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Thu 25/08/05 at 18:15
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Got myself a nice new sparkling Freeview box and the darn thing has gone and got stuck on standby.

As tempting as these cheap "£30" freeview boxes are I really recommend you go for a better known brand you can trust. Mine was a mere £35 from Tesco and I've managed 2 episodes of scrubs, a bit of sky sports news and "The Smoking Room" before the damn thing stopped on me.

Seriously, it may seem like little difference between the £30 and £60 model but believe you me quality is everything when it comes to digital TV.

Dringo.
Sat 27/08/05 at 13:20
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You can get Quiz Call now aswell.
Sat 27/08/05 at 13:19
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Well you can check your area on the freeview website.
Sat 27/08/05 at 10:35
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"the burning sky"
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Dringo wrote:
> All Freeview boxes receive all freeview channels...

But it's probably worth noting that the number/quality of channels is down to the signal strength in your area. We had to buy a new beast of a TV aerial to receive all of the channels.
Sat 27/08/05 at 01:54
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So answer to your questions yes ITV2 is with the normal Freeview and there are 2 music channels, TMF and The hits. There are also loads of radio stations (all the digital ones as it happens).

All Freeview boxes receive all freeview channels... but there are some that cannot accept the top up TV card... but to be honest TOP UP TV is a flop and you can get some by simply ordering per night.
Sat 27/08/05 at 01:52
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Channels you get with freeview:

BBC1
BBC2
BBC3
BBC4
BBC News 24
BBC Parliment
BBCi
CBBC
Cbeebies
ITV1
ITV2
ITV3
ITV News
4
E4
E4+1
Five
Sky Travel
Sky Sports News
Sky News
The Hits
TMF
UKTV Bright Ideas
UKTV History
FTN
ABC1
Yooplay
Men and Motors
Community Channel
Ideal World
QVC
Bid TV
Price Drop TV
Teachers TV




Top Up TV:

UK Gold
TCM (Movies)
UK Style
Discovery Channel
Discovery Real Time
UK Food
Cartoon Network (Kids)
Boomerang (Kids)
Bloomberg (Financial)
British Eurosport
Television X (additional fee)
Red Hot (additional fee)



Disney and BSkyB planning their own channel.
Sat 27/08/05 at 00:47
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"Remember me?"
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My mum got me one for my new house from Argos that was around £50-60. Dunno how good it is yet, as I'm starting moving tomorrow. Do all freeview boxes get the same channels? And are any of them music channels?
Fri 26/08/05 at 19:44
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Mine came with my Tv set although it's hard to retune for extra channels

To clear something up, is ITV 3 available for Freeview without buying a "Top-Up tv" package ? (in the same way E4 became available)
Fri 26/08/05 at 18:35
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Yes, the cheap ones are bum. The one my parents bought can't even display the subtitles.
Fri 26/08/05 at 17:23
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Go away.
Fri 26/08/05 at 17:04
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Enjoy the freedom while you can

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