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<blockquote data-quote="Adam792" data-source="post: 1120087" data-attributes="member: 330868"><p>That’s really poor behaviour on their part to be cutting the antenna connection.</p><p></p><p>The IP “boxes” do seem to have a UHF input which allows you to tune the TNT channels via an antenna, and then the interface on the box allows you to prioritise a “source” for each channel from 1-27 (TNT or IP), presumably because the TNT version is slightly better in terms of picture quality.</p><p></p><p>However, apparently even though the newer Free boxes are DVB-T2 compatible, they will not store the cross-border German services on a scan - you see the channels in the scan result but they are not mapped anywhere, making watching them impossible. Curious when Free charge a few euros per month for a selection of these same German channels via IP!</p><p></p><p>For Orange, supposedly these extra channels are saved in a “chaînes frontalières” section in the channel list and are viewable, but only in areas with Spanish/Belgian/Italian/Channel Islands overspill where DVB-T is used as T2 isn’t supported by their box.</p><p></p><p>Presumably Sky Glass is doing something similar in that the Freeview channels can be mapped to use either their IP source or an aerial feed version if available! I wonder how it handles Irish and French overspill. I don’t think these providers should be allowed to filter out free to air channels that happen to be cross border.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Adam792, post: 1120087, member: 330868"] That’s really poor behaviour on their part to be cutting the antenna connection. The IP “boxes” do seem to have a UHF input which allows you to tune the TNT channels via an antenna, and then the interface on the box allows you to prioritise a “source” for each channel from 1-27 (TNT or IP), presumably because the TNT version is slightly better in terms of picture quality. However, apparently even though the newer Free boxes are DVB-T2 compatible, they will not store the cross-border German services on a scan - you see the channels in the scan result but they are not mapped anywhere, making watching them impossible. Curious when Free charge a few euros per month for a selection of these same German channels via IP! For Orange, supposedly these extra channels are saved in a “chaînes frontalières” section in the channel list and are viewable, but only in areas with Spanish/Belgian/Italian/Channel Islands overspill where DVB-T is used as T2 isn’t supported by their box. Presumably Sky Glass is doing something similar in that the Freeview channels can be mapped to use either their IP source or an aerial feed version if available! I wonder how it handles Irish and French overspill. I don’t think these providers should be allowed to filter out free to air channels that happen to be cross border. [/QUOTE]
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