Steve -say writes:

How about picture quality ?

I have a Panasonic 30 Digibox and a Panasonic Freeview box, and I
generally find the Freeview picture to be quite a bit better than the
Sky picture.

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"Geoff Rimmer" wrote in message
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Steve -say writes:

How about picture quality ?

I have a Panasonic 30 Digibox and a Panasonic Freeview box, and I
generally find the Freeview picture to be quite a bit better than the
Sky picture.

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I would agree.
It is probably down to the simple economics of the situation, only
channel Five out of the terrestrial channels really make a serious effort
to set the standards picture quality wise on dsat. The BBC and ITV in
particular just won't buy enough dsat capacity to allow them to run their
multiple channels/regions without compromise.
When it comes to DTT they have full access to their own transponders
and while there are fewer than on dsat it's a region based service so that
more than balances out the load.

Mike C

On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 07:02:11 -0000, "The Wizard" wrote:


"CHS Go Huskies!" wrote in message
.com...
This may sound like a stupid question, but is it possible to receive BBC
channels through Freeview? Is it possible to see SKY Channels through
Freeview?


BBC Channels through Freeview...Yes

Sky channels through Freeview...Only cheapo crap FTA news and stuff,(That's
why it's called FREEview and not *paythroughthenoseview* ;-)

Not true. Freeview has some quite decent FTA channels that are subscription only
on satellite. ITV2, UK History, UK Bright Ideas, ftn, TMF, The Hits. Not Sky One
or UK Gold but not bad given the price.

If you can receive Freeview in your area then get a box they are less than 50
quid now. You might also consider getting a Free2view satellite too as there are
some excellent programmes FTA on satellite that are not available on Freeview
e.g. Performance & TCM.

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Live from the sunny Cote d'Azur

Nigel Barker wrote:

If you can receive Freeview in your area then get a box they are less than 50
quid now.

Yes. I can't imagine why anyone who lives in a FreeView area doesn't
have a receiver, unless they really don't have the cash to spare.

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