Anyone use freeview ?? is the reception any good ?? in ranmoor/fulwood areas ?

Do some research (http://www.freeview.co.uk/) you idle sod :P

I put my old address postcode in and it came up ok :D

My Broomhill postcode comes up OK on the search but the reception is awful and I've had to have Sky satellite Freeview installed.

I tested Freeview by borrowing a Freeview box off a friend and tested it out on my TV. Because of all the hills and trees in Sheffield, I don't think it's possible to break it down by postcode.

I used JB Aerials on Abbeydale Road and they seemed very reasonable and knew the reception in this area pretty well so it may be worth talking to them.

My Stannington post code comes up OK as well, we already watch Freeview anyway despite having all the channels and more already via Sky Digital.

freeview is no good in ranmoor IMO.

I live just off fulwood road/nether green.

bought a freeview box a few months ago and basically picked up a couple of channels and that's it

got bbc3, bbc news24 & cbeebies but nothing else extra - in fact I couldnt even get channel four through freeview!

as a rule of thumb, waht i've been told is if you cant get terrestial channel five then you're unlikely to benefit from freeview.

the best bet is to do what i did, get a box from a major retailer - dixons etc - and if you get no signal, take advantage of their no questions asked (30 day or whatever) returns policy.

Originally posted by Deejay
Do some research (http://www.freeview.co.uk/) you idle sod :P

I put my old address postcode in and it came up ok :D

Less of it you !!!! :D

Most of sheffield will take its freeview signal from Tapton Hill, the transmitter at Crosspool. if you're in the line of sight of this, you should be fine.

The largest single factor in determining good reception is the quality and suitability of your aerial.

The steep hills do limit the signal quite significantly. I know the reception in parts of walkley and hillsborogh can be quite poor, even though its only a couple of miles away.

The Emley Moor and Chesterfield sites also transmit freeview

Originally posted by TaptonHill
Most of sheffield will take its freeview signal from Tapton Hill, the transmitter at Crosspool. if you're in the line of sight of this, you should be fine.

The largest single factor in determining good reception is the quality and suitability of your aerial.

The steep hills do limit the signal quite significantly. I know the reception in parts of walkley and hillsborogh can be quite poor, even though its only a couple of miles away.

The Emley Moor and Chesterfield sites also transmit freeview

Yer, I couldn;t get anything on Abbeydale road until I bought a signal booster, now I get everything.

If you're high on one of Sheffields many hills facing east you can probably get freeview from Belmont in Lincolnshire.

We're well above a thousand feet here and pick up around 70 channels on Freeview. Three each of ITV and BBC regional channels for instance, but the weird thing is we still get better channel 5 reception on analogue than we do on Freeview !!

But you do need a W type aerial and a good CT100 downlead.

I live at Hangingwater Road, got a freeview box and it didn't work properly got BBC3 and that was about it!

I was going to get a signal booster, do these really work?

What is a signal booster? Can anyone recommend one? TIA

Originally posted by sheffix
What is a signal booster? Can anyone recommend one? TIA

Yes they do work definitley

here you go.....

http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=3151&langId=-1&searchTerms=signal+booster

Signal boosters can be a bit of a hit and miss affair. if you have a clean signal, they work a treat. however, they simply amplify the existing signal- including any noise or interference, so they dont always solve the problem.

i would definately recommend borrowing one from a mate or trying one out before you buy!

the signal round here is terrible got a quote for it from the local tv shop (audiovision in dronfield ) and they said the only way i will get it is to buy a £200 ariel :rant:

Craigmason - I got a similar quote for a bigger aerial at my place and then found that I could get Sky Digital fitted for £175 and it works great.

When we got digital we had to have a new aerial installed. We can only get 1,2,3,4,5 and the rest of the channels don't work lol.

Originally posted by Katya


I tested Freeview by borrowing a Freeview box off a friend and tested it out on my TV. Because of all the hills and trees in Sheffield, I don't think it's possible to break it down by postcode.



I tried my postcode and got a Negative. I got it anyway and with a different ariel, got it working (all Channels) except on icy cold nights when we lose a few channles. I may get a higher gain ariel and see if that cures it.
I also got one of the freeview boxes with built in harddrive 80GB (40 hours recording), absolutely brilliant. Just a click to record and forget it.
I could never fathom the VCR but my 80 year old mother can suss this out. Any body want to buy a video recorder? :hihi: