TV's with MPEG4 DTT decoder

the_wabbitt

Philips 42PFL9803

Got one - its class!!!!

http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/ie/consumer/cc/_productid_42PFL9803H_10_IE_CONSUMER/LCD-TV+42PFL9803H-10

Rory

micratoyota

Hi went out this afternoon and bought the Samsung in Harvey Normans for €399. Very disappointed. Set up stand and connected sat receiver but when i put in the antenna no signal or weak signal was the message that appeared on the screen. Now satelitte is working fine but no RTE's Brought another TV into the room and it works fine with the antenna connection. Will have to take it backon Tuesday Should this be replaced or will I have to wait for a repair job.

byte

micratoyota wrote: »

Hi went out this afternoon and bought the Samsung in Harvey Normans for €399. Very disappointed. Set up stand and connected sat receiver but when i put in the antenna no signal or weak signal was the message that appeared on the screen. Now satelitte is working fine but no RTE's Brought another TV into the room and it works fine with the antenna connection. Will have to take it backon Tuesday Should this be replaced or will I have to wait for a repair job.

I'm assuming you're in a DTT area? Did the analogue channels tune in?

If TV is faulty, it should be replaced, as it was faulty on initial switch-on.

200motels

Sorry if this has been asked before. Is the Sony Model: KDL40W5500U MPEG4 compatible? According to Power City it is but on the Sony website they say it's MPEG2.

byte

200motels wrote: »

Sorry if this has been asked before. Is the Sony Model: KDL40W5500U MPEG4 compatible? According to Power City it is but on the Sony website they say it's MPEG2.

Yes, it is.

200motels

Thanks Byte.

Kristopherus

Byte, would you advise,please, if that tv on offer in Aldi next Thursday will pick up Irish DTT. It has a BVB-T tuner, but I can't fiond out if its mpeg4.

Souriau

LG 32LH4000
Full HD 1080p, MPEG4, MPEG2, MHEG 5, VHF & UHF tuner
Gread pics
Great teletext
Great Digital text
I am picking up all 6 UK muxs fron Divis, Belfast, and 1 mux from RTE Cairn Hill, Longford.
overall, I am very happy
bought the TV from Richers Sounds £449.99

ei9go

Saw these on a "priced to clear" sticker in Currys Newry, yesterday for £599.

Receives Irish DTT and has Freesat tuner as well.

Only point to note if you are interested is that it only has a UHF analogue tuner.

In the Argos UK catalogue for £783

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/0871167/Trail/searchtext%3EFREESAT.htm

John Dough

Souriau wrote: »

LG 32LH4000
Full HD 1080p, MPEG4, MPEG2, MHEG 5, VHF & UHF tuner
Gread pics
Great teletext
Great Digital text
I am picking up all 6 UK muxs fron Divis, Belfast, and 1 mux from RTE Cairn Hill, Longford.
overall, I am very happy
bought the TV from Richers Sounds £449.99

Souriau as a matter of interest how far are you from Belfast as this signal is still weak in most areas of the south.

John Dough

micratoyota wrote: »

Hi went out this afternoon and bought the Samsung in Harvey Normans for €399. Very disappointed. Set up stand and connected sat receiver but when i put in the antenna no signal or weak signal was the message that appeared on the screen. Now satelitte is working fine but no RTE's Brought another TV into the room and it works fine with the antenna connection. Will have to take it backon Tuesday Should this be replaced or will I have to wait for a repair job.

All quality TVs dvd recorders electrical equipment is automatically covered for a free replacement (not repair) within 2 years of purchase under current E.U. regulations.:D

Don't allow shops to fob you off with maufacturers 12months guarantee.

Souriau

John Dough wrote: »

Souriau as a matter of interest how far are you from Belfast as this signal is still weak in most areas of the south.

I am in Co Down,
Divis transmitter, Belfast 30 miles from me. Grid Ref J286750
Cairn Hill transmitter, Longford, 60 miles from me. Grid Ref N191838

micratoyota

Souriau wrote: »

I am in Co Down,
Divis transmitter, Belfast 30 miles from me. Grid Ref J286750
Cairn Hill transmitter, Longford, 60 miles from me. Grid Ref N191838

Sorry I am in Cork south of ireland. and sent a text to Samsung direct which they replied to with about 12 points to follow. I know that I had gone through some of the points but when it came to Nationality I chose other rather than U.K. which according to Samsung was wrong and dont select Plug and Play was the other suggestion., Select Eventualy, I got it up and running but now I have to connect the aldi offer of €8.95 connector to scart as the Samsung Le B 450 has only one scart connector and I have A Satellite decodeer and A VHR to record programs and a DVD to play DVD's for my Granchildren and record. Am thinking of removing this toLG 3000, Also need to know what i should do

200motels

I bought the Sony Model: KDL40W5500U TV with MPEG4 and I have to say the digital tuner is excellent, picture quality from the four Irish channels is just as good as sky. Highly recommended.

peking97

Anyone know if this
http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/61/36/xx/8/3/criteresn_BA00001736-BV00123314.html
will work on Irish DTT even though it appears to be designed for the French market?

Charlie-Bravo

yes it seems to be able for the 'HD' service.

French website for 50" TV version See: Tuner DVB Numérique, oui [DVB-T/DVB-T (H.264)]
Only one thing, it's not a full HD TV as in 1920 x 1080p, it's just a 1366 x 768 although it says it can handle the inputs...

GerardKeating

peking97 wrote: »

Anyone know if this
http://www.pixmania.ie/ie/uk/61/36/xx/8/3/criteresn_BA00001736-BV00123314.html
will work on Irish DTT even though it appears to be designed for the French market?

Yep, it claim "TNT HD" which is compatable

Might not support Digital Text.

doubtfir3

Anyone have experience with the Sony 52W5500?

According to Komplett it has an MPEG-4 tuner and is suitable for the Irish market, but according to Sony it has an MPEG-2 tuner and isn't.

I'm ideally looking for a 50" or bigger, so any recommendations based on current models?

Tks

slegs

doubtfir3 wrote: »

Anyone have experience with the Sony 52W5500?

According to Komplett it has an MPEG-4 tuner and is suitable for the Irish market, but according to Sony it has an MPEG-2 tuner and isn't.

I'm ideally looking for a 50" or bigger, so any recommendations based on current models?

Tks

All the 5500 have MPEG4...most if not all 2009 model Sony's have MPEG4. You have to go back to the V4000 range to find models that dont have it. Even previous models of W/X/Z4000 have it. All 4500/5000/5500 models have it far as I can tell.

Sony dont specify MPEG4 on the Irish site as its a copy of the UK site and MPEG4 is not relevant in the UK even though it is in the spec of the machine.

This particular model definitely has MPEG4

slegs

doubtfir3 wrote: »

Anyone have experience with the Sony 52W5500?

According to Komplett it has an MPEG-4 tuner and is suitable for the Irish market, but according to Sony it has an MPEG-2 tuner and isn't.

I'm ideally looking for a 50" or bigger, so any recommendations based on current models?

Tks

This is a top notch TV. The Z version of this is probably the best TV you can buy.

Garmin

I have the Panasonic 42G10L,and I know that I can receive the MPEG4 SD Channels but I do not know if it has an MPEG 4 HD Tuner?
Does anybody know?

watty

There are no plans for HD DTT yet.
HD DTT may use a separate DVB-t2 mux as it could be 4 years away. Nobody's box/TV does DVB-t2 yet.

Garmin

I was under the impression that there were going to be HD broadcasts at launch in september and that they were only using SD for testing purposes

GerardKeating

Garmin wrote: »

I was under the impression that there were going to be HD broadcasts at launch in september and that they were only using SD for testing purposes

You might be confusing the MPEG-2 / MPEG-4 issues, they used the older UK MPEG-2 standard for some of the tests, but are going with the more recent MPEG-4 standard for the live system, when ever that happens.

But that does beg the question, if they're using MPEG-4 then why not go HD from the start and do away with the need to have separate HD variants? Even if no HD material is broadcast in the interim at least the infrastructure is there to implement it when need be. The receiver box would have SCART connections which would downscale the picture for conventional sets so compatibility wouldn't be a major issue.

Apogee

Karsini wrote: »

But that does beg the question, if they're using MPEG-4 then why not go HD from the start and do away with the need to have separate HD variants?

Bandwidth/running costs/lack of vision.

watty

what he says.
Also HD takes x5 the space as SD, so need 2 to 3 Mux for PSB, and have less channels.

If they were not so fixated on a Commerical PayTV mux x3 and abandoned it, yes they could insist on HD from the start. ALL HD boxes downconvert for regular TVs and to start with they can simply upconvert 99.99% of programs so the cost to RTE would be insignificant if there is no PayTV operator.

sourpuss

I have a Cello tv with a built in mpeg-2 decoder as used in the north,will I be able to receive the tests from Truskmore, [ picture only ] with this? and when?.

byrnefm

sourpuss wrote: »

I have a Cello tv with a built in mpeg-2 decoder as used in the north,will I be able to receive the tests from Truskmore, [ picture only ] with this? and when?.

Afraid not - if it doesn't have MPEG-4 built in, you'll only pick up the radio stations that get broadcasted. (Even MPEG-4 isn't quite a guarantee, AFAIK but without it you have no chance).

John Dough

sourpuss wrote: »

I have a Cello tv with a built in mpeg-2 decoder as used in the north,will I be able to receive the tests from Truskmore, [ picture only ] with this? and when?.

They are now selling that brand in Tesco in the south so maybe it has mpeg4 tuner now ?? otherwise a suitable cam in the slot may do it.;)