Internal Freeview ariels
I've had two and for some reason they only seem to be able to pick up some jewellery channel and BBC Parliament.

With an analogue signal, you could at least get some semblance of a picture and watch, even if it was through a haze of snow.
With Freeview, it's shit or bust.

You waggle the ariel, get a picture on the channel you want, then as soon as you let go, or at worst when you sit back in your chair, the picture freezes, blocks up, and you get the 'No Signal' message.

"They" assure us that when the analogue signal is permenantly switched off, the freeview signal will improve.
I'm not convinced.
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:46, 11 replies)

Same problem here
I ended up with a £40 digital arial before I got a consistent picture. Not really worth it just for the 'luxury' of watching Family Guy from bed at nights.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:49, closed)

Poor little mermaid :(

( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:49, closed)

^^
Hehehe
( snee held his breath since, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 8:20, closed)

You're doing it wrong
it's for washing your clothes.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:51, closed)

It's worth investing in a proper ariel,
and good quality cables help with signal transfer as well. Otherwise, do what everyone else does and watch it on the internet.
( Smallbrainfield, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:06, closed)

It's worth investing in a proper ariel,
Do you mean one of these:

www.identifont.com/show?MR
(GoodLord doesn't have time for sigs., Thu 29 Sep 2011, 17:37, closed)

Heh heh
possibly, possibly.
( Smallbrainfield, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 17:40, closed)

Freeview and DAB, are massively disappointing,
but, if the alternative is getting Sky, I wil tolerate their failings.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:10, closed)

freeview signal
It's correct it does get better when they switch off analogue. Our area has been done already.
I can now receive 50+ channels of shit with no problem.
But on the plus side, i can now get Kerrang! radio on freeview.
(betty swollocks, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:14, closed)

Get an amplified one. They're actually quite good.

( vix0r was not Matthew on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 23:45, closed)

Yeah, that's what I've got
Both of the shit one's I've had were 'amplified' and 'guaranteed' to pick up Freeview.
( Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Fri 30 Sep 2011, 8:27, closed)