Thanks Bob, I didn't realise that there was still an analogue passthrough
of the terrestrial channels on the digital box.

Also, if you do go FreeView, then you just buy two boxes. They are down to
about 20-25 quid these days. No subscription. If you've got a bit of cash
replace the dinosaur VHS with a decent twin digital tuner PVR. Then you can
record two channels at once whilst watching a third (or playback a previous
programme whilst recording 1 or even 2 other channels).

We ditched our NTL a year ago and haven't looked back. You don't want to
stick with analogue. It has no widescreen, no BBC3, no BBC4 and will be
switched off soon. I can't believe NTL are still selling it. Sky stopped
years ago. Terrestrial analogue is on its last legs, thank god. It isn't
fair that Luddite analogue users get all the spectrum, meaning that many
people can't receive digital.

Christian.