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I am a definate techno phobe and very dense with anything technical. My mind just shuts down.

Anyway I was worrying about digital tv and the thought of messing with a satellite dish and signal finder was enough to bring on my palpitations. I thought it was dvd's only from now on. I used to have an old analogue tv and made do with either a couple of channels or on some sites no TV at all.

Anyway I decided to buy a digital TV with freeview and dvd player in it (only a cheapo from Argos) and after tuning it in I am staggered at how many channels I can get and such a good picture. I have one of those little flying saucer ariels on the roof of the van and with analogue I always thought it was rubbish. I do need to use the booster button on the ariel.

Very satisfied and hoping nothing changes when the whole country is digital.

Just you wait and see...  we don't have a TV in our caravan (& never will) but at home the whole digital experience is nothingh but trouble. 

Just last night they were bu~#ering about with the signal again - despite the fact that the switch-over was completeed here months back.   After re-tuning yet again as instructed we have once again got worse reception than (ever) before on several channels, and yet again lost lots of channels... no less than THIRTY this time... and guess what it's all the channels with the only decent programmes that have gone  

So welcome to digital TV.    Eventually you'll find that you can watch more of the same repeats of.....  Cr*p In The Attic, endless repeats about people with loads of money looking for a little place in the country,  stupid gits on bus tours abroad making you cringe to be British, cooking programmes, shopping channels or the porn channels if you want to pay for them    

Other than that the rest will come & go then disappear forever - unless of course you live dan saff near London.  No doubt they'll get everything for nothing at the expense of the rest of the country .. 

Err, sorry - I think I justy had a major rant there ....     ......

We have generally have a good digital reception, once you have the arial pointing in the right direction.  We usually have a good look at which way everyone elses arial is pointing.

Dont forget you will have to re-tune if you move around the country, in some areas you can only get the signal from the booster masts that dont have all the channels

I have freeview in my car and can get 85 channels plus all the radio ones outside my house as the signal comes from the main mast.

If I go into town the signal comes from a booster one and can only receive 19 channels and 6 radio ones.

When the idiots in London decided we can go digital they divided the UK into areas, and each area was allocated a different frequency, just like with analog, when there was no need with digital.

If every main mast and booster one, where set to the same frequencies we would not have half the trouble

There seems to be a world of difference in receiving digital and analogue signals on the Status type aerials. I always found it difficult with analogue and was one of the reasons for buying a satellite system. But since the change over I have got good reception with digital both in the UK and abroad.

David