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No we haven't, vested interests came along and ruined it. Freeview has
been buggered up by putting on so many channels that half of them
look like a live report from Legoland as soon as anyone moves because
of the mpeg blocking artifacts. Even the main BBC channels can't cope
with highly mobile scenes such as running water or sea surf without
noticable blocks appearing in the picture. Compared to a decent PAL
transmission it looks utter ****.

Could this depend on the quality of reception you get? I'm very pleased
with the Freeview quality I get -- much better than analogue, which I
now never watch.

It's also very noticeable how much larger (in MB) BBC PVR recordings are
than most commercial channels. Typically, BBC programmes seem to occupy
at least 1.6GB per hour, whereas the mainstream commercial programmes
may be around 1.2GB, and the obscure channels (eg, Quest) are less than
1GB/hour.