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Description: Digital terrestrial TV Platform. Freeview is the operator of free digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, ... more
Freeview ... using the DVB-T standard. The Freeview brand name, owned by DTV Services, is used to promote the free digital terrestrial television service as a whole and those services operated by companies who rent capacity from Freeview Consortium shareholders.

Newest Review: ... a free view box or a tv with it built in, you never have to pay anything again. There are 2 different types of freeview, standard, which uses an arial, and free sat, which is from a satellite. Free sat is more expensive to buy at first, but then shares the free subscription. The only bad thing about freeview is the nature of digital signal. On analogue, if a channel was not perfect, you ... more

 ... could still view it, but it might have ghosting or be fuzzy. On digital, the program is either brilliant perfect quality, or not there at all. I would strongly advise freeview, as the digital switch over will make it essential soon. Check your area f...more

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Splooshiba
Premium Review Freeview: Such a cheap box adds 50 channels and 25 radio stations (153 words)
by - written on 06/11/09 (Useful, 7 readings)
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Freeview is an alternative to subscription services, and offers you around 50 tv channels, and about 25 radio stations. Once you have purchased a free view box or a tv with it built in, you never have to pay anything again. There are 2 different types of freeview, standard, which uses an arial, and free sat, which is from a satellite. Free sat is more expensive to buy at first, but then shares the free subscription. The only bad thing about freeview is the nature of digital signal. On analogue, if a channel was not perfect, you could still view it, but it might have ghosting or be fuzzy. On digital, the program is either brilliant perfect quality, ...  Read the complete review

Leannie1000
Premium Review Switch to Freeview (327 words)
by - written on 26/10/09 (Very useful, 32 readings)
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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

Gav86
Premium Review Freeview: Lots of free TV channels! (701 words)
by - written on 15/10/09 (Very useful, 57 readings)
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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

mattpotter10
Premium Review Great if it works (261 words)
by - written on 09/10/09 (Very useful, 18 readings)
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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

tomprosser
Premium Review Freeview (204 words)
by - written on 29/06/09 (Useful, 35 readings)
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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

 

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