No TV picture

[tamborine]

now what ? I've re-tuned but nowt on TV. I can only get Freeview - what's happening ?

[mike11111]

Have you not just changed over to digital?

[Hopkirk]

Of course you can only get Freeview.

Analogue has been switched off now.

[scoobydooh]

tune it in now

[tamborine]

Stations found 00 :(

[cathfromsaron]

that means your aerial is not picking up anything, maybe it is an indoor one which needs to be moved around?

[tamborine]

Are we forced to buy digital TVs & Freeview boxes ?

[cathfromsaron]

in wales, yes you buy one, unless you are disabled or a pensioner, who will get one tv changed for free.

[tamborine]

cath, the broadcasts aint worth me risking my life climbing roof & chimney to re-align aerials.

[deggers316]

youv'e had years of warning about this where have you been

[deggers316]

what do you mean you can only get freeview "on you tv"?? if you can get freeview on your tv you've got around 80chanels + radio
don't understand your question

[Old_Geezer]

Yes, the country is gradually switching off the analogue TV signals area by area. It sounds as if you are in an area that had the analogue end last night. From here on in all you are able to get are the digital channels. Freeview as you say. The government will be allocating the freed up analogue spectrum to another use. Yes the government does what it likes, you pay for whatever you need to continue to receive your TV programmes.

[cathfromsaron]

digi boxes cost less than £30 and will enable you to receive digital telly!

no climbing on the roof needed!

[Maydup]

You dont need anything more if you are receiving the freeview channels. That covers all of the main ones and 80 odd others.

I don't fully understand your problem....

[tamborine]

TVs in kitchen/bedroom/office/caravan/3 work stations have no reception as they dont have freeview & are over 5y old. That's a lot of TVs to replace.

[sunny-dave]

As long as your TVs have scart sockets you can pick up freeview boxes for around a tenner on ebay (or a bit more in the high street)

http://www.ebay.co.uk...10830702936%26ps%3D54

[tamborine]

Some dont have spare scarts as they're used for CCTV and tightly fitted, so's not to have space for additions.

[hc4361]

How can you be surprised?

[craft1948]

How many people live in your house?

[SpikeyBush]

This started happening in 2008 and will end in Northern Ireland this October. Short of knocking on every door in the land and poking every living person in the eye until they acknowledge this I don't see what else could have been done to warn you.

My Belfast apartment will switch over this October but being in the shadow of a big mountain means I will only have limited Freeview service, so a dish for a Freesat box is ordered with six months to spare. The Freesat box was only around £30.

[tamborine]

I've just received a reminder for the TV licence without any mention of discontinuing broadcasting on analogue TVs. It says "...Renew now then switch on sit back and enjoy a year's worth of TV your way...." --- Oh yeh, I aint paying !