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Welcome to the Freeview page, Freeview is an excellent digital TV service that allows access to lots of digital TV channels with no subscription. So this means that once you have the Freeview tuner there are no more costs involved and buying a Freeview tuner is nice and cheap as there are Freeview set top boxes that cost only around £25.

The Freeview service offers digital television which offers top quality picture and sound quality, it also offers many more channels so it is well worth buying. There are over 30 channels which include the standard BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel4 and Five channels and many other television channels that are only available on digital TV. Freeview does not have as many additional channels as Sky Digital or some of the cable packages but there are lots of quality additional channels, these include general channels such as BBC3, BBC4, ITV2, ITV3, ITV4, E4, More4, Sky3 and many others.

Many of these additional channels offer programmes that are not available on the analogue broadcasts or that are shown a long time before they are shown on the analogue broadcasts. Many of the BBC's programmes are shown on BB3 or BBC4 before they are shown on BB1 or BBC2 and Channel4 show lots of quality films and documentaries on E4 and More4, E4 also offers live coverage of Big Brother when it is on which can be fun! Sky3 is also great to have as they show lots of quality programmes such as top American dramas like 24 and Cold Case, Sky3 does not show the new programmes though as these are shown on Sky1 and Sky1 is only available on Sky Digital.

Freeview also offers great specialist channels such as channels for children including Cbeebies, CBBC and CITV and although this does not come close to the amount of children's channels offered by Sky Digital it is still enough to keep most children happy. Freeview also offers dedicated news channels so you can keep up to date at all times and this includes Sky Sports News which offers excellent news coverage for all of the major sports. They also offer music channels so that you can watch music videos al day long and lifestyle channels that offer documentaries and shopping channels, it even offers access to digital radio so you can listen to lots of quality radio stations.

There are several ways to receive Freeview so which you buy depends on your circumstances, if you are buying a new television then lots of them have a Freeview tuner built in so you will not need any additional equipment or if you already have a television you will need to buy a set top box. Buying a television with Freeview included is great because it is so simple, it will all work automatically, you will only need one remote control and there is not need for a set top box. If you are buying a new television look out for the digital ready logo which tells you that the television can receive Freeview.

Buying a set top box is the best way to receive Freeview if you already have a television and do not wish to buy another television, they are small electronic equipment and are much like a DVD player in shape and size. You simply plug your television ariel into the back of the set top box and then connect the set top box to your television, if you wish to use a video recorder then you simply connect the set top box to the video recorder and then connect the video recorder to the television so that you can record Freeview programmes. Set top boxes are also cheap so you do not have to spend much to receive Freeview and there are no additional payments or subscriptions once you have paid for the set top box.

There are also other ways of receiving Freeview which include watching it on your computer, you can do this with a USB stick that includes an ariel so can give instant access to Freeview television on your computer (as long as you are in a Freeview area). So if you have a laptop this enables you to watch digital television where ever you are including outside or in the bedroom and also means that you do not even have to buy a television to watch Freeview television.