digital cable?

[django47]

I recently moved into a new place. Where I lived before I was upstairs in one room and because of an accident my telly was important to me. So as soon as freeview and digiboxes came out, I bought one. But I wasn't getting a continuously good reception so I contacted an aerial guy to come and put up a new one properly.
He told me, I needed the proper 'digital aerial'. He replaced everything and set it all up with his gadgets and from that moment on I had perfect tv. All the stations, totally trouble free reception, I was so pleased.
Now I'm a bit confused because I got a pamphlet in the door about the switchover and on one page it says that their is no such thing as 'digital aerial'. Why did my bloke say that to me, he could have just said that I needed a new aerial as the old one needed replacing. I've no complaints, he did a first class job and considering the work and parts, the price was very reasonable, so why did he fib about the digi aerial.

 

[ChrisFrost]

It's true that there's no such thing as a digital aerial, but all he did was use a shorthand term to avoid confusing you. We call a vacuum cleaner a Hoover or a Dyson. We call an MP3 player and iPod. It's the same difference.

You had an aerial installed compatible with Digital TV. Stop worrying about it and go have a glass of something chilled while sitting in the garden.

 

[ericmark]

The answer given is correct.

The digital signals had to be slotted into any gaps in old analogue system. As a result they were not banded as with old analogue system. As a result a larger wide band aerial was required.

However on change over the multiplex signals have in the main been grouped again into one of the bands so we can return to the lighter smaller banded aerials and reduce the strain on our chimneys and landers.

But there is no need to return back. Only if there is a problem holding large lumps of metal in the sky would one need to return to banded aerial. Plus some areas still require a wide band aerial.

Most people understand a new aerial is required for digital but it really should be called wide band aerial not digital but only the name is wrong. Description was correct.

Like saying one is taking car for MOT when now should be DOE test.

 

[Mickymoody]

My parents have clear sight of the transmitter, from their house, and have two aerials attached to the chimney. They had problems receiving analogue signals, but when digital was introduced, a good spread of channels available.

On recent inspection, one of the aerials is broken at its mount and pointing downwards, and the other has it's reflector missing. But still get a good TV picture, with no blank outs..

Maybe that bucks the trend, but, proof that hi-gain, specialist aerials aren't required for good DTV areas? And there is nothing that is a 'digital' aerial.