Freeview

We used to have Sky but got rid of it when we realised we spent most of our time watching 'normal' TV, however after spending a while having just 5 channels we found this very limiting and there was often nothing to watch. Not wanting to pay £40 a month again we decided that we would get a Freeview box and see what channels we could get for free. Freeview is a digital terrestrial platform that gives you access to about 100 channels for free. You can access this by buying a set top box, these can range in price starting at about £15, the one I bought was from the Argos costing £20. You will find them in all electrical stores. Not everyone however needs to ...  Read the complete review

Freeview is a way of getting digital channels for free (sort of) - if you're buying a new TV and don't want to fork our for Sky or other subscriptions then a lot of new tellies have Freeview built in. You can also get Freevew plus and other various packages. Or you can buy a set-top box, which is what I have. It cost me £15 and that was a couple of years ago. It's dead easy to work, just pop the start lead in and get tuning. This only takes a few minutes so no bothering with engineers and there are instructions on the screen. The box is tiny too. I've always had good reception. You can get about 100 channels, though a lot of them are radio or text. You can ...  Read the complete review

Freeview is the name given to all the channels in the UK on the Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) Service. Its totally free (hence the snappy name for the service...) and works through existing aerials if they are compatible (which most are!). When analogue TV is completely shut off - it has started in areas of the country already - digital TV is required. This can be through freeview, or cable or satellite. Freeview is obtained through a Set Top Box which can be had for less than £20 now, or most new TVs in the UK come with a freeview tuner built in. Just plug in the aerial! Earlier this year i moved out and me and my girlfriend got a place of ...  Read the complete review

Freeview is the new digital television service provided with the aim of enabling Britain to turn off all analogue broadcasts by 2012. The range of services can be accessed using a digital freeview box which decodes the signal received from the aerial, and displays the new digital services on your tv. Most freeview boxes used to be external, however as manufacturers realised that their tv's would need a freeview box to watch tv when the signal is switched off they have started incorporating freeview tuners into the tv's. Freeview is promoted as the low cost alternative to sky or subscription services, however upon purchase of a booster aerial and new cabling ...  Read the complete review

Freeview is a range of popular channels that can be accessed using a Freeview tuner. You can buy Freeview boxes that can be plugged in to the analog aerial slot but the majority of new TVs have a built in Freeview receiver. I have found that the major downside is that the signal is not always strong enough to work properly on my TV. I have Virginmedia on my main TV and use Freeview on my second TV but it is not a cheap option as i thought as i had to buy a booster aerial as well as the Freeview box to get a strong enough reception. There are an OK range of channels but it is not amazing. There are the normal terrestrial channels and then there are extra channels from BBC ...  Read the complete review