All posts by Briantist
Below are all of Briantist's postings, with the most recent are at the bottom of the page.
Amewsed: If you don't want to wait another 12 months for a decent Freeview service, then yes.
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sheld ali : Can you have a look at Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice please?
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Martin: You can't really make devices "forward compatible" if you have no idea what the future brings.
The Freeview HD service uses MPEG4 for content encoding, which requires a lot of extra computing power and memory and isn't just a simple "software upgrade" as set-top boxes use hardware decoders.
Freeview HD also uses DVB-T2 transmission, which wasn't defined as a standard and once again is implemented in hardware, so you can't just get an existing DVB-T chipset to "do it".
It just isn't worth the bother of having a "modular design", it is much cheaper for the manufacturers to sell you a new box.
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Nick Campion: Please see Digital Region Overlap | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice - or you probably didn't do a "first time installation" when you retuned your box/set.
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John Emery: Only if you want to get rid of more than half of your channels. Sutton Coldfield provides the whole service, Ashbourne is a "Freeview Light" transmitter.
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Robert Kenchington: ITV1 analogue has moved to the BBC TWO analogue frequency until switchover completes.
You should probably try a "first time install" on your receiver, or do this My Freeview box has no EPG, is blank on FIVE, ITV3, ITV4, ITV2+1, has no sound or the channel line up is wrong | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Paul: If you were OK doing a "first time installation" on the 17th, then you may need to see Single frequency interference | ukfree.tv - independent free digital TV advice .
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Thursday 18 August 2011 5:58PM
Brian King: It could just be that the Sony is less sensitive than a Freeview box. If this is the case then the obvious answer is to get another cheap Freeview box until switchover.
It is probably worth checking you've got really good quality "fly leads" as these are often the source of problems.