CaptainBarnacles
Novice Member
Hi all,
Briefly, I would like to know if it’s possible to watch catch-up on Freeview Play channels that I can’t receive over the air?
We have just moved house and now live in quite a steep sided valley. At first I feared that there would be no DTV signal but I was hugely relieved to discover that there is a small repeater less than a mile away and in line-of-sight.
I plugged in the telly and set it tuning. I was initially perplexed that could only pick up so few channels so I got the ladders out and went to fiddle with the aerial. With the aerial now pinpointed on the transmitter I re-tuned but still came up short!
After a bit of searching I soon found that the local transmitter doesn’t carry all the channels I had been used to receiving (it’s a non-commercial?!). I get BBC, ITV, C4, C5 etc (and mercifully I can pick up Sewing Quarter!!) but I am missing Dave and Quest etc. I see now why the previous owner had installed a satellite dish.
We are considering a new 43” TV with Freeview Play and was wondering whether it’s possible to watch Dave or Quest etc on catch-up even though I cannot receive those channels through the aerial.
Of course my alternative is to get a Freesat TV but with C4 dropping HD I am thinking that perhaps Freesat is in decline?? Also, my choices of TV are limited if looking at a Freesat set (I really don’t want to have a separate Freesat box if I can help it).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Briefly, I would like to know if it’s possible to watch catch-up on Freeview Play channels that I can’t receive over the air?
We have just moved house and now live in quite a steep sided valley. At first I feared that there would be no DTV signal but I was hugely relieved to discover that there is a small repeater less than a mile away and in line-of-sight.
I plugged in the telly and set it tuning. I was initially perplexed that could only pick up so few channels so I got the ladders out and went to fiddle with the aerial. With the aerial now pinpointed on the transmitter I re-tuned but still came up short!
After a bit of searching I soon found that the local transmitter doesn’t carry all the channels I had been used to receiving (it’s a non-commercial?!). I get BBC, ITV, C4, C5 etc (and mercifully I can pick up Sewing Quarter!!) but I am missing Dave and Quest etc. I see now why the previous owner had installed a satellite dish.
We are considering a new 43” TV with Freeview Play and was wondering whether it’s possible to watch Dave or Quest etc on catch-up even though I cannot receive those channels through the aerial.
Of course my alternative is to get a Freesat TV but with C4 dropping HD I am thinking that perhaps Freesat is in decline?? Also, my choices of TV are limited if looking at a Freesat set (I really don’t want to have a separate Freesat box if I can help it).
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
