Lost RTE pictures in NI

[Noggin-the-Nog]

Has anyone in Northern Ireland managed to find RTE tv stations following switchover?

[beejay1124]

lost mine too Noggin--retuned the freeview and gained several Rte radio stations-maybe the tv stations will follow overnite

[Caribeing]

We can't get RTE2, RTE 1 and RTE 3 ok obviously switchover caused a problem only discovered this as Champions League is on RTE at the moment and we can't view.

[sunny-dave]

RTE uses mpeg4 encoding for digital broadcasts (which is different from the mpeg2 used by standard UK freeview).

You need a freeviewHD box (or a freeviewHD TV) which will decode the mpeg4 signals (mpeg4 is also used for the HD versions of UK freeview channels).

[sir.prize]

You can watch Champions League live online here

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/

[sunny-dave]

This is about the cheapest available at the moment ...

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

... but I have no idea how good/bad it is

[Caribeing]

Thanks sir prize for that link, I have Sky TV and have sports but friends don't who will find this useful

[sunny-dave]

Lots of infor about saorview (Irish digital TV) here :

http://www.mpeg4ireland.com/saorview

[Noggin-the-Nog]

Thanks everyone. Sunny-dave, I guess my tvs are HD Ready, not real HD so I'll have to add on the Freeview HD box or the Saorview box. Any recommendations as to which to choose?

[sunny-dave]

I'd always say "stick with Humax or (possibly) Sony" - but both of them seem to have pulled out of making HD freeview boxes at the moment, except for the rather more expensive 'recorder' versions. The box I linked to in my earlier post seems to be OK, but I have no personal experience of it.

If you are in the market for a recorder then Humax are selling their excellent HD recorder at a significant discount here :

http://humaxdirect.co...at=factory&type=hdstb

Don't fret about the 'graded' status - I bought one & it was absolutely brand spanking new (I think they may just be testing the market at the lower price).

[april1693]

Noggin my mum has lost all her RTE channels despite the switchover people coming out and installing a Humax HD box. It so frustrating as when I rang the helpline number last night the young guy who answered was polite but useless!

[Noggin-the-Nog]

What about Saorview boxes - can anyone recommend a particular brand or are they much of a muchness?