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Average Ratings for Freeview

  • Customer Service2.1 stars
  • Features2.8 stars
  • Value for Money3.3 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings2.9 stars
  • Overall Rating3.1 stars

8 Reviews For Freeview

  • Freeky Rank: Major 24th Sep 2008

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Good Points: Its free, easy to use. Good picture quality (compared to sky).


    Bad Points: No HD service (yet) except in London.


    General comments: It may not have as many channels as sky, but it is continually expanding & will get a big boost after the 'switch off' Compared to sky it a dream to use and channel selection is much more natural.

    There are many boxes available from under £20, though quality is not always good, however there are many 'integrated' tv sets now available, so getting set up is easy (most boxes set themselves up automatically on initial switch on.

    Once have your aerial installation correctly set up you should need no further expense, so a true one off cost is all it takes to give a lifetimes service.

    I have both sky & free view, but always prefer to use the free view service, enough said??

  • kier 28th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    I am so angry with the freeview service! needs to be sorted out. I have invested in over 200 pounds in products and arials to gain a average standard of tv viewing. The service will worsen when moped motorcycle drive past the road of the home, microwave is used (10metres away) and even general movement walking in the proximety of the arial. I believe digital tv at the moment is awful. I miss so much news conversation words because of such happenings and low coverage which is not acceptable, its ...

  • Guest 16th Apr 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I got Freeview and got rid of my cable as I wasn't watching it much. It was ok at first but lately its useless and the reception is awful
    If anyone knows why this is please could you let us know.
    Thanks

  • Ieuanfawr Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel 9th Jan 2007

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    Digital Terrestrial TV is coming of age.

    Make sure you have a good signal -that often means a new "digital ready" aerial. I paid £65 - worth every penny - the difference was more than just noticeable, despite the fact the analogue pictures seemed OK. Recordings to DVD are indistinguishable from the original.

    The range of features available, their ease of use and response time and updating can depend on the set top box or, as is now more common, the digital TV set.

    EPG (Electro ...

  • kiyawhite Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel 9th Oct 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    I got FREEVIEW Digital TV over the holidays, and I can't say that it doesn't have it's problems, but it's still a great form of digital television!

    I previously viewed the basic 5 analogue channels in a medium to weak digital signal area. Yes, a good reception for analogue, but not what I'd call a variety of channels. That's when I finally thought it was time for a change. I fitted FREEVIEW, a Samsung 2-scart Digital+ DV3 Terrestrial Receiver (worth almost £100), with my present 16 elem ...

  • wilbur9 23rd Apr 2005

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    We have just changed from NTL analogue. Freeview gives a much broader range of channels than terestrial analogue - FREE! and it's such good value. The Top-Up option gives as good a range as we had with NTL, but cheaper. The basic Freeview package provides a range of channels to suite the whole family. If you are looking for Sports or Film channels then this is probably not the best option.
    .... And for £35 for a freeview box it's cheap enough to try it and see without breaking the bank! ...

  • vherbertsmith Rank: Lieutenant 15th Sep 2004

    Reviewer rating: 4 stars


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    We have just purchased Freeview after realising exactly how much we were spending a month on Sky Digital TV, whose prices seem to keep rising. We are very happy with it. You should be careful as a lot of the `free' channels are rubbish (shopping and auction channels mainly) but you do get `CBeebies' and `CBBC' which are a godsend if you have children, a couple of decent video music channels as well as `Sky Sports News', BBC3 and ITV2. You can pay extra to have channels such as UK Gold and E4 but ...

  • johnny123 Rank: Lance Corporal 6th May 2004

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    When I first heard of Freeview I thought, what a great idea. 30+ free channels of Digital TV which I can recieve for a one-off payment for the box. However, I find the majority of these channels completely useless, for example bid-up.tv. Take a look at the selection of channels they give you, and ask yourself, "How many will I actually watch?". I would recommend even the cheapest service from Sky. Trust me you wont be wasting your money there. If you do decide to buy a box then check out http:// ...