Freeview Reviews 298

TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Freeview / Crystal Palace not sending out correct WSS (Widescreen signalling) metadata on PSB2, Mux D3&4, BCh. 26 resulting in picture display issues, since 27th April onwards.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Freeview - what is going on? I can't match your TV guide with the actual listings. I've missed out on so many programmes because of this. For example, I was keen to watch Play for Today this eve... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible reception for our area. Main transmitter too!! Absolutely shocking for the 21st century. Wife trying to watch soaps on STV so tried the player online which is no better so she's missing every... See more

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Repeats, Repeats & more Repeats especially the movie channels... Dreadful, Ads every 7-8 mins which makes it even more annoying.. I Guess that's what you get for free 🤔

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Free to air digital terrestrial television service. Includes reception information, channel lineup and FAQ.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

unfit for purpose

freeview is unfit for purpose and they are no help in fixing it. and for this reason the licence fee should be scrapped as we are unable to watch tv

June 13, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO FREEVIEW???

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO FREEVIEW???
NO channels at all 2 nights in a row so far!
No explanation or even a tick box excuse.
SOBs bleat on about TV licence value??😡😡cumbdunts.

June 9, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Don’t have any trouble with reception…

Don’t have any trouble with reception but the repeat of programs and films is appalling and quite frankly embarrassing and if you’re trying to earn money with advertising you will be losing because people will not be watching the constant bombardment of repeats! Date of experience is false as is all the time

May 28, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Pathetic

Pathetic. No notice of transmitters works. It's been a week now with no TV. No contact about when, if ever, service will be resumed. We live in West Yorkshire not some far flung outcrop. Utterly useless.

April 30, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It's rubb

Why is it free? Because its garbage. Tv guide NEVER works. Reception stops as soon as you switch on another hdmi device.

April 28, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

BEYOND A JOKE NOW!

Another poor decision to "improve" reception in the Oldham area. Have now got problems with ALL HD channels constantly losing signal. Average signal strength 26% and signal quality 30%. Incompetence!

April 26, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Free view customer support

My interaction with a free view customer support deserves to be in a Fawlty Towers sketch! I complained about the signal disappearing when it rains and he told me yes it is known as rain fade! When I said I’m glad to know the condition has a name, but what can you do abou it he said just wait for the weather to pick up again!! It would’ve been hilarious 😂 if it wasn’t so frustrating. Bring back my analog TV anytime. I have taken screenshots of my exchange with this hapless customer service guy if anyone interested or able to publicise this asinine exchange

April 1, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I would give -100 Stars if i could for…

I would give -100 Stars if i could for Freeview or Bore view as it should be named.
Freeview so i thought was aimed at people that can't afford Sky and others,So they have some TV channels to watch to stop them going mad with nothing.
But Freeview actually drives you mad as the same same same programmes are repeated for Years.
I loved 8 out of 10 Cats do Countdown,But for Years they will run complete series on a Channel,Then repeat it all over again on another,This has been happening for Years.
Same with Inbetweeners,Would i lie to you,Taskmaster,Top Gear.
How many times does the people think people just want to watch same stuff but on different Channels for Years and Years and Years?
People who work for freeview are Morons and people who are at the top jobs of Freeview are no bodies and do not deserve their wages.
There are millions of Films and programmes,So try putting some on Freeview will you.
People should not pay anything for this utter rubbish called Freeview!!

March 21, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,…

ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,TV,TV,TV,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,TV,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,ADS,TV,TV,TV,TV,ADS,ADS,ADS!!! THE WORST TV LISINGS IN THE WORLD! UTTER GARBAGE AND SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN!

December 29, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Terrible TV

Freeview is not free as you have to pay for a TV licence just to watch programming, constant charity advertising, boring films and old shows played on a daily loop, I've given up and listen to the radio.

December 24, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

too many interruptions to the actual…

too many interruptions to the actual show. the viewer is bombarded with slide shows of other freevee shows and then bombarded with ads. the interruptions actually takes information away while showing the slide show. it would be easier to watch another streaming service that provides quality show, than over abundants of commericals and ads.

October 18, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Freevee

We have managed to watch one film using this app but now all we get is the playing of one advert of 10 or 15 and then the screen goes completely black and we have to re-run the app just to see another advert played and then a black, unresponsive, screen again I.E.it will not work.

Don’t waste your time with it.

If you call Amazon support you get an offshore call centre who don’t understand English and put you on indefinite hold because they can’t help.

Or another dodge is to ask for your number and ask you to hang up claiming to be going to get a department they can’t tell you the name of to call you back….. which they don’t.

This is why we will never get Prime!

Ii reallly fail to see by Apple allow so much rubbish into their App Store……

September 22, 2022
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Total Racists

Total Racists. 100% of commercials catering to try he black population that is 17% if the United States. Weak

September 18, 2022
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