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Freeview Aerial? Are there any good ones

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zerocool | 21:27 Tue 18th Jul 2006 | Technology
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Does anyone know where I can find a cheap aerial which works well with freeview boxes. My room does not have the an atenna socket, so I need something which I can plug in and will work just as well.
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If you get a strong enough TV signal where you live, receiving Freeview on an internal indoor aerial is perfectly possible, but for better results, an external aerial pointing in the direction of your local Digital TV transmitter is a much better bet. Indoor aerials are less able to pull in signals, and more susceptible to interference from domestic equipment (computers, washing machines, etc). It's often hit and miss with indoor aerials, and as the transmitters for digital TV operate on a lower power than normal analogue TV transmissions (so as not to interfere with analogue), you're less likely to get a good digital TV signal from an indoor aerial. As a general rule of thumb, if you get a poor analogue TV signal from an indoor aerial, you don't stand much of a chance with digital. Entering your postcode into Wolfbane's coverage predictor gives you an aerial recommendation that can help to give an idea of the effectiveness of an indoor aerial.

http://www.wolfbane.com/articles/ukdmap.htm
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Go to Tesco,you can buy a Booster Aerial for �10. Works brilliantly.
maplins are doing a loft ariel for �20 at he moment ,its for weak signal areas and has lots of elements (its quite big though) ive used 3 now and they all do the business
As I said you will not get a better buy than the one at Tesco.Seriously. Just Plug and Play.

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