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Freeview HD
The UK's Top TV in HD
Watch your favourite TV in glorious high definition with free HD channels from BBC One HD, BBC HD, ITV1 HD (STV HD in Scotland) and Channel 4 HD (Clirlun in Wales).
With HD you can watch the UK's favourite TV with up to 5 times clearer picture quality than standard definition.
See the channel numbers for the HD channels on the right hand side.
Channel 50
Channel 53 (Wales only)
Channel 51
Channel 54
Channel 52
How to buy or upgrade to Freeview HD
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HD Latest news
Read the Freeview HD blog to keep up to date with all of the very latest news, developments and programmes coming to Freeview HD.
Freeview tweets
- FreeviewHD: A week of great TV highlights and the chance to win a Toshiba Freeview HD TV! http://t.co/635ZTFlY
- FreeviewHD: The brilliant Benidorm returns to ITV1 and ITV1 HD tonight at 9pm. Check out our interview with @adam_gillen - http://t.co/xgTe5NRb
- FreeviewHD: Thank Freeview it's Friday. Friday means one thing: the Freeview blog! http://t.co/TFzyTpkY
- FreeviewHD: This month, we're giving away a Freeview Top Up TV box with 2 months access to ESPN. http://t.co/apYwMy3j
- FreeviewHD: Fight for the remote tonight or Freeview+ them?! One Born Every Minute, UEFA Champions League: AC Milan v Arsenal & Masterchef, all in HD.
- FreeviewHD: It must be love... Dermot O'Leary and Holly Willoughby top Freeview's Valentine's day poll. http://t.co/jYmPYGb3
- FreeviewHD: Freeview HD Sales Pass Four Million Following Surge in Q4 Sales http://t.co/YO9JZwQc
- FreeviewHD: The Freeview blog knows what you like to watch and has picked these TV highlights just for you. Sort of. http://t.co/TFzyTpkY
- FreeviewHD: Got an iPhone? Download the Freeview HD TV Guide app for free now. http://t.co/4qq1aXm7
- FreeviewHD: Tune in to Freeview tonight for Gok's Teens: The Naked Truth, The Biggest Loser, Katie: The Science of Seeing Again & Benidorm. Also in HD.
FAQs
- What is high definition TV Read answer
- High definition TV gives you a sharper, crisper picture with up to five times the amount of detail you see on a standard definition television with richer, more vibrant colours. And not only that, but you get such a crystal clear surround sound that you can hear a pin drop.
- How does it work? Read answer
- Every dot on your TV screen is called a pixel and, just like on your digital camera, the greater the number of pixels the better the quality of picture. On a standard definition TV there are just over 400,000 pixels but with high definition you can have over two million and that’s why high definition TV looks so amazingly life-like.
- What is Freeview HD? Read answer
- Freeview HD is a television service that offers HD channels available via your existing TV aerial, all for free. It's available in a set top box that you will need to connect to an HD Ready TV. Or, if you don't have an HD ready TV, then TVs with Freeview HD built in are also available very soon. Plus, you also get access to up to 50 SD digital channels and radio stations. And all for free. Freeview HD is simple to set up; just plug in, and with no monthly bills, you just buy today, watch today then it's free forever.
- What can I watch on Freeview HD? Read answer
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As well as up to 50* free SD channels, Freeview HD gives you all your favourite TV in fabulous HD:
- The BBC HD channel the best of the BBC channels
- ITV1 HD - the same as ITV1, but with programmes remastered in HD to improve picture quality
- Channel 4 HD will launch very soon along with an S4C channel in HD in Wales
* Number of channels available are subject to digital TV coverage at your address, click here to check what's available to you
- When will Freeview HD products be available to buy? Read answer
- The first Freeview HD boxes will be available in February 2010. Freeview HD TVs will be available from March and Freeview+ HD recorders will be available later in Spring 2010. You can choose from a range of manufacturers, prices and product features. But they all come with 'just-like-real-life' picture quality and 'hear-a-pin-drop' sound from Dolby.
- How much will it cost? Read answer
- Freeview HD boxes will start from around £140. Check the products section or sign up for the Freeview HD newsletter and Twitter feed for more information on products. It's HD from Freeview, so that means no monthly bills or contracts. You just buy today, watch today then it's free forever.
- Will I be able to watch Freeview channels without Freeview HD? Read answer
- Your existing Freeview equipment will continue to receive all of the Freeview SD channels, so you only need updated equipment if you want to watch the new HD channels on Freeview. But with crystal clear images, super sharp sound, and HD channels from BBC, ITV and Channel4 , there's so many reasons to upgrade to Freeview HD. It's what your TV would want.