Prior to this upgrade of software I had a number of channels in the 800 band. My main transmitter which I prefer is the Brighton Whitehawk mast. However I also have a local freeview lite transmitter at Mile Oak, (about 500 yards away) and Hangleton, (about 2 miles).
However it appeared that I also used to pick up the main Isle of Wight transmissions, (pretty sure of that because all my local masts broadcast BBC South East and one of the BBC '800' service was showing BBC South). I think it was similar with the ITV services
Now I have no 800 services at all. Not a big deal I know, (you can only watch one TV station at a time!) but to my untrained eye this seems like a backward step in that my choice has been reduced. The only time that in fact this was useful was when engineering work shut my local service down for a few hours but I was able to continue watching on an alternative. Occasionally I would also watch BBC South for a different slant on a local news story.
It has been mentioned that multiple channels for the same service can cause problems with failed recordings, (although the logic escapes me, if your recording a specific channel on a specific frequency how would this cause a problem?). Fortunately I have never had a failed recording.
Anyway I accept that I am probably missing the point as there a lot more knowlegable people on this site than me. To my simple mind it just seems strange in an era where people are offered ever more choices, Humax have decided to restrict mine.
| Sun 3 Feb 2013 16:29:25
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