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If you want to see digital TV you will need a good outside aerial orientated towards the TV station aerial and preferably line of sight and probably a mast head amplifier.
If you are not an electronics expert you will need to get one of the TV aerial installers to fit you out with a suitable aerial. It will probably be expensive and as you are in a rental property it will probably be all your own expense unless you can convince the landlord.
When Analogue TV ends in three years the old indoor aerial on top of the TV set will no longer be sufficient. Digital TV is encoded and needs a good signal/noise ratio with no severe interference. If the decoder loses too many "bits" the decoder will loose sync and the dreaded "blue screen" will appear. Even so even a good signal may not be enough to stop the decoder losing sync in electrical storms.
I am an electronic engineer and I have had Digital TV since it started. Even a simple outside aerial was not enough. I needed a mast on the roof and a masthead amplifier to receive the digital signals. I am 25 km from the TV stations but it is Line of sight. The Digital TV is great for viewing but I still can't watch TV during a storm.
Barry
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