Great Cheapest Freeview Box Hunt

EileenH

kah22 wrote:

I live in Northern Ireland and am able to receive all the UK channels plus a number of the channels broadcast from the Republic of Ireland. (RTE)

For sometime now I've been considering going Freeview but need some tech help in choosing the box.

I neeed help because while the UK broadcast on UHF my signal from the Republic of Ireland comes through via VHF and therefore if I hook my tv upto a freeview box I will loose my RTE signal.

I have read somewhere that there is a soloution and that is to get a digibox with a loop through signal (or someting of that nature).

Have any readers ever come across this kind of box. I'd greatly appreciate any assistance.

Kevin

Most freeview boxes now (if not all) have RF loopthrough, which means you can still access analogue channels and record analogue programmes while watching digital ones and vice versa. I have 3 different freeview boxes which all have the RF loop and I can switch between analogue and digital.

hulltrucker

lynnechapman wrote:

Last week the W H Smiths store at McArthur Glen outlet village, Cheshire Oaks, had Alba Freeview boxes for £17.99.
Lynne

I just rang my local Hull store to see if they would match the price - the manager said they would not!!

simes

https://www.medionshop.co.uk are doing refurbished freeview boxes for £19.99 and delivery is only £1.50

laurmurph

Radio Times email offers this Freeview +VCR for £80 - does anyone have one? Is it a good set and worth paying the extra for so that you can video record from Freeview?
The new series of West Wing starts next Friday and I'm getting keen to buy! (might be cheaper for me to wait 'til it comes out on DVD though....)

tabath

I have a Sky box and am planning to cancel my subscription. Am I right in thinking I can still get the freeview channels through my sky box. Is there anything I have to do to receie them?

ChemicalBrother_2

You won't need to do anything. The channels you'll still get are all the ones you get if you take your card out now (don't worry - you can do that and just put it back in again in a few minutes) as well as Channel 4, Five and Sky Three.

Unfortunately you won't get all the channels that are on the terrestrial Freeview. So no E4, More 4, FTN, The Hits, Sky Sports News, ABC1 or TMF! And probably a few others I can't think of.

oscarhugo

simes wrote:

https://www.medionshop.co.uk are doing refurbished freeview boxes for £19.99 and delivery is only £1.50

They're now £17.99 according to the website. Are they any good, does anybody know?

needstoknow

hi, im on sky free view and the web site originally said you get sky 2 but i didnt phoned up and they said it was a mistake and i think its been taken off the site, bit late when you brought the dam thing!

dc

The Medion shop refurbished one is down to £15.99, ( a new one is now £19.99) but post is £2.99.
Comes with scart lead too.

HTHs dc

marks87

Curry's are currently selling the highly-rated Matsui TUTV1 box + Top-Up TV Starter pack for £49.99 (which is effectively, buy the box & get the starter pack free).