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Acropolis · 08-02-2005, 20:55

on NTL/Telewest and Sky, you will get some of the channels that you get on freeview, and on sky you will get these without having a subscription.

You will NOT get the digital signal needed to feed a freeview box through either Telewest or NTL.

By plugging the cable tv feed directly into your tv then depending on your area you may get some channels, namely off airs ie 1-5, and some cable channels, this was set up as when cable companies first came around they had a habbit of cutting the feed from people's ariels to keep them on cable for ever. but when people left and found out this had happened, the cable companies pipe the off airs out so they can be picked up.

You can sometimes get QVCand a couple of others as well, but you wont get the digital freeview channels.

08-02-2005, 20:55	#9
Acropolis Inactive Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Midlands Age: 47 Posts: 79	Re: Freeview through telewest?! on NTL/Telewest and Sky, you will get some of the channels that you get on freeview, and on sky you will get these without having a subscription. You will NOT get the digital signal needed to feed a freeview box through either Telewest or NTL. By plugging the cable tv feed directly into your tv then depending on your area you may get some channels, namely off airs ie 1-5, and some cable channels, this was set up as when cable companies first came around they had a habbit of cutting the feed from people's ariels to keep them on cable for ever. but when people left and found out this had happened, the cable companies pipe the off airs out so they can be picked up. You can sometimes get QVCand a couple of others as well, but you wont get the digital freeview channels.