On 11/3/07, Jai Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys (and girls), > > I've been looking into FreeView today and the switch for my area isn't > until 2011 (a LONG, unbearable way away). Freeview.co.uk reports my > area is without any FreeView whatsoever while DigitalUK says that I > can receive some channels now. > > It also says I'll suffer from a poor reception, that an aerial upgrade > may be required and that I will have 47 TV channels/radio stations in > orange status ("variable reception"). These are as follows: > > * BBC ONE > * BBC TWO > * BBC THREE > * CBBC > * BBC NEWS 24 > * BBCi > * BBC FOUR > * Cbeebies > * BBC Parliament > * The Community Channel > * BBC Radio 1 (radio) > * 1 Xtra BBC (radio) > * BBC Radio 2 (radio) > * BBC Radio 3 (radio) > * BBC Radio 4 (radio) > * BBC Radio 5 Live (radio) > * BBC Five Live Sports Extra (radio) > * BBC 6 Music (radio) > * BBC 7 (radio) > * BBC Asian Network (radio) > * Five > * QVC > * UK Gold (subscription only) > * bid tv > * price-drop.tv > * UKTV Style (subscription only) > * Eurosport (subscription only) > * SETANTA Sports (subscription only) > * Five US > * Five Life > * TopUp Anytime1 (subscription only) > * TopUp Anytime2 (subscription only) > * TopUp Anytime3 (subscription only) > * Teachers' TV > * Television X (subscription only) > * Teletext Holidays > * Teletext Games > * Heat (radio) > * Mojo (radio) > * UKTV History > * The HITS > * Dave TV > * Virgin 1 > * TMF > * Ideal World > * Film 4 > * ITV 2+1 > * BBC World Service (radio) > * The Hits Radio (radio) > * Smash Hits! (radio) > * KISS (radio) > * Magic (radio) > * Q (radio) > * oneword (radio) > * SMOOTH RADIO (radio) > * Kerrang! (radio) > * 4TV Interactive > > What I would like to know is what my chances are of receiving these > channels at a "watch-able" quality. What exactly "variable reception" > means in terms of quality. How come there's no ITV or C4. > > I'm not easily able to attach an aerial to the roof but a friend > suggested this: > http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=115127&doy=2m11&C=SO&U=strat15 > > I have absolutely no clue what I'm doing. I figured that some people > on the mailing list would have a better idea than I do. Thanks for any > help any of you can provide me with :) > > Jai > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ >
Not entirely sure on what they define as variable, but I would suggest if you do decide to buy a Freeview box.. don't buy an aerial, as you may find your current aerial is fine. At my house, I find that if it rains, then the signal starts going bad. By bad, it goes a little blocky and stuttery - not unlike Real player ;-) Kris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/