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nialli · 28-01-2008, 19:27

My experience has been that Freeview's okay for the BBC channels but everything else on the platform has very poor PQ, especially the likes of More4, E4 and Film4. The Virgin TV channels (Dave, UKHistory, Virgin1) are a little better. Lots of digital artefacts and poor rendering. And I live in an area with perfect Freeview reception (couple of miles from Crystal Palace) with three separate Freeview tuners to compare (two built in to TVs, the third in my Panasonic DVD recorder).
By comparison, the picture on both my V+ and Samsung V box is fantastic; no contest. I'm viewing the V+ via HDMI and the quality is near-HD (on the SD rendering). Samsung is on a smaller Sony screen (20") via SCART and is a huge improvement over the Freeview on the set.
Obviously experiences are different for everyone, but if you find Freeview superior to VM's picture, there was something wrong with your local config.

28-01-2008, 19:27	#5
nialli Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Greenwich, SE10 Services: Sky Stream, Sky broadband Posts: 865	Re: UKTV widescreen resolution. My experience has been that Freeview's okay for the BBC channels but everything else on the platform has very poor PQ, especially the likes of More4, E4 and Film4. The Virgin TV channels (Dave, UKHistory, Virgin1) are a little better. Lots of digital artefacts and poor rendering. And I live in an area with perfect Freeview reception (couple of miles from Crystal Palace) with three separate Freeview tuners to compare (two built in to TVs, the third in my Panasonic DVD recorder). By comparison, the picture on both my V+ and Samsung V box is fantastic; no contest. I'm viewing the V+ via HDMI and the quality is near-HD (on the SD rendering). Samsung is on a smaller Sony screen (20") via SCART and is a huge improvement over the Freeview on the set. Obviously experiences are different for everyone, but if you find Freeview superior to VM's picture, there was something wrong with your local config.