[Paul]

Freeview will depend on your signal to your aerial, if it's rubbish you will get very little choice, if it's good then you will get the full set of channels. Also to get top up tv you need a freeview box that will take a card and not all do, finding one that does can take a bit of searching, I know argos do a couple though.
I know what you mean though, we have Sky downstairs and freeview upstairs, brilliant picture quality, interactive works and a good choice in channels for when we want to watch in bed.