Saorview reception on TV bought from UK.

ReZonator

Hi,

Just wondering if anybody here can tell me if Saorview can be received on the Sony KDL-40R453C 40 inch Full HD TV (2015 Model) - Black [Energy Class A+].

It's on Amazon .co.uk but unfortunately I can't link because of my low post count.

amazon.co.uk/Sony-KDL-40R453C-inch-Full-Model/dp/B00TH5D0DS/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1468708824&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=Sony+KDL-40R453C+40+inch+Full+HD+TV+%282015+Model%29+-+Black+%5BEnergy+Class+A%2B%5D

If anybody thinks I would be better off buying something else please feel free to comment.

akaSol

On paper yes : it's built with a dvb-t mpeg-4 tuner. However saoirvew's onscreen guide may not be supported.
You could always email Sony UK support and say you're living in the UK and want to return home with the TV

ReZonator

Thanks. Do you mean the telly may not let me select Saorview channels, or that I it might not give me information about whats on?

akaSol

ReZonator wrote: »

Thanks. Do you mean the telly may not let me select Saorview channels, or that I it might not give me information about whats on?

What's on(epg) which will also limit your ability to pre record. I have a vague memory saoirvew iuses an alternate epg to the UK but Sony support should have the full info

ReZonator

Thanks again. I'll look into it.

ReZonator

Sony support got back to me with the following:



"With reference to your enquiry, please find below list of available tuners on your Sony TV:
· DVB-T (digital terrestrial)
· DVB-T2 (digital terrestrial)
· DVB-C (digital cable)
· CI+
· Analog

Moreover, please note that for the supported video format you may check the below link page 17:
(http://)download(dot)sony-europe(dot)com/pub/manuals/eu/4562100111_EU.pdf"



According to the PDF above the supported video formats are:



"USB Video format
Playback Photo/Music/Video via USB
• AVI (.avi)
Video Codec: MPEG1, MPEG2, Xvid, MPEG4,
H.264, Motion JPEG
Audio Codec: PCM, MPEG1 Layer1/2, MPEG2
AAC (2ch), MPEG4 AAC (2ch),
MPEG4 HE-AAC (2ch), Dolby
Digital (2ch), Dolby Digital
Plus(2ch), WMA v8, MP3
• ASF (.wmv, .asf)
Video Codec: WMV v9, Xvid, VC-1
Audio Codec: MP3, WMA v8
18GB
\SONY TV\SY140226_SE2_SE2N_EU_IM (GB+ML 28)\4562100111_GB\040WAT.fm masterpage: Left
KDL-48R55xC/40R55xC/40R45xC/32R50xC/32R40xC
4-562-100-11(1)
USB Music format
• LPCM (.wav)
• MPEG1 audio layer3 (.mp3)
• WMA v8 (.wma)
USB Photo format
• JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)
Note
• Playback of the above file formats is not guaranteed."




Not sure what to make of it as they didn't answer my question about Saorview directly, but I guess if Saorview conforms to standards then the EPG on the TV should work! Perhaps I should ask this question on Amazon's UK webpage.

ReZonator

For some reason the following didn't paste in when copying from the PDF, and for some reason I can't seem to edit my post.

I'll just post the missing text here:

"• MP4 (.mp4, .mov, .3gp)
Video Codec: MPEG4, H.264, H.263, Motion
JPEG
Audio Codec: MPEG1 Layer1/2, MP3, MPEG2
AAC, MPEG4 AAC, MPEG4
HE-AAC
• MKV (.mkv)
Video Codec: WMV v9, MPEG4, H.264, VC-1,
VP8
Audio Codec: PCM, MPEG1 Layer1/2, MP3,
MPEG2 AAC (2ch), MPEG4 AAC
(2ch), MPEG4 HE-AAC (2ch),
Dolby Digital (2ch), WMA v8,
Dolby Digital Plus (2ch), DTS,
DTS 2.0, VORBIS
• WebM (.webm)
Video Codec: VP8
Audio Codec: VORBIS
• PS (.mpg, .mpeg, .vro, .vob)
Video Codec: MPEG1, MPEG2
Audio Codec: MPEG1 Layer1/2, MP3, Dolby
Digital (2ch), Dolby Digital Plus
(2ch), DTS, DTS 2.0
• TS (.ts, .m2ts)
Video Codec: MPEG2, H.264, VC-1
Audio Codec: MPEG1 Layer1/2, MP3, MPEG2
AAC, MPEG4 AAC, MPEG4
HE-AAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby
Digital Plus (2ch), DTS, DTS 2.0"

greasepalm

read this old article.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056685948


what about richersounds.ie?

ReZonator

The Sony looked like a bargain and nearly half the price of it's original release price on Amazon. I can't find any reference to MHEG-5 in the PDF so I think i'll look into a TV which has Saorview approval. I'll check out richersounds.ie.

greasepalm

my panasonic has saorview but not mheg5 and no text,so i bought a saorview combo and use that for text,like weather reports and how much i did not win on lotto.