Freesat built in 32" lcd €249

swampy353

Finlux 32” HD Ready LCD Television with Satellite Tuner
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NIMAN

Decent price, although I'm guessing technically it won't be a 'Freesat' receiver built into it i.e. it won't get the 7-Day EPG, but instead will be one of the generic satellite receivers, or FreeToAir.

swampy353

NIMAN wrote: »

Decent price, although I'm guessing technically it won't be a 'Freesat' receiver built into it i.e. it won't get the 7-Day EPG, but instead will be one of the generic satellite receivers, or FreeToAir.

You're more then likely right but when you consider a stb with sat and digital terrestial is usually bout €100 it's quite a good price

mp3ireland2

Yeah as far as I know freesat is only marketed in the uk and that Irish retailers generally don't sell them, online from uk is generally the only way you can get it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freesat#Ireland

slave1

Freesat is as good as it gets, better EPG and recording than Sky as far as I'm concerned and better picture quality too (subjective), you can watch channel A and record channel B and C also most of the time.
Oh, and subscription free!

patch

slave1 wrote: »

Freesat is as good as it gets, better EPG and recording than Sky as far as I'm concerned and better picture quality too (subjective), you can watch channel A and record channel B and C also most of the time.
Oh, and subscription free!

Cheers for that info.
Which box would you recommend?

U2Flyboy

Right re. the Freesat EPG. Title of thread a bit misleading as It doesnt claim to be Freesat (UK Free Satellite Service with 7 day epg localised BBC/ITV based on postcode. Look for the Freesat logo) but rather free to air. Same channels but only now and next on the EPG. Only LCD also whish is a bit yesterday's technology as LED is the more favoured and energy efficient screens. Smaller screen TVs with built in satellite tuners are unfortunately quite rare and limited in range.

slave1

patch wrote: »

Cheers for that info.
Which box would you recommend?

Humax box, I have one and great piece of kit, I got mine from Richer Sounds

patch

slave1 wrote: »

Humax box, I have one and great piece of kit, I got mine from Richer Sounds

Thanks. I'm aware of the humax boxes, I'm hoping for a cheaper option to appear sometime! :-)

Yamanoto

patch wrote: »

Thanks. I'm aware of the humax boxes, I'm hoping for a cheaper option to appear sometime! :-)

Plenty of cheaper Freesat branded boxes - Echostar, Bush, Sagem, Samsung, Goodmans & Manhattan Plaza. Humax is the one to get though & a good 2nd hand unit can be had for less than €150 on ebay or AVForums classifieds. Far less again if you don't require a recording function.

patch

Yamanoto wrote: »

Plenty of cheaper Freesat branded boxes - Echostar, Bush, Sagem, Samsung, Goodmans & Manhattan Plaza. Humax is the one to get though & a good 2nd hand unit can be had for less than €150 on ebay or AVForums classifieds. Far less again if you don't require a recording function.

Thanks, I actually bought the folks a combo box recently. Nice unit, but the recording function leaves a lot to be desired. They really can't get the hang of it. I understand the humax is great for recording, so I'll look into options based on your suggestions above.
Cheers.

wingnut

patch wrote: »

Thanks, I actually bought the folks a combo box recently. Nice unit, but the recording function leaves a lot to be desired. They really can't get the hang of it. I understand the humax is great for recording, so I'll look into options based on your suggestions above.
Cheers.

Maplin do Ferguson box around the 100
mark that takes an internal 2.5 inch hdd. I have the model down from it find it great. Plays video off USB and has webtv.

championc

Going the route of a separate box, the Amiko Alien2 is a cracker - with the Enigma2 image. See separate thread

However, all in one TV's are very rare now but very handy having one remote for both systems.

While I have both, the box now wins hands down because of all it can do.

5500

Anyone recommend the Ferguson ariva 250hd box, I don't need pvr so am I better off with a cheaper box or is the above a decent unit