Tv in the tea room question

[Beefsmith]

Hi, I’m not technophobe so be gentle. I’ve got an old (got to be 12yrs) panasonic 50 inch plasma tv sat in my loft at home. I’d like to put it in the tea room at work but there’s no tv aerial anywhere near. We do have Wi-fi though. What’s the cheapest and simplest way of getting some channels on that tv? I haven’t tried it with this tv but my experience of mobile tv aerials is that they are all poor so I’d want to do this via Wi-fi.

 

[scottish-lleyn]

Not sure on the best way but an amazon fire stick would let you watch on demand tv. EDIT. actually maybe not work as would need to have an hdmi socket

 

[Kidds]

Second hand freesat box off eBay (buy a Humax) and a dish out of a skip would be best and cheapest.
Strictly speaking it probably means you should have a business tv license if you have staff watching it.

 

[farmerm]

Indoor aerials aren’t always bad. For a while as a student my tv worked ok with only a large paperclip as an aerial!!

 

[Beefsmith]

Not sure on the best way but an amazon fire stick would let you watch on demand tv. EDIT. actually maybe not work as would need to have an hdmi socket

It’s got a hdmi socket.

 

[Beefsmith]

Second hand freesat box off eBay (buy a Humax) and a dish out of a skip would be best and cheapest.
Strictly speaking it probably means you should have a business tv license if you have staff watching it.

We stopped paying tv licenses a while ago as we never watch live tv anyway.

 

[scottish-lleyn]

It’s got a hdmi socket.

Well a firestick would work well then. But you do need a tv licence a present even for catch up tv

 

[Gordy1]

If it’s capable of receiving BBC then you need a licence so they tell me............don’t know as I’ve never tried it!,,

 

[Boysground]

Fire stick is probably the best idea. If not can you run it as a second monitor to a pc nearby and get iPlayer that way.

bg

 

[multi power]

Well a firestick would work well then. But you do need a tv licence a present even for catch up tv

Only if you watch BBC

 

[Chris F]

We stopped paying tv licenses a while ago as we never watch live tv anyway.

Old Apple TV box or now TV box or firestick. All would allow you to get Sky News and other services required.

 

[J B]

Old Apple TV box or now TV box or firestick. All would allow you to get Sky News and other services required.

As above - I know nowt about aPple, but Now TV box would do the trick via wifi

 

[Chris F]

As above - I know nowt about aPple, but Now TV box would do the trick via wifi

Apple TV does a very similar thing but is more tied down to american things unless you buy the 5th gen where you have complete choice over the apps you load on (we have 6 of them in our house). Loads of choice on ebay.

 

[Chae1]

Don't think anyone would go back to work after breaks if we'd a tv in breakroom!

Did plan to put one in and a sofa, but best not to make it too comfortable!

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Fire stick is probably the best idea. If not can you run it as a second monitor to a pc nearby and get iPlayer that way.

bg

This, use the screen to mirror a laptop or desktop computer. Stick a list of daily tasks or emails or a shared document etc on it then if it happens to display youtube or iplayer........

 

[f0ster]

the fire stick will need to be in range of wifi with broadband, you can load kodi on to the fire stick,

 

[Lincs Lass]

Horrible wet day ,nobody is going to leave the tea room,,all be watching flog it and loose women