Help please-FREEVIEW BOX, LAST CHANCE

ampersand

Well, it's been connected for a week, thanks to all the help from here.
BUT - few things show up and any transmission is sporadic. Stops and starts affecting both sound and picture. Few of the things listed as available ever are, despite being 'On'.
Having heard about Sky's nasties>Virgin and further probable diminishing of Freeview, is it worth bothering with at all?
(-don't want/couldn't justify Satellite and in principle loathe Murdoch and all he stands for.)

MercilessKiller

Can you not receive cable/Virgin Media/NTL ?

If so that'd be the best way forward. They have some very cheap packages at the moment even just the box for freeview, but going through cable will mean much better reception

ampersand

MercilessKiller wrote:

Can you not receive cable/Virgin Media/NTL ?

If so that'd be the best way forward. They have some very cheap packages at the moment even just the box for freeview, but going through cable will mean much better reception

Thankyou Merciless Killer - what is entailed here? How do I find out? and what do I do, please? It would have to be very cheap indeed - after endless faffing/considering, finally bought the Freeview box at Mr T ONLY because there was a 500point bonus, which swung it for me.

MercilessKiller

If you want a Virgin Phone line (which is prob cheaper than BT), you get cable freeview completely free:
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/service.do?id=1

The phone line is £11.00 a month TOTAL.. no installation charges I don't think.. and you get free evening and weekend calls to all landlines! So if you don't ring mobiles a lot then its a fantastic packagem plus the freeview.

Finally Virgin Media (i.e NTL) are pulling themselves together and doing some good packages

Also if you ring up the sales team and kind of "hmmm haaa" type thing they may do some offers!

0845 840 7777 is the sales number. Local rate number.

If you ended up getting that, you could add an extra £15 a month and get V+ which allows you PVR access so you can record things on a hard drive, as well as access the "TV on Demand" for free!!!!

ampersand

MercilessKiller wrote:

If you want a Virgin Phone line (which is prob cheaper than BT), you get cable freeview completely free:
http://allyours.virginmedia.com/websales/service.do?id=1

The phone line is £11.00 a month TOTAL.. no installation charges I don't think.. and you get free evening and weekend calls to all landlines! So if you don't ring mobiles a lot then its a fantastic packagem plus the freeview.

Finally Virgin Media (i.e NTL) are pulling themselves together and doing some good packages

Also if you ring up the sales team and kind of "hmmm haaa" type thing they may do some offers!

0845 840 7777 is the sales number. Local rate number.

If you ended up getting that, you could add an extra £15 a month and get V+ which allows you PVR access so you can record things on a hard drive, as well as access the "TV on Demand" for free!!!!

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Thankyou again, MK - yes, I think £11 is the landline cost already with dreaded BT. I have Broadband from Primus - will one of the above conflict with this. Have tried to Google 'cable' etc, after your 1st help, but got nowhere as I don't u/s what I'm needing to know/have/ask.
What does u/l in red mean, please?

ampersand

Virgin Media says I am in a non-cable area. Whither next? Does this mean no cable from anyone?
Had wanted radio extras though internet or telly, too - but none of this seems to show up - was supposed to be with Freeview.

MercilessKiller

Oh dear fraid not

However I did just read an article saying by the end of 2007 they will be accessible by 97% of homes in the UK! Guess its a matter of time before they come to your area!

Unfortunately though ye no cable from anyone Telewest, NTL and Virgin Media are all the same company.

Sorry to get your hopes up but its there for the future

Anyway as for TV... I'm not sure what to suggest. BBC are releasing an internet tv download service soon which I think will be free due to tv licenses. Its called iPlayer and will allow you to download any program within 30 days after it being on tv, and it will be accessible on the computer for 13 days after downloading it.

That should be very good. Channel 4 also had 4od (4 on demand) but it costs about 70p to download a program and lasts for only a few days after the download and can only be watched once!

ampersand

albertross wrote:

Why not sort out your aerial..?

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As above, really. It's in the loft, with cord, couldn't do anything else.

judderman62

you could maybe try a signal booster ?

ampersand

albertross wrote:

Is it a wideband aerial? Are you in a freeview area?

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Sorry albertross, don't know how to i/d a wideband aerial, but yes, am in F/v area(so I was told by any number of peeps. while I dithered over yea/nay)

Moneymaker

Ampersand if you tell me your postcode I'll check what aerial system you need.