Am I right in thinking that you only pay a one off fee? If so how much is the fee?
Will the 'box' be ready for the new digital signal or will I still have to pay something to get that signal too?
What channels do you recieve?
2006-10-23 07:00:51 · 10 answers · asked by Jo 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ TVs
The only cost involved is a Freeview box - they go from about £25 upwards.
Freeview IS digital already, and will be HD compliant.
For more details, check out the Freeview website -
2006-10-23 07:08:06 · answer #1 · answered by Nightworks 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you buy a freview set top box you only pay for the box (about £24 from Tesco) and all you have to do is connect your main TV arial into the back of the box. You don't pay extra for connection as you do it yourself.
You don't get masses of good channels but you do get a few extra and your TV picture is clearer if it was fuzzy before. Check out the freeview website and it will list the channels that you get.
Happy viewing.
2006-10-23 07:08:49 · answer #2 · answered by andipandi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FREEVIEW is a free digital TV service offering over 30 TV channels and 20 radio stations for just a one-off payment and no contract. FREEVIEW is received through your normal rooftop aerial.
www.freeview.co.uk
Go to this site and enter your postcode to see if FREEVIEW is available in your area and see what channels you get. I used to have and found it had some good channels I just didn't get a very good signal where I live so decided to switch to SKY.
2006-10-23 07:15:58 · answer #3 · answered by Claire U.K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you intend getting freeview, buy one with "Top-up" slot, so that you can buy better extra channels. They are digital ready, and there is a one-off payment.
If you live in an NTL cabled area, they give you TV, Phone,Internet, and have a stake in Virgin, you buy NOTHING, the installation is FREE, and all the equipment belongs to them, so if something goes faulty, they replace it PRONTO..... and you can leave BT and save £12 a month line rental., You even keep your old number.
2006-10-23 23:39:05 · answer #4 · answered by xenon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did this for same reasons as you & have had it for about 6 months. I paid £40 one off payment for box, linked it to TV & job done.
However I now want to get sky or NTL cos theres better channels & im bored of the boring freeview ones..... I'd definately recomend you get it though. You get BB3, ch5, film4, E4, etc but not sky1. I want sky1.
2006-10-23 07:05:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it's quite cheap.It will be ready for digital tv so you have no worries there.the thing I don't like is I believe it is not energy efficient. With these set top boxes you tend to leave them on standby tosave you the hassle of switching them on and off.Not good for the planet but otherwise yeah they are sound.
2006-10-23 07:10:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
do it. jus buy the box. loads more channels and even a couple of decent ones + radio stations etc. definitely worth £40
2006-10-23 07:15:21 · answer #7 · answered by blue_dingo06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you just buy the box znd plug it in ,there are no fees at all.you can pick a box up for about £25 ,as i said just plug in and follow instructions
2006-10-23 07:06:04 · answer #8 · answered by jagtic 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i'd go out and buy one because they are cheap and normal t.v does get a bit boring,but buy one that accepts a top up card then if you do fancy watching something that you have'nt got the top up slot is always there
2006-10-23 09:06:24 · answer #9 · answered by gutsy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all i did was buy the box
2006-10-23 07:11:03 · answer #10 · answered by enyababygirl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋