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Recommended indoor aerials
The simple truth is this. If your living room happens to stare out at a main TV transmitter, you’ll probably get away with choosing any indoor aerial. At the other extreme, you may not find an indoor aerial that will receive digital TV at all. In the middle are a lot of you who might or might not get a good picture with an indoor aerial.
Our tests show that with any of these six aerials you have the best chance of getting good reception.
- Philex SLX Gold digiTop 27769R £8
- Telecam TCE2000 £9
- Telecam TCE2001 £15
- One For All SV 9210 £20
- One for All SV 9340 £12
- One for All SV9215 £17
This Philex got a near perfect score in our home trials, followed by the two Telecams. All three gave a good picture on almost all channels in each room. This was backed up by the technical tests which showed good reception over a wide range of frequencies.
A well-designed amplifier can make a difference where reception is nearly there but the picture is breaking up. However, the good value Telecam TCE2000 performed so well that in most locations it hardly needed the boost that the amplifier in the TCE2001 gave.
The three One for Alls above did well in the house trials and had good bandwith. They are flat panel aerials that can be fixed to the wall. The SV 9340 also doubled as a free standing picture frame, with a rear support. Our sample of the SV 9215 came with a loose cable.
The following are also worth considering but may not give good reception if your location gets weak signals.
For a summary of the pros and cons of indoor aerials– see Choosing your kit - indoor aerials- pros and cons.
