poolboy

I need one & see there are a few on the market. I kind of like the small one you plug straight in the wall for about 35e - do they give the same range of channels as the digibox sized ones?

Anyone got any feedback on the best to buy or avoid? & at what price.

Cheers all, stopped raining here now.

lynnxa

we got a Best Buy brand from Eroski - it has a DVD player incorporated

I think that was about 35 euros we get 27 channels, more than enough IMO

until today we've had no problems - except for some reason the remote seems to have packed up & there's no other way of operating it, so back dh is going with it




& yes - we did change the batteries


edit - he's back - they swapped it - no quibble!

twistedmelon

Like with most things, it's a much of a muchness.
I have to agree that ones that rely solely on remote can be a prob.

poolboy

Thanks for the replies - I bought the Eroski one (well minus the dvd 22e). I set it up & all the channels are there, plus the radio.

Why was Baywatch not broadcast in English? just the spanish option.

What other english programs are there?

lynnxa

there seems to be little rhyme or reason as to what will be in available in English - except the older the programme, the less likely -although there are exceptions

whenever you see something that you know was originally in English, just change the language

some of our channels are permanently switched to English -for things like NCIS & Numbers for the OH (la sexta?)

twistedmelon

Do you watch it for the talking

The Guy

some TDT receiver now hav USB ports on them
this allows a USB data stick to be attached.
in many cases this can be used for recording the TDT channel.
on others it can also be used to play movies and TV programmes that you may have downloaded

I have had some bad issues when people have bought Siemens TDT receivers...I have seen a few with very poor tuners inside

St. John

Thanks to those idiots at BT-Fortec-Arrakis I have been without the Internet for 66 days. Got it back yesterday so can ask for help. I am not a very technical person and I have lost all but one of my Spanish TV channels. I understand that I need to buy some sort of box - having read the above - but not sure what to ask for and how to set it up. Do I just plug it somewhere between the aerial and the back of the TV? Will it affect my SKY input for the British channels? Sorry to be so thick but you can't be good at everything - can you?

bfg69bug

tdt is spanish digital television. you plug your spanish ariel into the box, and then the scart from the box into the tv.

it´ll only interfere if you run out of scarts, if, in that case, just go to the todo/chinese/bazaar shop and buy a multi scart adapter thingy for 1,80€ ish.

St. John

Thanks very much - it is appreciated. Off to Carrefour in the morning.

twistedmelon

Only to add that bfg is right about connections and configuring your menus.
I wouldn't pay above 30 euros for a box.

The Guy

you may also have to change the polarization of your aerial.

analogue channels are received on aerial on one polarizatoin (verticals), digitals on the other (horizontal).

so you will need to look at the aerial and see if it requries adjusting.


personally i hate the cheap multi scart things.
I prefer to daisy chain things together...why do you think most things have two scarts...you can link things up....

so, for example, a dvd scart cable can go into vcr scart socket on a sky box, the tv scart can go to the VCR scart on a TDT box, and the tv scart on the tdt box goes to the TV.

you can get many types of tdt boxes, some with uSB ports for recording and playback - even playing things you have DL from tinternet...

HD TDT is coming soon, - calan9 hd is already available in some valencia areas...so more boxes required

ForHotspot

What do you mean by "more boxes" required? Does the TV to receive TDT channels, has special built-in aerial so you don't need any box? Is it digital TV that you need to buy to receive free TDT channels? Do you mean that HD TV is coming soon besides digital TV to receive free TDT channels?

I'm confused as to which type of TV I should get to receive free TDT channels without subscribing to anything & without any special box, just use the built-in aerial.
Thanks.

The Guy

TDT is digital TV via a TV aerial.
Not only do you need a TDT receiver box, but you will also need to change the configuraton of the aerial.
Some TVs have the TDT tuner built in so you do not need a seperate box.
TVs with TDT built in usually have a TDT logo on them
YOu can get about 30ish free digital TV channels via TDT.
there are currently only ONE pay TV channel - golTV - a football channel about 15e per month

If you have a HD Ready TV then you will require a HD TDT receiver / box.
IF you have a HD TV with TDT built in then you do not need any TDT receiver as it will be build in.

"just use the built-in aerial." TVs do not have built in aereals - aerials go on the roof. Do you mean built in TDT receiver / tuner ?

I mean by "more boxes" that many people ony have a cheap or standard definition box, but they will need to buy a HD box should they wish to view the HD TDTD channels that will become available later this year.

lynnxa

so does that mean you won't be able to see them at all?

or just that you won't see them in HD?