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Below are all of MikeB's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.Richard Baylis: Could you put your postcode into a reply - because I'm slightly surprised that you'd totally lose those channels, unless your signal was very marginal. Have you checked your system?
And of course if you do want a more reliable reception and all HD channels on Freeview, then Freesat would be an effective way to get that, with possibly a minimal outlay, depending on what equipement you already have.
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RayB: C4 doesn't get money from the licence fee, although ist essentially owned by the state.
And it does make C4 available on Freeview and Freesat - just not in HD on Freesat. And if you get lousy reception on on Freeview (you are in South Wales..), then use Freesat.
There is a simple reason why E4 is in HD on Sky - money. You pay money to them, and they pay money to C4.
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Keith Cunliffe : Or you could just fast forward through the adverts, often in 30sec or 1min steps. Its much quicker.
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Mogsey O'Boyle: Check that Series 4 has an HD tuner. If it does, check that they are tuned to the same transmitter.
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George Cheriyan:
Depending on the size and type of TV, you've got a fair amount of choice.
As for as 32in and 40in HD TV's, you've pretty much got a model of LG (which I have spotted in a 43in) and the 503 series Panasonic, which is exclusively available from John Lewis in a 32 and a 40in.
But for 4K, you've got a much wider choice. All Samsungs starting from the very decent 6400 series (429 for a 40, etc) will have at least one Freesat tuner built in (7000 series an above will have two). The same goes for LG's, which will also have one as standard (the 670 is particularly good value).
Panasonics will only have one's on the EX750 series (one of my favourites) or above, and they all start at 50in. Sony's have generic sat. tuners generally, with higher level ones having two.
Hope that helps.
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David Hughes: You can check the status of the transmitter yourself - it says its fine.
If its happening several times a year, and the transmitter seems OK, then logically it MUST be at your end. Start with the connections, and perhaps change the aerial lead - it might be no more than that.
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Friday 9 March 2018 10:19PM
Ste: If I'm reading you right, your expecting the channel number 34 to be the one on the EPG - it wont be. Its still 106 on the EPG - Ch34 is actually the frequency, and therefore as long as you can pick it up, thats all you need to do.