Do I have to buy an HD Ready television in order to watch Freeview?
No. Normal televisions work just fine with Freeview. Private HD (High Definition) engineering trials are currently (spring 2006) being conducted by the BBC in one part of London, but these can only be received with special equipment. It seems highly unlikely that any public HD terrestrial television service will be introduced in Britain in the short to medium term, if ever. Only programmes produced to HD standards can possibly give a better picture on an HD television. Even then, the effect on normal sized televisions will be negligible. There may be some improvement for some types of programmes when viewed on very large televisions, although some experts have also reported seeing far worse picture quality on HD for other types of programmes.
