Tv

[henry11101q]

.my pal wants to get a portable 14 inch tv
will it need an aerial
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[alexanderd]

That depends how good your local reception is. I have a portable in my bedroom, works perfectly off an indoor ariel but certainly you will need some kind of ariel.

[boxtops]

Our small TV had its own aerial on the top of it.

[murraymints]

portables have an aerial attached usually with the option to unplug and replace with outdoor one..

[Baldric]

Don't portable TVs have a built in/attached aerial?

[ivor4781]

i cant believe this question ?

[mastercraft]

Definitely urine extracting.

[Buenchico]

Ivor & Mastercraft:
Henry is a regular poster, who definitely does not 'take the urine'. Not everyone understands technology that well!

Henry:
Television transmitters are designed to ensure that viewers can get a good signal by using an external (roof-mounted) aerial. They are not designed to provide a decent signal without such an aerial.

However many people can get a reasonable signal by using the built-in aerials that are normally provided with portable TV sets, simply because they happen to live fairly close to a powerful transmitter.

So location is all important. (There's absolutely no way I would be able to get any sort of signal at all, just using a portable TV's built-in aerial or even a big loft-mounted aerial, where I live - which is well away from a transmitter; it's only a big outdoor aerial that will work here. However I've used portable TV sets - just with their built-in aerial - in other parts of the country and obtained good reception).

[mastercraft]

Can you still buy 14 inch TV's?

[Mamyalynne]

Nothing to add Henry re the TV - Hello again,hope you're well.


Would like to thank Buen for his first sentence, this type of response is getting too common.

[Buenchico]

>>>Can you still buy 14 inch TV's?

A valid question, MC. I spent ages looking for a small telly to go on my desk and I couldn't find anything under 19" (which is what I bought). It's not designated as a 'portable' and so doesn't have a built-in aerial. 'Portable' sets seem to be a thing of the past.

[mastercraft]

Hence my post ... Mam

[Mamyalynne]

Maybe Henry's pal is buying from a friend second hand?

[Mamyalynne]

Well maybe word it more politely next time - no need to be rude.

[tonyav]

The 14 inch portable tv's that I remember mainly had one of those loop type aerials.

[Mamyalynne]

A bit smaller and a bit pricey but....



http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/102-inch-lcd-tv-with-usb-input-n95ng

[Buenchico]

The old-fashioned (CRT) TV sets that still turn up in charity shops (such as BHF Furniture & Electrical Stores) are all, to the best of my knowledge, pre-digital sets.

If Henry's pal is considering buying one of those he should note that the built-in aerial will be totally useless anyway (even if he's close to a transmitter) because the set will need a digital set-top box to go with it which, in turn, needs its own aerial.

[mastercraft]

My apologies if I offended you Mam.

[tonyav]

Plenty of second hand ones around. But has Chris says would they need a digi box.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/14-inch-tv