I hope so. Should probably test it before Monday morning.
New Freeview TV Channel: Sommet Sports
Sunday morning
Capital One Cup review show
Bundesliga preview show
Community Shield preview show
All in a row. I am loving Sommett Sports at the moment
Can you record from Freeview on to VCR?
(Assume signal would go to the TV and then out to the VCR?)
Sure can, have been doing this with my non-Somnet enabled box for a while now. I'm very behind in terms of technology :-/
Sunday morning
Capital One Cup review show
Bundesliga preview show
Community Shield preview show
All in a row. I am loving Sommett Sports at the moment
And me !!
Watched some Budesliga game this morning..and ESPN has spurs and chelsea on now..saturation. The worlds gone mad.
It's incredible isn't, a little bit of competition for Sky to compete with and suddenly there is a ton more football on TV, both live and delayed. Fantastic stuff.
Welcome to the real world...this is what the rest of the civilized planet has had for ages.....just in little old NZ we are 20 years behind. If you spend any time in Europe or North America(or large parts of Asia as well) you realise that NZ is living in a the social and technical equivalent of the stone age!!!!
Welcome to the real world...this is what the rest of the civilized planet has had for ages.....just in little old NZ we are 20 years behind. If you spend any time in Europe or North America(or large parts of Asia as well) you realise that NZ is living in a the social and technical equivalent of the stone age!!!!
Watching the Leicester V Leeds game now. Loving this! Never thought I'd see the championship on tv here.
Also never thought I'd be playing round with an aerial again...think have got it sorted now though. Just had a weird cut out every couple of minutes which seems to have stopped after latest aerial adjustment.
Sunday morning
Capital One Cup review show
Bundesliga preview show
Community Shield preview show
All in a row. I am loving Sommett Sports at the moment
And me !!
Chose to watch sommet for the community shield over espn, even though espn had a better picture I couldn't listen to 90 minutes of that crap espn commentary.
Welcome to the real world...this is what the rest of the civilized planet has had for ages.....just in little old NZ we are 20 years behind. If you spend any time in Europe or North America(or large parts of Asia as well) you realise that NZ is living in a the social and technical equivalent of the stone age!!!!
Second Premier League club channel to be acquired by Sommet to be announced this week according to their Facebook:
England v Scotland friendly in honour of 150th anniversary of English FA:
Thursday 6.45 am Sommet Sports, Freeview
Replay: 8pm
Freeview Electronic Program Guide online: http://www.freeviewnz.tv/tv-guide.aspx
Has anyone else discovered this awesome website that streams all of Sky Sports UK's numerous channels (and some other good UK channels) for free? It's the answer to a Kiwi football fan's dreams!!! Streams all the channels direct from the UK! Just fantastic!!!
Leicester v Leeds replay on right now. Just click away the pesky ads:
http://www.coolsport.tv/skysports1.html
So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
Sommet have "A game from the other EPL team" scheduled at 9.30pm on Sunday night. Hopefully they announce that soon.
So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
I’ll chime in here. I think you have a different problem there Frankie.
Since Freeview is digital, you will have two different scenarios with reception, you will either have perfect picture or no picture at all (one or the other).
It sounds like you are still looking on the old analogue signal, where the channels would sometimes ghost or have snow (this cannot happen on digital, the same as Sky)
What brand and model of TV do you have?
What does it say if you type your address into this website http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx
You say that you are in an apartment; can you see the Mt Kaukau tower?
Sounds like the Jb HiFi employee set you wrong. How old is your tv?
Sounds like the Jb HiFi employee set you wrong.
This must be the first time this has ever happened.
Sounds like the Jb HiFi employee set you wrong. How old is your tv?
It was new in March
So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
I am bored with the whole thing, so I threw my rabbit ears off the balcony and bought a box set of Downton Abbey.
So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
I’ll chime in here. I think you have a different problem there Frankie.
Since Freeview is digital, you will have two different scenarios with reception, you will either have perfect picture or no picture at all (one or the other).
It sounds like you are still looking on the old analogue signal, where the channels would sometimes ghost or have snow (this cannot happen on digital, the same as Sky)
What brand and model of TV do you have?
What does it say if you type your address into this website http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx
You say that you are in an apartment; can you see the Mt Kaukau tower?
So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
I’ll chime in here. I think you have a different problem there Frankie.
Since Freeview is digital, you will have two different scenarios with reception, you will either have perfect picture or no picture at all (one or the other).
It sounds like you are still looking on the old analogue signal, where the channels would sometimes ghost or have snow (this cannot happen on digital, the same as Sky)
What brand and model of TV do you have?
What does it say if you type your address into this website http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx
You say that you are in an apartment; can you see the Mt Kaukau tower?
Not from my experience. When the signal strength drops the picture does break up (IIRC have had this experience with Prime, Choice, Maori and possibly Sommet) - signal strength for HD broadcasts is always good however.
Hmm, you are right in some respect Bullion. There are times that the signal can be interfered with, causing Pixelation (squares) observed on the screen. however the picture is still there(much like rain fade for those who have Sky).
If the picture keeps breaking up all the time, then there is another issue causing the loss of signal.
Normally fixed by using a better antenna (or bigger).
is it only those channels you have issues with? how often are they happening?
The only person who can successfully pick up a Freeview signal with a pair of rabbit ears is a Voodoo doctor.
Buy an aerial.
Liverpool vs stoke.
England v Scotland friendly in honour of 150th anniversary of English FA:
Thursday 6.45 am Sommet Sports, Freeview
Replay: 8pm
So I went to JB Hi Fi and spoke with a charming man there about my freeview options. He told me all I needed was to buy some rabbit ears and I would be sorted. I bought some rabbit ears and after a couple of scans and loads of movement of said rabbit ears, all I managed to pick up was Prime with a terrible reception, and another channel that the reception was even worse (so bad I could not even decipher what was on, thus allowing me to find out what channel it was).
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooo Freeview.
I’ll chime in here. I think you have a different problem there Frankie.
Since Freeview is digital, you will have two different scenarios with reception, you will either have perfect picture or no picture at all (one or the other).
It sounds like you are still looking on the old analogue signal, where the channels would sometimes ghost or have snow (this cannot happen on digital, the same as Sky)
What brand and model of TV do you have?
What does it say if you type your address into this website http://www.freeviewnz.tv/coverage.aspx
You say that you are in an apartment; can you see the Mt Kaukau tower?
Not from my experience. When the signal strength drops the picture does break up (IIRC have had this experience with Prime, Choice, Maori and possibly Sommet) - signal strength for HD broadcasts is always good however.
Hmm, you are right in some respect Bullion. There are times that the signal can be interfered with, causing Pixelation (squares) observed on the screen. however the picture is still there(much like rain fade for those who have Sky).
If the picture keeps breaking up all the time, then there is another issue causing the loss of signal.
Normally fixed by using a better antenna (or bigger).
is it only those channels you have issues with? how often are they happening?
Hi everyone,
Got an account finally!
Im a huge Phoenix fan from Christchurch.
Sommit Sports shows up to 6 BUNDESLIGA Games every weekend!
Check 'em out! Unmatched live atmosphere and top quality football of the 2nd biggest sports league in the world!
Where's the Sky thread these days?
The only person who can successfully pick up a Freeview signal with a pair of rabbit ears is a Voodoo doctor.
Buy an aerial.
Plugged aerial into newish (built in FV) telly and it's awesome... I guess the difference was the guy said there's a good chance it won't work (though if it didn't to bring it back and say they gave me the wrong one so I'd get a refund lol) so I had little expectation it would.
Sommet say they're not on satellite, but are working on it and hope to have some good news soon.
Now you're talking
Where's the Sky thread these days?
http://www.yellowfever.co.nz/categories/wellington-phoenix-discussion/topics/sky-coverage--2
The only person who can successfully pick up a Freeview signal with a pair of rabbit ears is a Voodoo doctor.
Buy an aerial.
Watching sommet sports this morning. Obviously. Anyway, all I could think was why the fuck do they have that massive logo on the top right of the screen ? It's ugly and stupid. I thinks there's a seagull on it but I can't be sure. Why not have something that is actually, you know, transparent so you can watch the game ? It's got to be the worst logo I have ever seen. They must have given the graphical design work to the local primary school. Complete shit.