a mid-term solution.

Have also got a Humax Freesat box as well as backup, but you don't get the full set of HD channels on it @ the moment.