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I have been using freeview for over 5 years now and i have fouund it really good and cheap as i get alot of free channels and all i have to do is just purchase the box which was a one time fee of... more

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Rating Summary based on 62 reviews

  • 5 Stars
    		26
  • 4 Stars
    		29
  • 3 Stars
    		3
  • 2 Stars
    		3
  • 1 Star
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  		• 3.8
  • 71 of 71 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Ross-Murray

    4 Stars Freeview - The TV Service Of The Future. Diamond review 27/10/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages More Choice, Better Quality, Radio & Interactive Services

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Only covers 74% of the UK

    **Introduction** Whether you like it or not you will soon have to accept that we are indeed living in a digital age where analogue is slowly becoming a thing off the past. If you have watched TV over the last few months then you'll probably be aware of that little something called "digital switchover". What is it? I hear you say. Digital Switchover (DSO from here in) is a government initiative to switch off all analogue TV signals in the UK by 2012 in order to provide enhanced digital services. It could also mean free to air high definition TV from the BBC by the time of the London Olympics ... more
  • 94 of 94 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 BNibbles

    Member since 08/10/2000

    Reviews written: 564

    4 Stars Freeview - Jump Before You're Pushed Diamond review 03/11/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Just one up-front cost. No subs. Extra channels. Proper widescreen output

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Needs a good aerial. A limited list of subscription channels muddies the waters somewhat.

    UPDATE 4/2008: I've decided to dust this one off, and rewrite it quite heavily, since having written in several years ago, a lot of "water has passed under the bridge". THE HISTORY - For many years, there had only been five 'mainstream' TV channels in the UK, and even then, some have not been fully available to all. I only need to draw on the experience of holidays in several country cottage rentals to prove this. I would imagine that there are still high-ground areas within the Scottish Highlands, the English Lakes or Welsh valleys that can't get any TV at all, except perhaps via satellite ... more
  • 128 of 128 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    AlexWales

    4 Stars Look for Free 16/04/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages More channels and a good picture at minimal cost

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Need a good aerial

    So. Freeview - not convinced yet? Let me try to enlighten you a bit!! DIGITAL versus ANALOGUE Firstly, let’s go right back to basics. Traditionally, television has been broadcast in an analogue format. Freeview is different, as it is a digital TV service. On a digital TV system, TV signals are converted into a digital format by the broadcaster, transmitted, and then decoded again back into pictures and sound by your receiver. It’s a bit like the difference between a vinyl record (analogue, using a physical groove on the disc that mirrors the original soundwave) and a CD (where sound has been ... more
  • 30 of 30 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ultrafrosty

    5 Stars DIGITAL TELEVISION CHEAP AS CHIPS!!! WOO-HOO!!! 31/01/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages CHEAP WITH LOTS OF GREAT FREE CHANNELS

    Disadvantages Disadvantages DEPENDS ON LOCAL SIGNAL & MAY REQUIRE AERIAL UPGRADE

    I've been wondering for a while now what I could write one of my next ops on… and when I noticed the topic for Freeview, I felt I had found an ideal subject to wax lyrical on… WHAT IS FREEVIEW? Freeview in its simplest form is digital television that comprises of many more channels than those found on regular terrestrial television in the UK (BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5). As Freeview doesn't offer any premium channels (though there are some receiver boxes that allow subscriptions to such channels) there is only one payment to pay - and that is when you buy your Freeview receiver ... more
  • 55 of 55 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    scuba_angel

    5 Stars Do you view for Free? 03/02/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages a one off payment for extra entertainment

    Disadvantages Disadvantages youll still struggle to find anything worth watching at times

    Well having plenty of time on my hands I have been watching a lot of tv mostly on my freeview in my room as for some reaon I am uncomfortable sitting in the house main lounge watching the Virign media package my Dad shells out for monthly. So I sit in my room watching the freeview or my fish tank but the fish are not the topic of this review so back to the tv. Most areas of the UK can still recieve a terrestrial signal giving you the standard 5 channels (though over ten years after its launch some areas still cannot recieve Channel 5 by this method). So other than shelling out for a monthly ... more