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FREEVIEW worth it?

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My mates and I are moving into a new house soon, and (being students) we don't really think we can justify a full cable or satelite TV connnection.

We have seen freeview boxes around, and are considering it. I've seen the list of channels available, but are they actually any good?

Also, the number of freeview boxes available is really big. Is there a big difference between ones from say Sony and some smaller name brand. Some of them are bloody expensive.

Cheers for any help!

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I've never tried it so I don't know. I think in some areas you can't get a signal for it, or only a poor signal though.

There is a stackable coupon in the Dixons section here for a freeview box though if you do decide to buy one.
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Freeview is fine... You could also consider TopUpTV... £7.99 a month for E4, Discovery and UK Gold... (others are ****)...
TUTV box costs £73 Delivered...

You can get a freeview box for around £40...
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Hey,
thanks, I'll look into that TopupTV, though I thouhgt freeview has UKgold. Thanks again.

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UK Gold isn't included in Freeview.

I think Freeview is good value for money. There is a good choice of news, history, music and shopping. Not many movies (at least not any new ones). Also no sport.
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This page shows you the free channels. FREE TV + RADIO CHANNEL LIST

If you have very young children, the cbeebies + CBBC channels make good free entertainment for them :D

The music channels are also pretty good as is the choice of radio programmes. (Up on the right, in a drop down list on the above page).

This is a link to a free press pack, in PDF (Adobe Acrobat needed).

FREE PRESS PACK

On the website there is a "Postcode" checking facility, to see whether your area can receive Freeview.

POSTCODE CHECK

Hope this is useful :D

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had it for over a year - watched it maybe 10 times

in my opinion, it isn't worth it for me but i do know many people who watch it all the time! depends on your choice of programmes i guess - i'd rather download great tv shows than watch trashy ones
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We had an OnDigital box sitting around doing nothing, so we use that to get Freeview - definitely wouldn't have bothered if it meant spending over £40 for a box. We've tried TopUp TV, but it's not that good especially as a lot of the channels are only available for part of the day, whereas the same channel is available on full transmission on Sky. TUTV only has about 10 channels. :(
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i hate this thing (not freeview, teh government!). co syou see, they're gonna switch off the trasmit ariel thing in 10 years or so & thus FORCING everyone to buy some form of digital stuff.... i mean, i dont wanna pay anymore than i have to & I'm perfectly OK with just the 5 channels i'm getting now!! :twisted:
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Saw a while ago -- http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...p;id=818542004 -- essentially unlikely to get done by 2010 now (The precedant of meeting a target being a scary prospect ) but at least 2012 accor4ding to Ofcom.
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i wud def recommend it cos you get sky sport news
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I got an ALBA freeview box from Argos for about £50 ended up watching Bid up TV and Price Drop TV, i'ts the best thing on the damn box, all those has been presenters, you can't stop watching it you always wonder what the next item was going to be and then they had the same items on both sides what a waste of time.

In the end Itook the thing back to Argos and demanded my money back under the trade discripitions act !!
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I got an ALBA freeview box from Argos for about £50 ended up watching Bid up TV and Price Drop TV, i'ts the best thing on the damn box, all those has been presenters, you can't stop watching it you always wonder what the next item was going to be and then they had the same items on both sides what a waste of time.

In the end Itook the thing back to Argos and demanded my money back under the trade discripitions act !!

seriously?
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You've got to get one just for skysports news. The amount of hours i have set there watching it.
You also get 2 music channels- the hits and TMF.

The channels are very limited, but for £40, it's pretty good!
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