If we get a new telly, do we need it attached to the ariel?

[ilythia]

Or is there some way of connecting a freeview tv without having to get the ariel connected? (the only connection is downstairs and I want a connection upstairs)

We did this with BT vision - had the box connected to the aerial downstairs (bringing the TV signal) into the house - that box somehow sends the signal round the electricity lines in your house and you can have the TV anywhere you like within reach of a power plug...

ooh, we have sky but would have to pay for sky multiroom (the bastards) hence thinking we would get freeview for upstairs.

Aha - we have sky now, and still have telly on a different floor from the sky box (we have a little 'magic mouse' or something which carries the sky signal up to the telly. But we only watch TV in that one room, and I guess you watch it in two. You could have an aerial put in to the other room - about £100 to do I think, but depends on whether it's easy access to be done or not.

It wouldn't be for watching at the same time normally, it's for dvd's with the girls when DH is on xbox or I am working, or for me to watch shit telly while he xboxes after they have gone to bed.

That's the problem, getting the ariel put in, If we can have it for free much easier!

You can transmit a SCART signal using an AV Sender. So that plugs into a Freeview box connected to the aerial point. Then sends the channel selected to the TV.

If you are in a strong Freeview signal area, then you can get a small aerial to attach to the TV. Would be easier but how well it works will depend on the signal strength.

How much of what is on Sky do you consider important ?

Only asking because another option would be to replace the LNB (piece at end of satellite arm) to have 4 cables instead of 2, and one pair could feed a FreeSat box (or you could have 2x FreeSat boxes if you wanted to cancel Sky ... OK, he watches sport and you like films / Atlantic HD :) )

'Free' is nice, but rarely do things work out free, by the time you've bought extra boxes :)