Freeview HD Products available in February Freeview HD is a television service that offers HD channels available via your existing TV aerial, all for free. It’s available in a set top box that you will need to connect to an HD Ready TV. Or, if you don’t have an HD ready TV, then TVs with Freeview HD built in are also available very soon. Plus, you also get access to up to 50 SD digital channels and radio stations. And all for free. Freeview HD is simple to set up; just plug in, and with no monthly bills, you just buy today, watch today then it’s free forever. As well as up to 50* free SD channels, Freeview HD gives you all your favourite TV in fabulous HD: * The BBC HD channel the best of the BBC channels * ITV1 HD - the same as ITV1, but with programmes remastered in HD to improve picture quality * Channel 4 HD will launch very soon along with an S4C channel in HD in Wales * Number of channels available are subject to digital TV coverage at your address Problems With Cheap Freeview Set Top Boxes Full featured cheap Freeview receivers with are now available under £40 which include a UHF modulator - making them suitable to convert any TV to digital - even an old TV set without a Scart connector! However, if you buy the cheapest Freeview box you can find in a local supermarket, it won't have a built in UHF modulator and will be a relatively unknown brand. These products frequently suffer poor Freeview reception in weak signal areas suffering picture breakup problems and freezes due to poor design. In addition, cheap Freeview boxes often lack the ability to directly feed a loft TV distribution amplifier, making it more difficult (without purchasing a separate UHF modulator) to distribute Freeview channels to other TV's around your home. For this reason, most budget Freeview boxes must be connected to a TV using a Scart (Euro Connector) cable as they produce no modulated RF Output signal via the 'UHF loop through' sockets. In these cases terrestrial digital TV cannot be viewed via the TV's aerial socket. Over Roof Satellite Cabling Failing If you live in a terrace type house this is info for you We have been called to many Sky and Freesat installations that have failed because installers have thrown the cable over the roof. The cable frays on the ridge and the slates causing water to ingress and damaging the receiver. Too many systems have been installed this way by engineers. If you are having any engineers install your cable over the roof, please ensure that they place protection round the cable on the ridge. Also ensure the cable is properly secured to the roof with ties every other slate or so. Otherwise your cable will fray and split and allow water in. This water will in turn be drawn down to the IF input. If the cable is foam filled then the system will just fail to work when it frays. You can also ask the engineers to install the cable through the loft void then this kind of thing will not happen.. Channel Content Content from Discovery and Discovery Real Time has been removed from the Top Up TV Anytime service as of 7th July 2009. Top Up customers have also recently seen the departure of content from Living, as well as Setanta. Extra content from National Geographic is being provided to fill the Discovery gap. Freeview HD Viewers will be able to watch high definition TV on Freeview from 2009, broadcast watchdog Ofcom has confirmed. Sky HD just £49.00 When you join Sky TV with HD Pack from £26.25/month Setanta Gone/ESPN takes over Setanta Sports finally pulled the plug on it's UK TV operation this evening after numerous financial problems. The UK wing of the firm is no longer trading or broadcasting. ESPN has bought the rights to show 46 games in next season's English Premier League that were to have been shown by struggling broadcaster Setanta. Customer Queries ESPN is available to Top Up TV subscribers for £9.99 a month. New customers will get the first month free if they sign by 31st August