Alternatives to Virgin analogue

AndrewJRenko

With Virgin switching off the analogue service, I'm forced to look for alternatives. We have a really neat wiring setup in the bedroom, with the analogue cable and power cable for the TV all coming in behind the wall. I really don't want to have a digital box somewhere in the room with a wire dragging up to the TV.

I suppose I'm looking for some kind of wireless connector to the TV. I could fit a Chromecast, but that would be limited to Netflix or other downloaded material. Herself tends to watch a fair bit of broadcast TV still, so I'd like to have this option available. Is there any kind of wireless connection that I could connect to a new Virgin digital box to allow broadcast TV on this telly?

Any other suggestions or technology that I don't know about would be welcome.

decor58

AndrewJRenko wrote:

Any other suggestions or technology that I don't know about would be welcome.

Is a satellite dish a step too far, I have an old sky box in the attic fed into the bedroom through one cable, this cable could be your existing cable. I have fed a Saorview aerial and sat signal into the sky box. Only change being the need for a sky eye close to the tv, this fits between your existing TV cable and the TV.

AndrewJRenko

decor58 wrote: »

Is a satellite dish a step too far, I have an old sky box in the attic fed into the bedroom through one cable, this cable could be your existing cable. I have fed a Saorview aerial and sat signal into the sky box. Only change being the need for a sky eye close to the tv, this fits between your existing TV cable and the TV.

I'd prefer to avoid a dish, but I guess I don't have too many options.

Do the Sky Eye yokes work reliably?

decor58

AndrewJRenko wrote:

Do the Sky Eye yokes work reliably?

I use two of them, in the kitchen and bedroom and they work fine.