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we have freeview  that fits in to our laptop used with the status ariel on the van and have not had any props with signal or picture quality we have usedit in yorkshire, the lake districts ,oban, perthshire ,fife , bought of e bay for £38  

  jamie123

Quote: Originally posted by kaylyn on 20/8/2006

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hi guys new to caravanning so we have to try all the mod cons you cant get in a tent, we got a lcd tv, freeview, and booster signal thing for the ufo (sorry round ariel on roof), just got back from crooklands tv signal not the best at all so bought a external ariel, we got a better picture through that but without the booster, could not understand why, sure to god that external and booster would give overall better picture ???????

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Quote: Originally posted by G1BB0 on 21/8/2006

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please bare in mind freeview digital TV is not at max power yet

I have watched a few programmes explaining the ins and outs, once standard TV is phased out in next couple of years the digital tv transmitters will be boosted to enable better reception/wider coverage

so its still early days for terrestrial digital tv

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And just when it is at max power,  "High Def " will be the new kid on the block.

Hi

We have freeview in the van, we have been to many sites and 90% of the time it works fine.

However the status airel is rubbish.  We bought a powered internal one from tesco  was about £25 and it plugs into the mains and boosts the signal (it has to be freeview compatible though as ours was)   its internal and the picture is fantastic.

While the website claims that 95% of the country has freeview coverage, I suspect that a more accurate claim is that 95% of the population has coverage. Being as campsites tend to be out of the cities, my experience is that with any kind of aeriel the chances of freeview coverage are at best 50/50. Despite the more complicated set up, I would favour a satellite over freeview. Maplin have one for £79. I was unfortunate enough to buy mine when they put their prices up to £100. They came back down 2 weeks later :-(

hello again,

i have managed to get great pictures with freeview but very limited channels, itv 2 has gone on holiday cause we never seem to find it and as for the rest we are lucky to get prob 5 channels inc the norm.