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Sunday, March 27, 2011

The High Cost Of Freeview Aerial Installers

By James Sollis


Whether or not you decide to hire freeivew aerial installers is dependent on whether you have subscribed to the Freeview service or not. It is a new television service that is popular now in the United Kingdom and is basically activated when you but a decoder box provide by the service provider. Some issues regarding the service has been brought up especially when it comes to aerial reception of the said service, which touts that you can use your existing aerial for accessing the channels it offers. This brings to mind if you should take on the service of Tv aerial installers.

The service boasts of a subscriber being able to view an additional 30 channels on their idiot box for a onetime outright payment for a converter. No special equipment is needed except for your old school aerial for getting television signals. But sometimes there arises a need to hire an aerial installer as covered below.

The purchase of a new aerial may in fact entail other costs that are part and parcel of buying it, since you want to improve performance and reception of your new TV service. Some of these costs will be discussed so as to better prepare you for the decision of whether to get a new aerial or not.

Hopefully this discussion will protect you the consumer from misinformation and put you on the right path of enjoying Freeview properly.

The first consideration that may affect the price of installing a new aerial is location. Will the aerial be located on the roof or the loft? The more dangerous the location of the aerial then the higher cost of installation will be. A second consideration is the aerial type you will be installing. There are so many models to choose from and the choice of model will definitely affect your costing.

Another cost factor can be seen as indirect or direct as the case may be, and that is the local area demand for the installation of such aerials. Should the demand for aerial installers be high then they likewise will charge high for services likewise leaving you with little leverage to bargain lower.

A most important consideration is consumer ignorance. Some consumers are gullible and the crafty technician can pump the price of the aerial and installation cost through some technical mambo jumbo. Thus it is of prime importance that the consumer educate him or herself by asking as many questions as possible from those with Freeview and the providers themselves.

Before rushing to buy any new equipment, make sure that you really need it, for it may be that you need not buy any proposed or recommended equipment at all. It pays to inform yourself before you buy.




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