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Question: TV or not TV (with apologies to Shakespeare)
alan Myland
 
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Posted on 04 May 2013 10:05

We looked at getting a small TV when we built our campervan but were put of by the apparent lack of a quality TV signal in a lot of areas (as witnessed by watching various people fiddling with aerials). Also as I had already fitted a roof headlining I was reluctant to rip it all down and put an aerial through the van roof. finally we did not to want to commit ourselves to sitting down to watch TV at a dedicated time when a program was broadcasting. (We have a Humax 300-hour TV recorder box at home so we don't miss any of our favourite program's while we are way).

We finally settled on a compromise and bought a TV with built in DVD player. We now buy DVD's from places like Amazon. Yesterday we received the complete TV Series "A year in Provence" for the princely sum of £4.99, which we shall enjoy watching when we are in the New Forest in a couple of weeks time. (We have a voltage converter which powers the TV from our on board batteries when we do not have an electric hook-up).

Still to watch we have complete episodes of "Prison Break", "Murphy's Law", and "Smiley" etc. Has anyone else gone this route? Or are you able to recommend any golden oldie DVD's?
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Posted on 15 May 2013
Hi Alan, I've picked quite a lot of DVD's from charity shops and now have quite a collection.
Due to poor TV reception I've bought a FreeSat system which gives hundreds of channels and is quite easy to set up. They are portable and quite easy to store
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Hello Ray we got rid of Sky recently and replaced it with a Humax FreeSat. At the same time I fitted a new TV Aerial and got a Humax FreeView box so we can now store around 500 hours of viewing.
Did you mean you take your FreeSat box on holiday with you and just plug it in your TV (we thought of doing that but it's a bit of a job to get it out of the cabinet) or do you also have a satellite dish on your caravan and a dedicated FreeSat box? Posted by alan Myland on 15 May 2013
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Hi Alan, I don't have a fixed system when touring, I've bought a freesat kit which comprises dish & tripod, receiver and sat finder + cable. You can buy them cheap off eBay for under £100 if you look out for one or new from any caravan shop.
While my caravan is on the seasonal pitch I have a dish permanently set on a pole and one freesat box in the awning and one in the caravan. This equipment cost me about £60
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Posted on 17 May 2013
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Haven't took a TV away for years. Go for a short walk after dinner, much healthier. I do have 3 DVDs and a laptop to watch them on, but just don't have the time - and I'm not a fitness freak!
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Hello Chris I tend to agree with you about a good walk. We walk our Border collie a lot during the daytime so after our evening meal we normally slurp some wine and read until late. Sorry if I gave the impression that we are TV addicts. Sometimes we don't watch the box for days on end then we'll watch for about 3 hours instead of reading. Regards Alan Posted by alan Myland on 18 May 2013
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Posted on 11 May 2013
We do similar, we will not by a TV licence, so spend more on DVDs than the licence would cost.
Try the complete series of Still Game, it's hilarious, well worth the money.
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Hello Peter I have never heard of "Still Game" but I will look it up on Amazon.
Your message has jogged something in my long and distant memory! Do you need a separate TV licence for a campervan etc? Regards Alan. Posted by alan Myland on 12 May 2013
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Hello Alan,
I've looked into this before we opted out of buying a TV licence, and as long as you are only viewing one TV per address, it is OK, e.g if you were away in your van and watching TV and you had family at home who are watching TV at the same time then you should have one licence for each TV / address.
Although one licence covers as many TVs in one property as you want.
How they would find out is a different matter.
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Hello Peter I looked at the info on Amazon and have bought the complete 6 series and Xmas special of Still Game. It cost £21.00 so for around the price of 6 beers I get several hours of viewing. Thanks for your input. Alan Posted by alan Myland on 13 May 2013
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Posted on 16 Jan 2020
I agree with you about poor satellite signals of TV in many camping areas. That's why I didn't go with satellite TV. However, I recently purchased Firestick and Fire TV and then got a subscription from BlueView TV. Now, it has become very easy for me to stream all of my favourite movies, TV shows, sports and other stuff at this IPTV. If you are first time user, then you can also go with a free trial from here https://www.blueviewtv.com/iptv-channels-free-3-day-trial/. Now, you also no need to pay anything for DVD movies.

However, it would be great if you use a VPN like IP Vanish and SoPlayer with this IPTV. On the other hand, if your concern is about buffering then you would happy to know that BlueView TV has less than 95 percent buffering issues as compared to its competitors. Hopefully, now, you can easily watch all of your favourite content.
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Posted on 29 Jul 2013
alas my OH is a soap addict and as such a tv is an essential bit of kit, I did used to use a sat' dish system but it proved to be a bit of a pain to set up, so I opted for a more standard type digital aerial coupled to a signal booster which we have found provides a good signal almost every where we've been.
I also have a 15 metre length of coax cable which quite often means we don't need to set up the aerial at all on a lot of sites as they have aerial sockets on the ehu bollards,

Hendre mynach site at Barmouth and Clumber caravan club site for instance are sites where you don't need to use an aerial at all

but like a few others we also have a selection of dvd's just in case we can't get a signal
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