No TV picture

[tamborine]

now what ? I've re-tuned but nowt on TV. I can only get Freeview - what's happening ?

[Old_Geezer]

Whilst you are right that sarcasm can be upsetting and arguably should be banned, I think there are times when it seems appropriate; and a heavy handed moderation in that area would make this place a lot less enjoyable to visit. All stern & serious & unwelcoming.

As kawakiri mentions, I'm sure I've seen interfaces for aerial in, Scart out conversion. Try a web search for them. Alternatively any non-Scart TVs are probably quite old and arguably due for replacement soon anyway.

[jackthehat]

That's a sensible idea!

Rather than buy cheap Freeview boxes to enable you to receive the digital signal.......throw out your many TV sets and buy new ones.

[daffy654]

Sometimes I really wish we had a 'like' button on posts. ^^^^ ;-)

[hc4361]

People used to rent televisions because they were so expensive to buy, in real terms.

No need to dump your tvs. Use them as monitors to watch dvds, hook some up to freeview boxes. Needn't be expensive.

[tamborine]

No cable TV in my area as I live in the GBelt lungs for London but I have 2012 Water Olympics in situ.

Explain (laymans terms) the advantage of closing off broadcasts from existing masts. Defunct analogue TVs in land fills is not 'green' to me & only leaves land fit for concrete. Hang on, I'll throw them in here and thwart the Goldies.

http://www.dorneylake.co.uk/twenty.html

[jackthehat]

Analogue TVs become Digital TVs with the simple attachment of a Freeview box.

It's really not difficult to understand......

[sunny-dave]

Digital gives you more channels, better picture. A £10 box will convert any old TV - no need to scrap them.

The old analogue frequencies can be sold by the government to the mobile phone companies for new services - raising billions of ££ and keeping your taxes down.

[tamborine]

Maybe simple when space & fittings isn't an issue.

[ChuckFickens]

"Explain (laymans terms) the advantage of closing off broadcasts from existing masts"

They are not closing of broadcasts from existing masts, the broadcasts are still coming from the same masts.

The change to digital is to enable more channels to be broadcast in a smaller range of frequencies which in turn frees up a range of frequencies to be made available for other services (such as high speed mobile internet)

Time moves on, things change, if they didn't we'd all still be sitting in caves rubbing sticks together.

[237SJ]

When I got rid of my old TV, I gave away the digibox via Freecycle. You could try there. If you take the TV to your local dump, most of it will be recycled - it doesn`t just end up in landfill.

[jackthehat]

Don't your TV sets have a top to them?

Mine have and I've found them to be a useful place to balance the Freeview box...

[tamborine]

Thanx Dave - for a sensible explanation

[carrust]

Thud....

[ChuckFickens]

I find it hard to believe that you need TV reception on 12 TVs throughout the house, you've already stated that several of them are used for security cameras and they will carry on working just as they are now.

I also find it hard to believe you can't fit something that's not much larger than a normal scart socket behind any TV

http://www.amazon.co....-MEMORY/dp/B003YT5XLU

[tamborine]

They're on my land in caravans/tack rooms etc.

[jomifl]

Even if you haven't got a scart socket you can still connect you freeview/digital box to you tv aerial socket via a modulator which converts the scart output to uhf tv channel frequencies. cost about £20. If you connect the modulator output to a tv aerial you can transmit (illegally)to indoor tv aerials, reception will be variable though.