anyone got freeview

mosehn · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:25

i bought this freeview for 19.99 from asda and its very good , can you get better ones with channels like skysports 1 , 2, 3 or is it just all modern ones like itv2 , itv3 , itv2 , etc.......

Van Hellseek · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:27

mosehn said:
i bought this freeview for 19.99 from asda and its very good , can you get better ones with channels like skysports 1 , 2, 3 or is it just all modern ones like itv2 , itv3 , itv2 , etc.......

for sky sports oddly enough you need sky.

mosehn · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:28

well i get sky news and sky sports news

Hades · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:28

Nope, freeview is freeview. You just get the free channels. There is some kind of monthly topup to get some more channels but it's not really taken off. The reasons for this are mainly:

1) The extra channels are pants.
2) See (1).

mosehn · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:29

but you think its a bargain for more channels for free with no monthly fee?

Neoni · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:31

for 20 quid? hell yeah.

PardonTheWait · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:37

mosehn said:
but you think its a bargain for more channels for free with no monthly fee?

Of course it is. Winds me up when my box randomly crashes though :/

mosehn · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:39

ye at the moment i am figuring out what place to put the ariel and get a better reception , like 1 station will work with the arial upside down and another station will work with is on its side , just moving it about is a pain

mosehn · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:42

going from this

http://www.freeview.co.uk/channels/news

i seem to have television x which isnt on that list

Neoni · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:44

mosehn said:
going from this

http://www.freeview.co.uk/channels/news

i seem to have television x which isnt on that list

do u have to pay?

PardonTheWait · 28 Nov 2006 at 02:45

mosehn said:
going from this

http://www.freeview.co.uk/channels/news

i seem to have television x which isnt on that list

You don't actually get it properly unless you pay for it though. So ner.

AJUK · 28 Nov 2006 at 07:54

I have Freeview and it satisfies all of my televisual needs. I used to have a fairly comprehensive package from Telewest but got fed up because the service was pants. Freeview is much moe respomnsive and there are more than enough channels to keep me entertained. QUite frankly, 30 odd channels of crap for free or 120 channels of crap for 40 quid a month.

I am even contemplating getting rid of the telly all together, I jsut get depressed watching it as the majority of the programmes are politically correct, intelligence insulting and boring. I find myself watching Sky News and UK History and just about nothing else.

G18241 · 28 Nov 2006 at 08:02

got a freeview box with a built in HD

and yes you do have to pay for television X...have seen it and is not worth paying for LOL

"uncesnsored" means nothing...it is lol

Greenlizard0 · 28 Nov 2006 at 08:21

seek said:
for sky sports oddly enough you need sky.

Nope - we get it through our Freeview box, and we have/had no dish on our property.

The worst is UKTV Gold, most times I flick past it there is something I wanna watch (e.g. Allo Allo, Only Fools And Horses etc.), and I think you have to pay extra for it.

kaiowas · 28 Nov 2006 at 08:42

greenlizard0 said:
Nope - we get it through our Freeview box, and we have/had no dish on our property.

No you don't. You get Sky Sports News but the actual sports channels are not and will not be on freeview. Only sports channels on freeview are Setanta and Eurosport and they both need subscriptions

toosepin · 28 Nov 2006 at 08:53

greenlizard0 said:
Nope - we get it through our Freeview box, and we have/had no dish on our property.

The worst is UKTV Gold, most times I flick past it there is something I wanna watch (e.g. Allo Allo, Only Fools And Horses etc.), and I think you have to pay extra for it.

I'm pretty sure you don't get UKTV Gold as well :S
Are you sure you dont have cable?

kaiowas · 28 Nov 2006 at 08:57

toosepin said:
I'm pretty sure you don't get UKTV Gold as well :S
Are you sure you dont have cable?

UK Gold is part of the Top-up TV package so it can be recieved by freeview but it costs extra.

PinkPig · 28 Nov 2006 at 08:57

!!

toosepin said:
I'm pretty sure you don't get UKTV Gold as well :S
Are you sure you dont have cable?

UKTV Gold is a Topup TV channel - like he says, it's visible (and you can see the name of what's on) but you can't actually watch it.

Sky Sports channels aren't (and never will be) available on Freeview - there are a few Sky-branded channels (Sky Sports News, Sky News, Sky Three) on Freeview, but nothing that Sky think people would subscribe to Sky to get!

AJUK · 28 Nov 2006 at 09:30

Hasn't the Top-Up TV thing been binned. last time I visited their website, they are trying to flog their own box rather than a top-up card for existing boxes?

Jez · 28 Nov 2006 at 11:08

AJUK said:
Hasn't the Top-Up TV thing been binned. last time I visited their website, they are trying to flog their own box rather than a top-up card for existing boxes?

Not binned, but they are definately taking a different tack. The main issue is that as soon as you are into subscription TV you are better off with a proper service, added to the fact that 90% of boxes do not feature a CAM. The price they are trying to sell that box at too is incredible.