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hi,

Have tried large digi aerial, we are in a good reception area too.  But it still wont work, have tried other dongles too but still no good. So decided not to bother seems a waste of time and expense.

Any of you thought of a slingbox? Plugs into whatever you use to get tv at home, then into your broadband router. All you need then is some form of intenet access away from home and you can watch it as if you were in your own living room!

I personally use a small netbook, connected to my mobile phone that I get free internet from O2, and it is great (also got the software installed on my phone as well so I can watch it on the go)! Going camping in Aug, so will use it to watch opening weekend of the premier league whilst in the pub garden!!!!!

????? How the chuff does that work??-

I have a dongle and it worked fine until we went to Windermere and then i got nothing! Even walked around with the aerial and had hubby walking round the site with the laptop but no joy!! I'm going to get a tv aerial and just take a tv next time. Must be easier.

How do you connect a netbook to your phone??

"How do you connect a netbook to your phone??"

Probably a cable with the phone, USB on the PC end, proprietary connector at the phone end. Possibly via bluetooth, although I'd guess the bandwith wouldn't be up to streaming video.

The phone of course needs to be capable of acting as a modem.

Admittedly bandwidth can sometimes be a bit of a problem, but my phone supports HSDA, and it is plenty good enuff for most things. Just need a decent speed internet connection at home for the upload. Watching skysports news on my phone as I type, and it is streaming fine. Obviously the bigger the screen, potentially the worse resolution you get, but it is acceptable for most situations!

Also means you can watch the cricket on your PC when you should be working!!!! Bring on the Aussies

Quote: Originally posted by The JJs on 31/5/2009

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Use ours with a slightly bigger aerial on a mag base when we go away with the tent. Worked fantastic when we were touring Cornwall.

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For next week's hol, got a Clive Owen/Helen Mirren DVD en route from LoveFilm, watch on our 7" portable, sorted, no internet, no EHU needed

But will keep volume down of course !!