Re: More news on the Sky service to rival Freeview

[Mal Lansell <mlansell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Or pehaps they're not - I just saw your other post ;-)


Mal Lansell wrote:

>Well I don't really want to by a freeview box or Top-up-tv subscription
>if I can't receive it, so that website is all I have to go on.  I
>assumed it was just using the postcode to select which transmitter's
>list to display.  The list it came up with for Sandy Heath was missing
>all the pay channels also had no ITV1, ITV2, Ch4 or Ch5, and no Radios
>1-4 either.
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>If the list is indeed larger and they are filtering it based on
>postcode, why would they think I might not get ITV if I should be able
>to recieve BBC1?  Is each channel transmitted at a different power
level?
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>>>Unfortunately they're not all available from my local
transmitter (Sandy
>>>Heath)
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>>How do you know? Looking at various pages on www.dtg.org.uk, Sandy
Heath
>>has channels for all the available multiplexes, so i don't really
>>understand what could be missing....?
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>>Have you tried through your existing aerial? Perhaps you need an
aerial
>>upgrade so you can receive all bands.
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>>Don't believe the online postcode checkers....according to these I
can't
>>receive *any* sort of digital service in my area, LE5 2PP, but the
reality
>>is different, I can get everything from both Waltham and Sandy
Heath,
>>digital and analogue!
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