This article explores the curious phenomenon of mirrors seemingly enhancing TV picture quality and delves into the technical reasons behind this optical illusion. It also tackles a common question: Why don't wireless OTA antenna kits exist and what are the solutions for signal interruptions.
You Asked: Why don't wireless OTA antenna kits exist, and is it even possible to get your antenna signal transmitted wirelessly? Can a mirror magically make your TV look several times better? What’s the best TV for anime? And can an in-ceiling speaker surround system be really impressive?Signal interruption fix Martyn from “across the pond” writes that after wall-mounting their LG G-Series OLED, there was some kind of signal interruption between their antenna (or aerial) and their TV.
After hooking up their TV to the coaxial cable connection for the antenna, nothing happened. There’s probably a fault in the cable, however it’s routed through the walls in a Victorian home, so digging it out and replacing it isn’t an option. They looked into getting a wireless transceiver kit and were disappointed to find out that, apparently, no such product exists. So, the question is: What’s the solution? I’ll spell out that solution shortly.First, why in this day and age of wireless-everything boxes is there not a box that just takes a TV antenna signal and wirelessly beams it to a receiver connected to your TV? Often, the location of the TV is not the best place for an antenna. There’s clearly a need to be able to put the antenna where it should go, put the TV where it needs to be, and then wirelessly beam a signal from one to the other to avoid the hassle of running a cable through the house or, in this case, replacing an existing faulty coaxial cable.The reason that no wireless transmitter and receiver can just take a raw TV antenna signal and send it over the air wirelessly? The signal itself spans a broad range of the wireless spectrum and is heavily modulated. The equipment needed to wirelessly retransmit a signal like that is restricted to professional video folks. Not only is the signal too complicated to re-broadcast – and actually illegal to do so without a broadcasting license – it would be extremely susceptible to interference, likely with other wireless devices in a home. In the US, this is heavily regulated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). That’s why you won’t find a TV antenna that doesn’t have a coaxial cable attached to it.What can you do? The key is to connect a tuner to the antenna itself at the antenna’s location. The tuner demodulates the signal and turns it into a video signal, and that demodulated, display-ready video signal can then be wirelessly transmitted throughout the home over Wi-Fi. That’s what OTA tuners and DVRs – like Tablo and SiliconDust – do. They take the signal from an antenna, process it, and then make it available to watch via a Wi-Fi network. The SiliconDust HDHomeRun Flex Duo 2 is a box that will allow you to watch up to two different channels at the same time from anywhere you have internet. You can watch broadcast TV through their app, which is available on iPhone, Android, Xbox, Apple TV, Roku, and LG (I’m not sure about Samsung Tizen – you’d want to double check). This device isn’t a DVR, but it can become one if you add an external hard drive, which allows you to not only watch live TV, but also to record up to two channels at a time, whenever you want, wherever you want. The Tablo devices are similar, but most of those are DVRs – so you’re buying a DVR on top of the wireless TV solution. However, the pricing is very competitive. I don’t think the Tablo brand is available in the UK or Europe – I’m guessing that’s where you are since you said “across the pond” – but there are likely other brands available. Just look for an OTA DVR or a device similar to the HDHomeRun.Why does my TV look better in the mirror? This next question is wacky and kind of a mystery. Oliver writes that they have a Sony TV near the entrance of the house, and opposite to the TV is a mirror. They swear that the mirror makes the TV’s picture quality significantly better – jaw-dropping, in fact. What’s going on here? Is this mirror magic? How can a mirrored image look better than the image source?There are several potential factors at play, and it’s likely a combination of them that makes the TV look better in the mirror than viewing the TV directly. Mirrors don’t actually reflect 100 percent of light – they absorb some of it. Most mirrors have a black backing – without it you could see through them, like a two-way mirror – that absorbs some of the light shining on them. This means some of the brightness of your TV will be knocked down, but it may also cause the TV to appear to have better black levels than it actually does because any blooming is erased. The contrast of the TV may appear to be superior in the mirror, even though the total brightness has been knocked down
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