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Originally Posted by cheekyangus
It would be interesting to know:
- how many people who have Pay TV have the same TV setup and tuned into Freeview as a backup, just in case
- how many people who have Pay TV end up mainly watching channels they can definitely receive through an aeriel for free
(i.e. it would definitely work in their premises, not just in theory, as some people have likes of local geography, buildings that stop signal being watchable)
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The reason I mentioned it was that until Digital Switchover I couldn't get Freeview here. Telewest/Virgin Media were my only way to get digital television and they would have been (there's an offshoot story here but I won't tell you about the
indoor satellite dish right now
) until August 2010 when the Relay transmitter came online with switchover.
Currently
every screen (I use that word as I'm including computer monitors) here has a tuner inbuilt or connected AND they are all,
at the very least, tuned in as backup.
If I went by postcode I'm in a Relay transmitter coverage area. TVs in the house that only have an indoor aerial only get the main PSB multiplexes (3 multiplexes). Those rooms that have a connection to the roof aerial get 9 multiplexes!
(3xPSB, 3xCOM SD and, to varying degrees of success, the lesser coverage 2xHD ones...oh and somehow even the Local TV one)
Why this difference? When the installer (maybe a year after switchover) came to install FreeSat and a roof aerial (to replace the one in the attic) he had the sense to try pointing the aerial at the Main mast. Our roof aerial is the only one in the street/block not pointing at the Relay.
Personally I can't have a Digital Terrestrial Tuner and not have it tuned in, even if it's just a wire aerial on the window sill getting 15 channels. I find it reassuring knowing every screen can fall back on the basics if there are problems with cable or satellite signals.
Short version...most TVs in house get the 5 Free-To-Air UKTV channels, either via Main transmitter or Freesat dish. Those limited to window sill aerials are without UKTV channels.
The irony of this ramble... you'll all have tuned out long ago.
