Northern Ireland Hd Freeview Set Top Box

[lacmag3]

In Northern Ireland, does adding a HD Freeview set top box give some or all of RTE, TNaG and TV3?

[Buenchico]

Freeview boxes are designed to work with signals transmitted in the MPEG2 format whereas Saorview uses MPEG4, so a standard Freeview box won't receive Saorview channels.

However Freeview HD does use MPEG4 so, if you've got an aerial pointed at a nearby Saorview transmitter (across the border), you'll probably be able to pick up these channels:
http://www.tvtrade.ie/images/saorview-channels-small.jpg
(Even so, it might be simpler just to buy a cheap Saorview box!)

Chris

[lacmag3]

The Saorview boxes are around 50% dearer than the equivalent HD Freeview (circa £50 versus E90), hence my dilemma.