I tried the antenna, and it unfortunately didnât work out for me, so probably will take it back.
However, I actually got a different idea up my sleeve now, and I have just added this to my cart, to turn my Raspberry Pi (which has been collecting dust lol) into a mini DVB server! I have tested the outdoor antenna socket to my rental house (which I really should have done in the first place, but had stigma from the last rental with its outdoor antenna not working at all), so I hope all this works out for a cheap solution to free to air channels without the need of streaming services making you log in, and whatnot!
Streaming does have its place, but terrestrial is always my FTA viewing source whereever possible. I donât like that the ads on streaming are different to terrestrial eg. for Sydney and that you canât pause/rewind like you can with a PVR. And itâs more reliable, not having to log in etc as you said. And no waiting for it to start etc.
Picture is really good, and can access all the FTA channels on Plex now through a bridge server that converts the TVHeadend software on the Pi to something that can emulate a HDHomeRun device that works with Plex.
Downside is, the TV hat only has one tuner, so I canât watch live while I am recording something, but might invest in a coaxial splitter, and a USB tuner in addition to the TV hat to overcome this.
Iâve never thought to check how this works at the WA end. Trying to get my head around this!
Doesnât WA require an extra hour of programming to go from 2 to 3 hours time differance? Straight forward though for the live channels, eg ABCNews24.
ABCNews24 has a 0 minute program in the guide at 1am WA time. Nothing else noted.
ABC is fairly easy, just insert another hour of Rage, and the multi-channels are off air before 2am.
I did bother to look at what happened in the schedules for the others though. I was comparing Sydney with Perth but I canât imagine there wouldâve been any nuances elsewhere (say Brisbane).
Seven did the extra hour of home shopping, so only one hour (3-4am) in DST states but two (2-4am) in non-DST.
Nine looks like it added an extra long-form lifestyle program in as home shopping started at 3.05am everywhere. Overnight was filled with a big lifestyle filler promoting the Gold Coast, but non-DST states got an extra Drive Safe infotainment thingo.
SBS One added an extra Ernie Dingo doco at 2am (not the same as the episode that aired at 3am) as part of showing NITV content overnight. Viceland and World Watch had gone to NHK World Japan and France 24 before 2am; Iâm not sure whether theyâd normally go to the former that early but deferring to it at 1.50am surely makes it easier to handle the time change. (Oh⌠World Movies dumped two old episodes of The Movie Show to fill in that hour.)
Ten as usual was already knee-deep in infomercials by 2am. Not bothering too much to look more deeply at the commercial multis.