new TV with saorview advice

jogdish

Hi,
I want to get a TV that will be able to get HD rte and all the other free to air digital TV channels. I DO NOT want to buy the saorview box, i would like to get it all built inside the TV itself.
My question, will this TV alone ( plus an Aeriel ) do what i want?

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5298752/c_1/1|category_root|Entertainment|14419512/c_2/3|cat_19780832|Televisions|14419667.htm

( i am living galway city, so pretty sure signal is fine ), any advice on which aeriel to buy, i have seen ones for 19, and others for 34. The current analogue bunny ear aeriel gets tg4 fine in the house.

zg3409

Firstly what channels do you expect? Saorview only carries the main Irish channels(RTE, TV3) and a couple extra.

With a once off payment and a satellite dish you can also get BBC and dozens of extra free channels for free every month. There are at leat 20 channels worth watching and dozens more rubbush ones.

If an indoor aerial is currently working for TG4 then this should be OK to pick up Saorview.

The TV you linked to will pick up the Irish stations but not the UK ones.

jogdish

thanks, yes all i want is what comes from saorview. The TV may be linked to UPC or a dish at some point in the future, but for now i just want the standard Irish digital channels.
My question was does this TV have the Saorview box built into it.

Thanks

MarkK

You can check the make/model of any box or TV to see if it is Saorview approved here:
http://www.saorview.ie/equipment/saorview-approved-product-listings/

zg3409

According to the link you included it is Saorview compatable.

coylemj

zg3409 wrote: »

According to the link you included it is Saorview compatable.

+1 Did you read the features list? If they claim that it's Saorview compatible then you can always bring it back if it doesn't work.

icdg

Moved to Terrestrial.