I had Freeview until last tuesday, although the video reception kept pixellating three nights out of four. As well as a digi-box it cost me £200 for a more powerful aerial and booster system in an attempt to get better reception; not very successful although slightly more reliable.
I had "Top-up TV" until a few months ago when they sent me details of a "special offer" where I had to buy a recorder to save channels that I don't watch or couldn't receive. Meanwhile the channels I did watch were removed from the network. Not forgetting the price per month was also going up, whether I took the new package or not.
We have Sky; I finally cracked to family pressure. More money but it was working within 2 hours of the engineer arriving. Perfect picture, massive choice of programmes.
My Freeview box is going to get a free view of the inside of the nearest skip.
