Bringing Your Own T.v.

Some questions answered for those of us who want to bring a T.V...
* How many and what kind of channels are available at Bath?
* Is it worth bringing a T.V; were you able to watch all the channels you usually would...or were you disappointed with the accessibility?
Any info about your experience of bringing a television to Bath would be appreciated.

Reply 1

amie

14

I had a TV in my room, and I was quite glad of it. Not because I'm a complete couch potato but because I liked having it on in the background - it made me feel less lonely at the beginning when I had a bit of homesickness! I didn't get great reception and neither did my housemates with TVs but then we were on the bottom floor of a 5 floor building which probably didn't help.

As far as I know you can only really get channels 1 - 5 if you're lucky. Freeview doesn't work in Bath at the moment, either.

Personally I liked having my TV because it had a built in DVD player. I know you can watch DVDs on computers but I find its never really the same, and it was really fun to have all my girly housemates piled onto my bed whilst watching Friends or Miss Congeniality or something!

Reply 2

jtanz0

7

http://www.freewiretv.com/ucas/ - free TV over the net good selection of channels and yes it works in bath and if your running it on a laptop using batteries you dont need a tv license (if the laptops plugged in you technically will)

Im bringing a tv for my wii and xbox though and im prob gunna get a tv license just to be on the safe side

Reply 3

Isotope

jtanz0

http://www.freewiretv.com/ucas/ - free TV over the net good selection of channels and yes it works in bath and if your running it on a laptop using batteries you dont need a tv license (if the laptops plugged in you technically will)

Im bringing a tv for my wii and xbox though and im prob gunna get a tv license just to be on the safe side

Haha, you sound fun with all your consoles!I need to befriend you. Specially with that Wii! (Yes, I'm superficial and materialistic and generally an awful person, deal with it.) :biggrin:

Reply 4

Bigfoot

Im bringing my MCE PC.... its too powerful not to take... also run game on it.

I think westwood enhanced rooms come with a monitor on the wall... according to the guide.

Reply 5

jtanz0

7

Haha, you sound fun with all your consoles!I need to befriend you. Specially with that Wii! (Yes, I'm superficial and materialistic and generally an awful person, deal with it.)

fair enough wii is great! only got two contollers though so you will have to get there quick!

Reply 6

Isotope

jtanz0

fair enough wii is great! only got two contollers though so you will have to get there quick!

Ah!Its a race, which accommodation are you in?Haha. Have you finished Zelda yet?I am absolutely not a gamer, but when it comes to the Wii, I finished all my friends games. Haha. The only game I truly love is Mario Kart though, I wonder if that will come out on the Wii, would be a bit odd though. Right?

Reply 7

Druggist

OP

amie

I had a TV in my room, and I was quite glad of it. Not because I'm a complete couch potato but because I liked having it on in the background - it made me feel less lonely at the beginning when I had a bit of homesickness! I didn't get great reception and neither did my housemates with TVs but then we were on the bottom floor of a 5 floor building which probably didn't help.

As far as I know you can only really get channels 1 - 5 if you're lucky. Freeview doesn't work in Bath at the moment, either.

Personally I liked having my TV because it had a built in DVD player. I know you can watch DVDs on computers but I find its never really the same, and it was really fun to have all my girly housemates piled onto my bed whilst watching Friends or Miss Congeniality or something!

Thanks for the info. Do you know if the floors above you recieved better reception?

Reply 8

rhos77

Freeview not available in Bath?! what?!!

Reply 9

*Anneka

11

Isotope

Ah!Its a race, which accommodation are you in?Haha. Have you finished Zelda yet?I am absolutely not a gamer, but when it comes to the Wii, I finished all my friends games. Haha. The only game I truly love is Mario Kart though, I wonder if that will come out on the Wii, would be a bit odd though. Right?

Mario Kart Wii's not out until next year. But Mario Kart's brilliant! If I take my Gamecube with me (not decided yet if I'm taking a telly!), I'll definitely be bringing Mario Kart Double Dash... and Fifa too. :biggrin:

I'm hoping someone on my floor has a Wii, PS3 and/or Xbox 360. :p:

Reply 10

Isotope

xxx Anneka

Mario Kart Wii's not out until next year. But Mario Kart's brilliant! If I take my Gamecube with me (not decided yet if I'm taking a telly!), I'll definitely be bringing Mario Kart Double Dash... and Fifa too. :biggrin:

I'm hoping someone on my floor has a Wii, PS3 and/or Xbox 360. :p:

Ah yes!I'll bring my gamecube controllers!And my mario kart double dash, just in case we wear the other one out!Haha. Seriously though, I hope my room mates have some nintendo based game console. Haha. I don't really want to take my gamecube because I won't take a TV. Ach.

Reply 11

teenagewasteland

I can't see me using a tv that much - but I was considering bringing consoles lol :P

Maybe an N64/SNES - Mario Kart on the SNES ftw :smile:

I'd much rather be out doing things than sitting playing games mind you - good way to draw in friends I guess though

Reply 12

*Anneka

11

Isotope

Ah yes!I'll bring my gamecube controllers!And my mario kart double dash, just in case we wear the other one out!Haha. Seriously though, I hope my room mates have some nintendo based game console. Haha. I don't really want to take my gamecube because I won't take a TV. Ach.

I've only got two controllers... I was meant to get more, but never got round to it. :p:

teenagewasteland

Maybe an N64/SNES - Mario Kart on the SNES ftw :smile:

Definitely! :smile:

Reply 13

Isotope

xxx Anneka

I've only got two controllers... I was meant to get more, but never got round to it. :p:

Definitely! :smile:

Haha, well, now we'll have four. And yeah, the SNES one was the best. But my SNES moved on to greener pastures. :frown:

I'm not going to spend all my time gaming obviously, but its fun if you don't want to go out, don't play poker and just want to have a few beers and relax.

Reply 14

blablabla

2

amie

I had a TV in my room, and I was quite glad of it. Not because I'm a complete couch potato but because I liked having it on in the background - it made me feel less lonely at the beginning when I had a bit of homesickness! I didn't get great reception and neither did my housemates with TVs but then we were on the bottom floor of a 5 floor building which probably didn't help.

erm..excuse moi, do you have anything against couch potatoes?? :mad:

Reply 15

Druggist

OP

blablabla

erm..excuse moi, do you have anything against couch potatoes?? :mad:

Reply 16

jtanz0

7

Ah!Its a race, which accommodation are you in?Haha. Have you finished Zelda yet?I am absolutely not a gamer, but when it comes to the Wii, I finished all my friends games. Haha. The only game I truly love is Mario Kart though, I wonder if that will come out on the Wii, would be a bit odd though. Right?

No havent done zelda yet - i dont have the wii version bought the gamecube one before i got my wii and it kinda got put to the back of the pile once i got my wii (and its even further back now ive got bioshock too - great game)

Reply 17

teenagewasteland

So is anyone actually going to bring a TV/going to have a tv? It's all well and good us having all these fun consoles and games but we're going to end up just looking at them :P

And I've found a SNES and N64 - they've been put aside ready to go - I spy many hours being wasted on Mario Kart.