Reception Problems - SABC+E

[VincentvZyl]

Hi Guys,

Calling all East London forumites...

How do I tune my TV in being in East London.

In Jozi I used the same television with Bunny ears, and later with a Ellies Ontop of your tv amplifier thingy....

Now in East London all the channels are poor quality with the bunny ears and the Ellies thingy.... I tried tuning the livingroom tv (Brand new DSign LCD) with the same result so I know the problem is not with my SET.

How do I get around this? I really do not want to buy a rooftop arial. Everyone else got dish and there is no existing arial on the home roof...

Please your help will be much appreciated....

 

[upup]

look around at the average houses around what antenna's they got, and where it is looking towards.

Or go to a sabc radio stn website and look at their towers, will not know which is near you.

East London do have a lot of hills, so keep that in mind.

Their is a dstv option for something like R25 [or month] a year getting a few channels with free channels and digital reception.

 

[BCR]

I recommend getting decoder as well instead of roof-top aerial

Their is a dstv option for something like R25 [or month] a year getting a few channels with free channels and digital reception.

Hi Vincent,

The package referred to above is called DSTV EasyView. It's worth considering, as a basic 1110 decoder is now R649 fully installed to 1 point.

It's either R20 / month or discounted to approx. R150 / year - I was on that package for a time, mainly for a bit of o/seas news - Al Jazeera English - and for CNBC Africa (Business News) which has o/seas feeds as well.
In PE I was quoted about R900 for a rooftop aerial (think 3 metres?) so DSTV is better as you'd get more channels & better pic quality (except when it storms) for less, to start with.

Best part to me is that if you get tired of a package you can up/down-grade without any notice, from one month to the next.

Consider Top-TV as well, similarly priced, but I think also give SABC channels in their basic package.

Retailers like Game have both lots of decoders & I've found their staff to be informative, but best to call relevant DSTV / Top-TV call centres to confirm 100%.

 

[BCR]

DSTV EasyView link to website

http://www.dstv.com/dstvsa/content/en/sa/dstv_easyView?categorylistsearch=cl_results&category_id=158

 

[Hemps]

I used to use an aerial but then switched to EasyView - quality on sabc channels improved a bit, if I was you I would go for TopTV (value for money if you have a normal TV and not lcd or plasma)
I upgraded from easyview to dstv HD this month and am well impressed with the quality, I rarely move from the 4 HD channels and TriNations, Currie Cup is also supposed to be in HD over the coming months so I'm hooked for now.

I find if I watch the normal channels that are not HD on a LCD TV , I get a headache............good excuse to keep HD