Freeview let-down

Further to earlier blogs about the Freeview retune last week (use the keyword 'freeview' in the search window, top left), the news is not so good. Having rejoiced at the re-appearance of More4 and the ITV channels, they've gone and disappeared again!

As ITV goes back to my childhood, why is it that now I'm in my 60's (early 60's I stress!), all of a sudden it disappears from my screen? With all this wonderful new technology that's around, what's going wrong?

I was trying to think of an appropriate word to describe this latest freeview escapade. I can't decide between "disaster", "rubbish" or "abject failure" (sorry, that last one is two words!).

Freeview retune continued ...

Further to this morning's blog (below), I have now retuned my freeview box and ITV is back! So is More4 which had also disappeared without a trace, which means we can now record the programme "Without a Trace"! If you've not heard of that, it's an American drama series about the FBI missing persons section, and their hunt for those who have disappeared.

But I couldn't find any recordable episodes of "Numbers", another American crime drama, also about the FBI, but crimes are solved with the help of a mathematician. OK, I know it's silly, but it's good entertainment, and I like the home scenes of the two brothers and their Dad. You'll have to watch it to understand!

We watch to see how long it is before the maths professor says "algorithm" - normally it's not long!

Freeview retune

Today is the day to retune your freeview box if you have one. We have found reception was better in Brentwood than it is here in Laindon. In fact, after a few weeks here, ITV channels suddenly went blank. So I retuned and they disappeared entirely! I tell a lie - the one that remained was ITV2+1. Where, exactly is the logic in that?

I will retune very soon now. But the website tells me that ITV will be "variable reception", as will Channel 5. So this retune is not an improvement then!