VB.NET DataGridViewCheckBoxCell Checked value

Question

I want to get the value from a DataGridViewCheckBoxCell
i have tried various codes

DataGridView1.Item(1, i).Value = False Then

also

DataGridView1.rows(i).cells(1).Value = False Then

also using ctype and cbool and convert.boolean... When i got into debug, when i move the mouse cursor over the .value, it returns "Nothing"

it is necessary to get the proper boolean value which it wont return... do i have to change any settings of the checkboxcell at designtime?