Moved
It's done. I moved from apartment A to apartment B. Most of my boxes are unpacked and I got rid of some more stuff.
Of course there are also some new things to buy. We will need a new sofa for our new, big living room. Preferable a convertible to have a place for guests to sleep on. Some more kitchen cupboards are needed, too.
One thing we already bought is a DVB-T receiver. Cable TV isn't included in the rent 1), so we hope to save the 10€ a month by using the free DVB-T broadcast available in Berlin. Marketing promises cable like quality and choice but of course reality is a bit different.
I bought a Siemens Gigaset 270 first, and a simple rod antenna. But this didn't work out. The signal strength was bad and we had frequent dropouts in video and audio. I suspected a problem with the receiver because it made tiny but audible noise.
We returned it today and exchanged it for a Skymaster DT 440 and a more powerful antenna. After some experiments how to align it, we got a maximum of 82% signal strength. So far it seems to be usable but all that antenna wiggling reminded me of analog TV from the last century.
I wonder if you have any experience with DVB-T reception, receivers and antennas. Any tips you have to share? Please do so in the comments.
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2We have DVB-T, too, what helped to improve the quality (or better said: reduce the dropouts) was bringing the antenna in a horizontal position (but ours is not round).
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6But the most important thing is: You can never tell which antenna would suit you best, before you go and *try* it! So, you can never trust any tests and reviews, because the reception depends on so many different things, that are unique to the place you live (eg. sometimes you can have much better results with a weak and low priced antenna). You have to find "your" antenna on your own ...
7And the "antenna wiggling" only took place in the first few hours. After that I can receive most of the channels with "position A" and the rest with "position B". (I hardly ever use "position B".)
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However, I am a strong proponent of alternative TV viewing, so good for you! Most of the stuff I'd recommend, though, is US only though (Netflix/Roku player, hulu.com)