Freeview

Advantages: FREE NO CONTRACT, GREAT CHANNELS

Disadvantages: NONE

Freeview! Where would I be without it? I have no idea.

The channels introduced to freeview every day - free of charge, channels other people are paying to watch on packages like sky and ntl. The latest and greatest channels on freeview in order of my preference are:

E4 (great dramas and BB)
TMF (MTV shows like Cribs etc.)
Cbeebies (for entertaining my niece)
Film 4 (great movies)
Itv 2
Sky 3
Itv 4

there are loads more new channels like smile tv - it starts showing from 1am.
There are loads of great news channels like sky news, sky sports news, and of course BBC News 24.
Because freeview is like digital (works through tv arial) you have interactive so you can press the red button.
Sky News 24 is great when you press the red button, you can watch multi screen news- i.e. pick what news you want to watch, eg. headlines, weather, stories or sports. So you dont have to wait for what you want!

The best thing about freeview is that its free, you just pay like £30.00 for the set top box. I bought a mitsui or some strange japanese make, the box is great!
The menu allows me to preview the channel and use guide to select the channel I want. I can get details of any programme even if its tomorrow etc.
Freeview's interactive is great, you get interactive text so you can get great holiday information, play games and whats more is you can get stuff like 'movie picks' 'listings etc.' so you can check what the recommended movies that are coming on are and when and where they are on.

Freeview also has channels that you can pay to see - by top up tv cards (your freeview box has to be compatible, like a phone card you buy a little card with credit that allows you to watch channels that you have to pay for like UK TV GOLD and Television X.

Dont recommend getting the top ups as the channels they offer are not that good, like TCM for example is no way near as good as UK TV Gold, TCM has old historic movies, you want history watch UK TV History which is provided with freeview.

GOD BLESS FREEVIEW!

Whats more is that you get terrestrial TV channels like 1,2,3,4,5 on the freeview box and theyre great quality, and you can use interactive services on them like timetables.

Bought my mitsui from comet ages ago. Generally prices are still around £30 when they reach 20 im getting another one for my room on my mini tv.

You can get recording set top boxes with inbuilt freeview or tv with inbuilt freeview.

You must get freeview. Its Amazing. Whats more is you have to because by 2010 the government (UK) plan to get rid of the way we view terrestrial channels (from my understanding)

Have any questions on freeview I'd be happy to answer any questions. Leave a comment and let me know if you use freeview or use a contracted satellite (pay basis).

-------Latest Exclusive News About Freeview:-------

Virgin has announced that it will launch a new channel, Virgin 1 on Freeview later in 2007. The channel will show drama, comedy and factual programming, and will replace FTN.

Nuts TV comes to Freeview from 12th September 2007. Broadcasting "lads" content from 9pm to 1am, could this be the new Men and Motors?

TCM will leave top up tv

Channel 4 and Emap to launch a new music channel on Freeview? Reports in Variety indicate that Channel 4 may end up with a Freeview music channel soon...

At the start of October, channel numbers for Film 4, E4+1, ITV4, ITV Play and Quiz Call changes. Also, Five US (ch.35) and Five Life (ch.36) have been added.

TVTV appears on channel 304. We expect this to be a TV listing service

I will update this review with any further exciting news regarding Freeview's Expansion!

Summary: MORE AND MORE CHANNELS ARE COMING TO FREEVIEW EVERYDAY. JUST UPDATE YOUR DISH ON MENU TO CHECK (FREE