Page 1 of Freeview Boxes - do they work in your area if it says no on the website???

I could really use one of these things to get TV in the bedroom but the website says it is not available where I live (Farnborough/Hants - one of the most heavily populated areas near London!)

Does anyone have one that works even tho` the freeview website says it won`t??

Thanks



why take life so seriously..its not like you are going to make it out alive

Some areas are in hollows that need a repeater signal mast to beam the tv signal into it. Some (or all) of these masts do not have the spare transmitter space to also send out the digital signal, and won`t be able to until the analog signal is turned off and can be replaced by the digital signal. However some areas are I think just to far away to pull in a signal strong enough for the freeview box to decode.

However I think you are in one of the hollows and are sunk until the switchover. Or get a second sky box.
I`ll take my commission now please!! :)
I`m not a tect head, but I think that`s just about it. If I`ve got it wrong, someone will put you right.

Cracking toast, Gromit!

The best way to find out, really, is to ask friends or neighbours if they can get it. Someone in your area is sure to have tried.

Alternatively, buy a cheap box from Tesco or somewhere and try it for yourself. If it doesn`t work, you can always return it.

Try your local electrical retaillers who sell the boxes- ask them if they`ve sold them to people from your area who have it working- I`ve got a mate in the midlands who was told by the postcode checker he couldn`t receive it- went to his local store and asked the question- bloke in the store said he`d sold a stack of them locally and had no complaints -even offered to take it back if it didn`t work. He bought a box-it worked, he went back for another one and a freeview pvr.