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sony bravia a satellite receiver?

  • 18-05-2011 9:46pm
    #1
    gertechhaha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭


    hi there,i have a sony bravia mpeg2 tv so i cant get the saorview channels with it,but i was wondering can i connect a satellite dish directly to the tv to get free to air satellite channels without the need for a free to air box box?


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  • #2
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,696 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Most modern TVs have a built in Freeview receiver but only a few have a Freesat receiver, which is what you are hinting at.


  • #3
    PressTheButton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭PressTheButton


    gertechhaha wrote: »
    hi there,i have a sony bravia mpeg2 tv so i cant get the saorview channels with it,but i was wondering can i connect a satellite dish directly to the tv to get free to air satellite channels without the need for a free to air box box?

    Best to quote the model number. Sony Bravia TVs with built-in Freesat tuner were not on sale prior to November 2009.


  • #4
    gertechhaha
    Closed Accounts Posts: 65 ✭✭gertechhaha


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Most modern TVs have a built in Freeview receiver but only a few have a Freesat receiver, which is what you are hinting at.


    mine has freeview built in so im guessing id need a tv with freesat built in?


  • #5
    John mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭John mac


    gertechhaha wrote: »
    mine has freeview built in so im guessing id need a tv with freesat built in?

    whats the model number?

    and what does the manual say?


  • #6
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    gertechhaha wrote: »
    mine has freeview built in so im guessing id need a tv with freesat built in?

    You need a set top box to receive the Saorview service and you would need another for Freesat, or you could go with a combi box that will do Saorview and FTA satellite in one box. No such box has been certified for Saorview yet. No Freesat box also does Saorview at the present time. TVs that do Freesat and Saorview are few and far between. Panasonic make the **G20B which has good reports, and Sony make the KDL32W7810 which is out of production but Powercity were flogging some recently, I do not know if they still have them.

    Hope that helps.


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  • #7
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,696 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Sam Russell wrote: »
    You need a set top box to receive the Saorview service and you would need another for Freesat, or you could go with a combi box that will do Saorview and FTA satellite in one box. No such box has been certified for Saorview yet. No Freesat box also does Saorview at the present time. TVs that do Freesat and Saorview are few and far between. Panasonic make the **G20B which has good reports, and Sony make the KDL32W7810 which is out of production but Powercity were flogging some recently, I do not know if they still have them.

    Hope that helps.

    Not 100% true.

    Like the OP, I have a Sony Bravia (37W5500) with built-in Freeview, and I get Saorview fine.


  • #8
    Sam Russell
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 20,158 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sam Russell


    NIMAN wrote: »
    Not 100% true.

    Like the OP, I have a Sony Bravia (37W5500) with built-in Freeview, and I get Saorview fine.

    The OP said he had an MPEG2 Sony Bravia, so could not receive Saorview. He therefore had to have a STB. Your set is a Sony Bravia, but a later version that does indeed have an MPEG4 tuner, and can therefore receive Saorview. The fact you both have Bravia TVs from Sony does not mean they are the same spec. Sony use the name Bravia for a lot of different TVs.

    What I said is true for the OP as he stated he had MPEG2.


  • #9
    stephendevlin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,307 ✭✭✭stephendevlin


    If there is an mpeg4 tuner yes mpeg2 - you will get sound but no picture as its mpeg4. You will however get all bbc etc


  • #10
    Badgermonkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭Badgermonkey


    stephendevlin wrote: »
    If there is an mpeg4 tuner yes mpeg2 - you will get sound but no picture as its mpeg4. You will however get all bbc etc

    Did you or Mrs. Devlin ring Colm Hayes recently?


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