Difference between signal strength and signal qual...

Does anyone know the difference between the two scores and what they measure - and why the levels  change intermittantly. It's really affecting the quality of my tv picture.

The signal quality is actually a measure of the errors detected by the Vision box. Technically, the CBER in the advanced view is the "Corrected Bit Error Rate" measured as the  number of bit errors per billion bits received (i.e. units are 1 x 10^-9). If you had 100 bad bits in a billion bits it would display 100, but would correspond to 0.00001% error rate. 
Note this is AFTER the Vision box has done its error correction. The raw Bit Error Rate is typically much higher but the broadcast signal includes information to enable the receiver to correct for most errors. 
If the signal level is very high it can overload the box and result in poor quality and poor picture despite having a high signal level. 
As Umpire said a signal quality of 100% will result in a perfect picture. 
Do make sure that your HDMI cables are away from your aerial cables as they can cause interference. If you use the TV's Freeview tuner does that give a better picture or does it also suffer in the same way? 
Also try entering your postcode into the UK Free site at http://www.ukfree.tv/transmitters.php - this gives you information about your local transmitter, including distance, scheduled engineering work and aerial recommendations.
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