LG TV

tvman2

Hello,


Just bought a 43" LG TV as an additional TV to a Samsung. Th Samsung serves me well with its multi-satellite features. I can tune and keep Freesat channels plus add other satellites and store them separately. With the LG when I want to set up other satellites, cannot keep Freesat and I end up with one huge list of channels with no way of separating them under the satellite name. This was the one feature I couldn't check out in the shop before buying the TV, otherwise I am pleased with the TV performance although I have no All4 app as I have on the Samsung. I wrote to LG but got no reply. Can anyone help?.


Thanks.

ShaneOC

Unfortunately there seems to be some sort of geo blocking in place for the All4 app on LG TVs. Not sure why this is but Channel 4 and LG have been unable to help. Strange as All4 works perfectly on Sky, Android, PC, etc.

Tigerandahalf

ShaneOC wrote: »

Unfortunately there seems to be some sort of geo blocking in place for the All4 app on LG TVs. Not sure why this is but Channel 4 and LG have been unable to help. Strange as All4 works perfectly on Sky, Android, PC, etc.

It is not geoblocking. Those tvs carry the freesat brand and because of the dispute between freesat and c4, the All4 app was removed from their platforms. It must be very annoying for LG as they are caught in the middle.

Mrcaramelchoc

I presume side loading it is no good either?
You could buy a really cheap Android box and plug it into the tv?

Tigerandahalf

The All4 app works on chromecast.

tvman2

Thanks for all the replies,
All4 works perfectly on the Samsung TV, Samsung Tablet and Android phone, way back C4 put up notice that 4All at the time would now be available to ROI residents, following some right issues being resolved. It wasn't on the Samsung when I bought it, but was added much later so it really must be down to the TV make
Any comments on the Satellite issue?

mackersdublin

tvman2 wrote: »

Hello,

Just bought a 43" LG TV as an additional TV to a Samsung. Th Samsung serves me well with its multi-satellite features. I can tune and keep Freesat channels plus add other satellites and store them separately. With the LG when I want to set up other satellites, cannot keep Freesat and I end up with one huge list of channels with no way of separating them under the satellite name. This was the one feature I couldn't check out in the shop before buying the TV, otherwise I am pleased with the TV performance although I have no All4 app as I have on the Samsung. I wrote to LG but got no reply. Can anyone help?.

Thanks.

The country must to set to UK for Freesat to work

Regarding other Satellites, as far as I know Samsung TVs support Diseqc. LG must not

The All 4 app isn't available on LG TVs, as already said you can Chromecast it from your phone etc.

tvman2

Thanks for that,



I have no problem with Freesat, but with the LG its either it or other satellites, cannot retain Freesat setup and tune other satellites as well
The LG has all the motor software - Diseqc and USALS, Satellite list etc. its the tuning/programming software that sucks.
Why did LG bother to include positioning software in that when its used there's no way to store the channels into a separate lists for each satellite. I ended up with hundreds of channels in one list having tuned in Sats at 28.3, 19.2 and 13 East.
Thought I would copy each satellite list of channels into the favourite lists, but these only allow a set number of channels, not even enough for all the UK channels when tuned in outside of Freesat setup Looks like should have bought another Samsung!

colm_mcm

mackersdublin wrote: »

The country must to set to UK for Freesat to work

Regarding other Satellites, as far as I know Samsung TVs support Diseqc. LG must not

The All 4 app isn't available on LG TVs, as already said you can Chromecast it from your phone etc.

Thank you so much for this post! I had my LG TV set to Ireland and didn’t realise it has freesat built in. I spent an hour earlier today downloading the FTA channel list, downloading software to rearrange the list to my laptop, working on it then reloading it onto the TV. I needn’t have bothered!

Now with Freesat I have a much better EPG, and the channels are arranged a lot better.

ShaneOC

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

It is not geoblocking. Those tvs carry the freesat brand and because of the dispute between freesat and c4, the All4 app was removed from their platforms. It must be very annoying for LG as they are caught in the middle.

It may not be actual geoblocking but it is something of a similar vein as using a VPN the app works fine on the TV.

Tigerandahalf

ShaneOC wrote: »

It may not be actual geoblocking but it is something of a similar vein as using a VPN the app works fine on the TV.

I have dns set up on mine and can get the iplayer but the All4 app won't load giving an error code.

Gerry Wicklow

You guys don't seem to understand the whole idea of Freesat is to be plug and play (idiot proof) so if you mess up the channels it fixes itself. What you are trying to do is have automatic tuning but to your parameters. With enigma you can have a personalised bouquet of channels. Freesat dictates it's own playlist. If memory serves you can hide/delete channels but not rearrange them.

MBSnr

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I have dns set up on mine and can get the iplayer but the All4 app won't load giving an error code.

See PM

colm_mcm

Gerry Wicklow wrote: »

You guys don't seem to understand the whole idea of Freesat is to be plug and play (idiot proof) so if you mess up the channels it fixes itself. What you are trying to do is have automatic tuning but to your parameters. With enigma you can have a personalised bouquet of channels. Freesat dictates it's own playlist. If memory serves you can hide/delete channels but not rearrange them.

I was rearranging them on FTA rather than Freeview.

glossy

Hi, hope to getting advice.
We bought LG smart TV 4k. How easy is it to download Freesat ? We only have an eir box. No sat dish, what type of antenna would we need indoor/ outdoor.
All help advice please.. Thanks.

colm_mcm

glossy wrote: »

Hi, hope to getting advice.
We bought LG smart TV 4k. How easy is it to download Freesat ? We only have an eir box. No sat dish, what type of antenna would we need indoor/ outdoor.
All help advice please.. Thanks.

You need a satellite dish, freesat should be there once you select uk as your country.

glossy

colm_mcm wrote: »

You need a satellite dish, freesat should be there once you select uk as your country.

Ooooh okay..

gussieg

got one of these lg uk6300plb tellys, i have a dish, and the lnb(inverto from satworld.ie) that came with it never worked, til i found an old quad sky lnb on a dish that had been removed , that worked fine until i asked my neighbour help me set up and he placed the bracket way up the wall i couldnt reach it to adjust, also the arm on the bracket was not long enough to let this 60cm dish turn in enough to receive the astra satellites. now i dont know if the lnb is still working or not , as the lg tv shows zero signal strength or quality. . also i need to get new cable. any advice would be good. thanks.

other than this, all the other features of the tv are grand, no idea how to reduce the soap opera effect , maybe i need the magic remote.

Johnboy1951

gussieg wrote: »

got one of these lg uk6300plb tellys, i have a dish, and the lnb(inverto from satworld.ie) that came with it never worked, til i found an old quad sky lnb on a dish that had been removed , that worked fine until i asked my neighbour help me set up and he placed the bracket way up the wall i couldnt reach it to adjust, also the arm on the bracket was not long enough to let this 60cm dish turn in enough to receive the astra satellites. now i dont know if the lnb is still working or not , as the lg tv shows zero signal strength or quality. . also i need to get new cable. any advice would be good. thanks.

other than this, all the other features of the tv are grand, no idea how to reduce the soap opera effect , maybe i need the magic remote.

I suggest you pay a professional to set up the dish correctly.
It will be so much easier in the long run.

Regarding the LNB ..... ask the 'professional' to test it .... it might be usable.

John mac

gussieg wrote: »

other than this, all the other features of the tv are grand, no idea how to reduce the soap opera effect , maybe i need the magic remote.

have a look at this guide , will help set up picture quality

mollser

Just setting a new lg tv up... one question please:

If you select uk as the region to get the freesat epg, do you then lose rte player etc from the smart services? Not a deal breaker but just wondering!

Cheers

doney84

No you shouldn't lose RTE player, I haven't on mine which I've set to UK for Freesat EPG.

I think there is actually a separate menu option that allows you to set a region for apps.

gussieg

In order to get saorview i had to change back to ireland as region. it picked up all the stations in uk mode, but wouldnt display them.

bummer.
not to worry i do have a 4k firestick so hadnt really planned to use the smart capabilities too much. amazon prime netflix and youtube still work fine anyway.

colm_mcm

mollser wrote: »

Just setting a new lg tv up... one question please:

If you select uk as the region to get the freesat epg, do you then lose rte player etc from the smart services? Not a deal breaker but just wondering!

Cheers

RTE Player will still work.

boosabum

Are you able to get the BBC/ITV channels in HD ?

I bought a 50" LG and pixilation issues with these HD channels when connected directly to sat dish.

Kinda defeats the purpose of a 4K tv if it can't pick up full HD channels.

ShaneOC

boosabum wrote: »

Are you able to get the BBC/ITV channels in HD ?

I bought a 50" LG and pixilation issues with these HD channels when connected directly to sat dish.

Kinda defeats the purpose of a 4K tv if it can't pick up full HD channels.

Absolutely no problem picking up BBC HD channels directly from the inbuilt sat tuner. ITV1 is HD too but not the rest of the ITV channels (the HD versions are not free to air). Channel 4 HD and Channel 5 HD also there.

boosabum

Must be my TV so

gussieg

or your satellite, cables or lnb

boosabum

No issues when i use a set top box thought and signal quality is 100%, very strange

mollser

All done, set to uk for freesat, works perfectly. Bit of tuning top put saorview in order, but a much easier task than doing the uk channels.

Irish smart apps work perfectly.

Have also set rte1 as shortcut no. 1, and bbc1 as shortcut no.2 for very efficient changing between Irish and UK tv. Great work by lg!

Cheers

scart

ShaneOC wrote: »

Absolutely no problem picking up BBC HD channels directly from the inbuilt sat tuner. ITV1 is HD too but not the rest of the ITV channels (the HD versions are not free to air). Channel 4 HD and Channel 5 HD also there.

Channel 4 HD was removed from Freesat in February 2018. SD version only available.

John mac

boosabum wrote: »

Are you able to get the BBC/ITV channels in HD ?

I bought a 50" LG and pixilation issues with these HD channels when connected directly to sat dish.

Kinda defeats the purpose of a 4K tv if it can't pick up full HD channels.

bbc and most hd channels on sat are in 1080i not even full hd .. what does a 4K Blu-ray look like on it?

boosabum

John mac wrote: »

bbc and most hd channels on sat are in 1080i not even full hd .. what does a 4K Blu-ray look like on it?

Had a look at some 4k on YouTube and it looks great but then again I'm coming from a 10 year old plasma

mollser

<snip> just read the opening post! Ignore

The music channels need to come back to freesat, not being able to separately tune in fta channels and keep freesat on lg is a big negative point. No issues in Samsung's with this!

Johnboy1951

John mac wrote: »

bbc and most hd channels on sat are in 1080i not even full hd ..

1080i (also known as Full HD or BT.709) is an abbreviation referring to ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1080i

lertsnim

scart wrote: »

Channel 4 HD was removed from Freesat in February 2018. SD version only available.

Removed from Freesat yes but still available FTA on satellite.