Freeview Reviews 298

Freeview is absolutely monotonous. Repeats like a loop not unlike brainwashing. American humour is trash which I fail to understand as I'm English. The quicker we get rid of this mind numbing trash the happier I'll be as for their american footbal thrown down our throats they can keep it when last I looked this country was a sovereign state ..lol yeah right ...

You would think when many more are at home because of the virus freeview would provide a decent service but it has got worse .inam missing about sninebchannels now . I don’t blame the weather it’s freeview lousy tech.

The service is complete Rubbish !
HD channels have gone except the big 5.
Picture breaks up so often as signal quality drops.
Constant updates have no positive effect.
If this was a paid service it would be closed down !!

I have two high quality aerials for two seperate TVs and both are the same intermittent poor quality.

Since the last advertised transmitter work (northwest)whenever it rains or the whether turns the reception is terrible. Blocks of channels seems to suffer in turn, BBC goes whilst the others remain or vice versa. Historically this has happened post transmitter work but had settled down. This feels permanent. Anytime the weather is less than benign your looking at streaming alternatives or DVD’s. Doesn’t bode well for long winter months.

Not all channels advertised as being on Freeview and included in their TV guide are available in all regions. They do not make it clear nor do they have TV guides for different regions. In today's climate of transparency and data availability it's not really good enough.

Rubbish. If I had a choice of giving it no stars, I would.

Since 12 August update I have had nothing but problems although have retuned numerous times; channels 1 and 2 have disappeared; no BBC1 and 2 except on hd and unable to receive BBC Northwest news at 6:30pm as no regional BBC available; ITV is now ITV Wales so no Granada programmes; some channels missing; sound disappears on what channels are left frequently and have to reboot tv etc. Terrible service. As it is operated by a company which is a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and transmitter operator Arqive I would have thought between them they could have solved the problem by now. Thanks, Richard. 21 August

I have hardly been able to watch tv at all for 2 weeks, even all the bbc are blank. Even more irritating is when you can watch 2/3 of something before it becomes pixilated. I am paying for a product i cannot use.

Sick to death of dreadful signal. Constantly dropping out, pixellating, blank screen, all accompanied by deeply annoying high pitched screeching sound every few seconds. At least with an analogue signal, all one had to contend with was a bit of "snow" and "ghosting", but still.watchable, and you could follow the dialogue without having your eardrums perforated by screeching and squeaking. You get what you pay for, and Freeview is cheap and extremely nasty. Some of us have no choice but to endure this abysmal "service" as we can't afford Sky.

WE PAY PAY PAY FOR STUPID TV LICENCE TO RECEIVE DIABOLICAL UTTER ABSALUTE
GARBAGE YOU ARE A ABSALUTE JOKE.

The person who is responsible for the lost channels should be sacked. Get it sorted!! Done all the crap they have put on their site to fix but obviously this doesn't work.

Totally diabolical just trying to make people who can't afford it upgrade to aerials they probably make. THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY USELESS and as for the BBC making people pay for TV licenses to watch their programmes which have disappeared since so called update should reimburse every TV license payer.

Lost BBC ITV CHANNEL4 and 5 amongst others, although the guide says I am tuned in to receive them.
Not really an upgrade then is it?
Rubbish.

freeview helpline is ridiculous, 08081000288 taken from bbc teletext, is robot answered, you press the button you want for which service, and EVERYTIME, the message is "sorry all our advisers are busy, please call back later" then you are cut off, its a waste of time, i am THINKING SERIOUSLY of getting the whole lot removed, and going to a streaming service now, it is not worth the bbc tax fee for the rubbish that is shown anyway, and the help is none existing if you have a problem. my advice for anyone thinking of freeview is "DON'T BOTHER".

For those of you having trouble viewing the freeview channels, do not worry. You aren't missing much. My freeview reception is very good, but that is the only positive thing I can say about this service. Repeat after repeat after repeat - on all channels. Also, the limited selection of movies available are constantly rotated week in week out. Yes it's free, but it's a poor entertainment service. Perhaps I should look into netflix.

Absolute garbage freeview just done a retune and lost all HD channels........a step back in time absolutely shocking !

awful dated, never working service reminiscent of 1950s USSR style pixellated rubbish output. No wonder no one is watching the channels anymore.Quite shocking for a supposedly first world country.

In 2020, when 8k TVs are about to become the new gold standard in TV viewing experience, it is completely unacceptable that the main platform for the UK license fee paying population is crappy standard definition, low bit rate, constantly repeated, tired and boring TV. Not worth £150 a year at all.

no bbc no news channels only works intermittently. only 3 channels worth watching.

First of all it's not free. In order to use the service you first need to buy a TV licence at £157.50 as of July 2020. In order to watch or record live TV in the UK you must pay the TV Tax (licence) therefore it can not be free and is falsely advertised. Secondly the majority of content is poor and not worth the £157.50 cost. You are much better with a Netflix or Prime subscription. Do not be fooled by "FREEVIEW" it is NOT free, if you have to pay for something first then it's not free (TV Licence) and the service is being falsely advertised. No TV Licence = No Freeview!