How do i get HD?

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XJR500bhp

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1,194 posts

210 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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Just got a new tv with built in freeview, but how do i get itv hd and bbc hd?

Any help appreciated

anonymous-user

54 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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XJR500bhp said:
Just got a new tv with built in freeview, but how do i get itv hd and bbc hd?

Any help appreciated
Is it freeview or freesat built in? If sat then you need a dish, if view then you need to check your area is one that can receive in HD

Cupramax

10,480 posts

252 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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garyhun said:
if view then you need to check your area is one that can receive in HD
and that your tv had a freeview hd tuner and not a normal freeviw one wink

poprock

1,985 posts

201 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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Freeview and Freeview HD are two different things. Which does your new telly have built in?

(A HDTV does not necessarily have Freeview HD included, HD tuners are still quite new and rare.)

XJR500bhp

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1,194 posts

210 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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Oh right its just a freeeview tuner, so do i need s seperate box under the tv?

poprock

1,985 posts

201 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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Yep.

You can go a few different ways. Sky do a HD box, if you already have Sky and want to upgrade. Virgin Media do too, if you’re a cable subscriber.

For free over the air broadcasts in HD, you can choose between Freesat HD (which uses a dish) and Freeview HD (which uses your regular aerial).

Unless you’re interested in pay TV like Sky or Virgin, you probably want to go with Freeview HD. Be warned though, the system is quite new and thus expensive. It’ll come down in price over the next year or so.

Arun_D

2,302 posts

195 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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XJR500bhp said:
Oh right its just a freeeview tuner, so do i need s seperate box under the tv?
Yes, if it's a normal freeview tuner that's built in, you'll need a Freeview HD box if you want to recieve an HD signal via you're normal aerial (and obviously live in an area where they're transmitting Freeview HD in that manner).

Lastly, there's the FreeSat option that's been mentioned before.

anonymous-user

54 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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XJR500bhp said:
Oh right its just a freeeview tuner, so do i need s seperate box under the tv?
You knobber biggrin

XJR500bhp

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1,194 posts

210 months

Monday 28th June 2010
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Knobber?

anonymous-user

54 months

Saturday 3rd July 2010
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XJR500bhp said:
Knobber?
For not realising that you need an HD Freeview box for HD, not a basic one!