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Reminder to rescan your Freeview television channels
Posted by chappus in Uncategorized on October 7, 2009
As mentioned a few days ago, if you have not retuned your set-top-box yet, you are recommended to do so as soon as possible. Whilst your Freeview box will still receive digital terrestrial broadcasting using it’s current configuration, for it to perform at optimum viewing quality rescanning will refresh the channels your television benefits from. Good advice is to do this every month or so anyway but on this occasion the advantages certainly outweigh the couple of minutes this will take.
Retune your Freeview box
Posted by chappus in digital switchover on October 2, 2009
In line with the developments of the digital switchover, it was announced today that you should rescan your channel listing in your Freeview set-top-box. Normally, this is possible by going into your box system settings and then scanning your channel listings. If you are unsure instructions should be found within your box user manual. You may find that the channel number of your favourite television station may have changed.
This development will allow in future, amongst other benefits, the possibility of High Definition (or HD) broadcasts using the digital terrestrial system. You will need either a High Definition television or an HD ready set to view such broadcasts though.
All about digital television broadcasting
Posted by chappus in Uncategorized on September 23, 2009
Digital broadcasts offer an insight in the future developments of television viewing. Digital terrestrial, also known as Freeview television, offers more channel choice, including radio, films, childrens TV and sport and also allows interactive content to be transmitted into your living room. By purchasing a set-top-box you have available a plethora of new television viewing choice at your fingertips. Which channels you can receive is dependant on your viewing area and local transmitter but this is also to your benefit as you do have regional broadcasting options too. These include Welsh language channels in Wales for example. The number of digital channels available through Freeview is increasing daily.
How can I receive digital television?
Posted by chappus in digital switchover on September 16, 2009
In the coming years you will be required to switchover from analogue to digital television because the UK government are supporting a move for terrestrial television. This period has been dubbed the digital switchover. This will affect you in the home and all other British and UK households. To receive Freeview television you may need to invest in some new television equipment. You will need a digital terrestrial (or Freeview) set-top-box. These are available on the high street from around £20. You will also need a television capable of connecting to your set top box, but any television set bought in the past 5 years should be capable. You may also need to upgrade your aerial. A good local television installation supplier should be able to do this.
Digital television and analogue broadcasting
The advent of digital broadcasting is fairly recent in the UK. Free-to-air digital broadcasts have long been seen as an alternative to other television viewing methods such as Sky or Freesat. These both have their own advantages with Sky having many channels and Freesat offering HD (high definition) television. Freeview broadcasting has been very popular in the UK and the channel choice will increase. Digital free-to-air television offers a transition from analogue broadcasting using the existing technology you have in your house. A set-top-box is required to decrypt digital signals that are received through your aerial equipment.
The benefits of digital free-to-view television
Posted by chappus in free-to-view on September 3, 2009
There are many advantages to free-to-air digital terrestrial television. The main one being that Freeview brings more choice to the general television viewing public. For just a small initial outlay on a Freeview set-top-box you have so much more choice when it comes to your channel selection. More channels also means more quality television viewing content, although this can bring questions in itself. The primary benefit of UK wide digital free-to-air television outputs is that this opens the door for more technological breakthroughs.
Buying a Freeview set-top-box
When choosing a Freeview set-top-box there are a lot of factors that may influence your choice. The main ones are price, features and the technology brand. Freeview boxes start in the UK now at around £10 to £15 and go up to anywhere over £100 for a box that has advanced features such as recording.
You can get hard-drive and DVD based digital terrestrial Freeview set-top-boxes. The advantage of the hard drive system is that you can record much more television at a higher quality than the traditional technology you might be used to. On the other hand, a DVD based Freeview box may prove beneficial due to the ease of switching from television set to set.
The future of Freeview
Posted by chappus in Uncategorized on August 27, 2009
What is going to happen to Freeview is of the most interesting questions that affects the digital switchover in the UK. Freeview is the free-to-air digital terrestrial television platform that most of us associate with digital TV. There are other digital options such as Freesat or Sky, but Freeview is by far the most popular. You can easily purchase a digital Freeview set-top-box for as little as £20 on the high street.
One that would expect that as the most popular digital television viewing choice, the number of available channels would increase thus increasing your viewing options. Also new technology could develop Freeview to new levels.