Freeview is very fussy about signal - too strong and it fails and too weak etc. It also doesnt like sharing a signal ( I have sky and freeview and they clash sometimes ).
Likewise all digital signals are subject to atmospherics more than analogues. I also found that freeview boxes differ greatly in quality. Enormously!
I fiddle a lot with the recievers and found to my surprise that a humax box gave better reception than Sony and the cheap £15 ones were worse still.
What I havent done for the past 5 years is pay for a signal as the free to air stuff is sufficient.
My youngest son is in the business but it doesnt get me any benefit - just "I said you get what you pay for" .
