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We started off with various aerials, then an assortment of 'suitcase' dishes with all sorts of gadgets to co-ordinate the damn things. After one VERY stressfull - for me set up, I issued an ultimatum. either you get a roof mounted dish/dome or the van goes!!! I can quite happily manage without a tv. In the end we bought a dome from eddievanbitz (very good service) at stratford show last year and have only had one failure with it - no one else could get tv either!
from time to time I still get the hassle of a certain person not connecting all the gear properly, so I just take myself off with the dogs until things are sorted
I cannot vote as I have a TV Dongle for my laptop.
There came with it a small 6" magnetic aerial, it is amazing, picks up radio, ITV and BBC very well, ideal for just basic TV and it gives subtitles too.
In my view an excellent item for around £13
tokkalosh,
The question was, "What TV aerial do you use? I guess the magnetic one must fall into the category of an external mounted direction one,
even if its on a very small mast!
peedee
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We started off with various aerials, then an assortment of 'suitcase' dishes with all sorts of gadgets to co-ordinate the damn things. After one VERY stressfull - for me set up, I issued an ultimatum. either you get a roof mounted dish/dome or the van goes!!! I can quite happily manage without a tv. In the end we bought a dome from eddievanbitz (very good service) at stratford show last year and have only had one failure with it - no one else could get tv either!
from time to time I still get the hassle of a certain person not connecting all the gear properly, so I just take myself off with the dogs until things are sorted
I guess that is why most have automatic systems
We will also be doing the same but only because a new motorhome is on its way and it was such a small price to pay in comparison to the actual motorhome cost and it will be fitted during the build so no subsequent hassle.
peedee
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For an account of our journeys click >here< (Last updated 1st March 2012)
Interesting to see how a question about how do you watch tv can bring up the tv vs no tv issue. We enjoy the occasion movie or show while out in the camper. We don't have a dish so to this point we have relied on a conventional antenna, which has turned out to be useless in S. Italy, France and Switzerland. In N. Italy there is good reception in most areas.
Just before our last trip a friend give us a bunch of movies downloaded to a usb hard disk. I bought a similar hard disk and copied them onto it. Works great if one has taken the time to convert the movies from dvds. It saves space and one can just scroll through list and select what one wants to watch.
I have been debating the question of getting a box/camping dish setup just so we have an alternative. I can't really justify the cost of a roof mounted unit, but it would be nice.
Funny thing is that at home we watch movies over the internet, using a vpn that puts us in New York City and allows us to use Netflix. With a good internet connection in the camper we have also used it to watch tv on our laptop.
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set up, I issued an ultimatum. either you get a roof mounted dish/dome or the van goes!!! I can quite happily manage without a tv. In the end we bought a dome from eddievanbitz (very good service) at stratford show last year and have only had one failure with it - no one else could get tv either!
