Tv with free sat built in

Barr

Hi All

Looking for a tv for the bedroom , something around the 28 -32 max in size.

Are there TV ‘s out there with free sat built into them .

If so is there any particular brand ye would recommend that is easy to toggle between saorview and free sat.


Budget would be €200 to €300 mark

Thanks
Barr

The Cush

Not Freesat but Free to Air satellite

24" - https://powercity.ie/groups/10/11/589
28"-32" - https://powercity.ie/groups/10/12/603

I would recommend Toshiba over Walker, even though they are both Vestel based.

All channels, both Saorview and Satellite, in a single list. Satellite channels start at 300. Satellite channels can be organised the way you want and backed up to USB, edited on a PC and shared with other Vestel based models. Smart TV models have one button Netflix access.

Barr

The Cush wrote: »

Not Freesat but Free to Air satellite

24" - https://powercity.ie/groups/10/11/589
28"-32" - https://powercity.ie/groups/10/12/603

I would recommend Toshiba over Walker, even though they are both Vestel based.

All channels, both Saorview and Satellite, in a single list. Satellite channels start at 300. Satellite channels can be organised the way you want and backed up to USB, edited on a PC and shared with other Vestel based models. Smart TV models have one button Netflix access.

That Toshiba looks good for €249, I'll have to look for it closer to Cork as there is no Power City in Munster.

St Senan

Barr wrote: »

That Toshiba looks good for €249, I'll have to look for it closer to Cork as there is no Power City in Munster.

Will be sold your nearest Euronics store.

St Senan

The Cush wrote: »

Not Freesat but Free to Air satellite

24" - https://powercity.ie/groups/10/11/589
28"-32" - https://powercity.ie/groups/10/12/603

I would recommend Toshiba over Walker, even though they are both Vestel based.

All channels, both Saorview and Satellite, in a single list. Satellite channels start at 300. Satellite channels can be organised the way you want and backed up to USB, edited on a PC and shared with other Vestel based models. Smart TV models have one button Netflix access.

I would also agree but the 2 year warranty that comes with Walker as opposed to the 1 year with the Toshiba is usually the difference for customers of our Shop that has a choice between the two.:)

The Cush

Navarre wrote: »

Will be sold your nearest Euronics store.

Just had a look at the euronics website, surprised to see they don't mention or have a satellite tuner filter option, e.g. my TV https://euronics.ie/product/toshiba-43-4k-smart-tv-43t6863db/, while having a DVD combi filter option.

ei9go

You want an LG with Freesat Built In. FTA is a head wrecker with channels changing frequency all the time

https://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=8585682&authToken=

Kev111

Yes the LG with built in channels is just brilliant.. I know damm all about set up and sat boxes.. Bought an LG few weeks ago in Harvey Norman.. 369 euro for a 43 inch.. Just plugged it in, connected it direct to dish, searched, and in a few minds she was locked and loaded.. The TV that is..

Barr

ei9go wrote: »

You want an LG with Freesat Built In. FTA is a head wrecker with channels changing frequency all the time

https://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10152&catalogId=14551&langId=111&searchTerms=8585682&authToken=

Always thought FTA and freesat were the same thing .... learn something new everyday


I have an old sky box upstairs that has 101 BBC, 102 BBC 2 etc. Was hoping for similar through a tv

Doing a bit on research on LG'S now

Would ye reckon of this one , seems good price


https://www.currys.ie/ieen/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/lg-32lk6100-32-smart-hdr-led-tv-10178870-pdt.html

dxhound2005

I wouldn't be afraid of Free to Air. Frequency changes are only occasional, not all the time, and there are plenty of sources for frequency information. And if you are a typical viewer, you might only watch a few different channels.

johnnylancer

I also just bought an LG TV with Freesat but in setup I put in Ireland as country and Freesat not available only FTA
If I change country to UK will I get Freesat
Model is 55UK6400PLF

fryup

Freesat only works in the UK??

johnnylancer

If I put in UK as country should I not get Freesat like a Humax box by putting in an UK Postcode?

St Senan

Barr wrote: »

Always thought FTA and freesat were the same thing .... learn something new everyday


I have an old sky box upstairs that has 101 BBC, 102 BBC 2 etc. Was hoping for similar through a tv

Doing a bit on research on LG'S now

Would ye reckon of this one , seems good price


https://www.currys.ie/ieen/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/lg-32lk6100-32-smart-hdr-led-tv-10178870-pdt.html

If your going to go for an lg then bare in mind you will have 6-7 button presses to move from Irish to UK channels and visa versa. The channels wont be on the same list or menu. With Freesat TVs I would highly recommend the Panasonic Freesat TVs https://powercity.ie/groups/10/12/10792,603 and all you will have to do is press the TV button on the remote to switch between Irish and UK channels.

Toshiba,Walker,Nordmende will have all the channels on the same screen but are FTA TVs and channels will change frequencies but its not to hard to re tune them and re order the channels. My personal preference between the 3 would be Toshiba.

Panasonic and LG will have Freesat Tuners and once a British postcode is entered into either TV the channels will automatically be re ordered but again the Irish and UK channels wont be all together on the same screen and its just a Press of the TV button on Panasonic remote will move from Irish to UK and its about 6 presses on LG remote to move from Irish to UK channels although i do believe that you can put Irish and UK in favorites on the Lg. My personal preference between the two would be Panasonic.:)

Gerry Wicklow

fryup wrote: »

Freesat only works in the UK??

johnnylancer wrote: »

If I put in UK as country should I not get Freesat like a Humax box by putting in an UK Postcode?

FreeSat is proprietary software that organises the channels and supplies a 7-day EPG among other functions. TVs or boxes with Freesat branded software use a UK postcode to determine which UK region you want. E.G. a Scottish postcode would give you BBC Scotland, STV etc.
Free to air (FTA) TV's or boxes use the same satellite signals but do not have the Freesat software to help organise things. It should be noted there are a lot more free channels available than those willing to pay to be included in the FreeSat EPG. Most notably Channel4 HD and many +1 channels.

Ten Pin

Switching from Terrestrial to Satellite on LG TVs can be done via Quick Access
https://www.lg.com/uk/support/solutions/tv/webOS-3-5-quick-access
Set RTE1 to "1" and BBC1 to "2"
Then long press 1 for terrestrial and long press 2 for satellite.

Tigerandahalf

You can also set hdmi sources and players to the quick keys.
I have rte 2 on button 1 (tv's tuner)
Freesat box on button 2
Chromecast on button 3
Iplayer on button 4
All4 on button 5

Irish Kev

johnnylancer wrote: »

I also just bought an LG TV with Freesat but in setup I put in Ireland as country and Freesat not available only FTA
If I change country to UK will I get Freesat
Model is 55UK6400PLF

Yes, change away

Tigerandahalf

The vast majority of +1 channels are on freesat.
The bbc doesn't have +1 channels but if you have the iplayer functioning you can watch a programme from the start (right upto when the programme has finished). It is much handier than a +1 channel.

Itv, c4, c5 and others all have +1 channels.

Grab All Association

There’s a shortcut on the LG

Watching Satellite- guide then red button scroll up to antenna

Watching antenna- guide then red button scroll down satellite

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Kev111 wrote:

Yes the LG with built in channels is just brilliant.. I know damm all about set up and sat boxes.. Bought an LG few weeks ago in Harvey Norman.. 369 euro for a 43 inch.. Just plugged it in, connected it direct to dish, searched, and in a few minds she was locked and loaded.. The TV that is..

Did you have to buy a stand separately for the tv in Harvey Norman ?

fryup

Do these tellys have a record function ??

ei9go

Barr wrote: »

Always thought FTA and freesat were the same thing .... learn something new everyday


I have an old sky box upstairs that has 101 BBC, 102 BBC 2 etc. Was hoping for similar through a tv

Doing a bit on research on LG'S now

Would ye reckon of this one , seems good price


https://www.currys.ie/ieen/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/lg-32lk6100-32-smart-hdr-led-tv-10178870-pdt.html

That will be fine. Just select UK at setup and enter a postcode of whatever BBC/ITV region you want as your 101 channel.
Saorview will install at channel 800 and you just edit the channels numbers into the correct order.
Don't under any circumstances be convinced to buy a FTA.

mackersdublin

fryup wrote: »

Do these tellys have a record function ??

Most new TVs have a PVR option. You just need to buy an external hardrive

kooga

its unlikely you will get a freesat tuner on a 32 inch tv

re the Toshiba mentioned earlier -it available in richersounds with a six year warranty in fact they have two models one is HD ready the other is full hd

Noting the above on a 32 inch is full hd worth the extra £30 ? all other specs are the same

I stand corrected the LG32LK6100 has a freesat tuner

mackersdublin

Barr wrote: »

Always thought FTA and freesat were the same thing .... learn something new everyday

I have an old sky box upstairs that has 101 BBC, 102 BBC 2 etc. Was hoping for similar through a tv

Doing a bit on research on LG'S now

Would ye reckon of this one , seems good price

https://www.currys.ie/ieen/tv-and-home-entertainment/televisions/televisions/lg-32lk6100-32-smart-hdr-led-tv-10178870-pdt.html

€249 for a 32" Smart Full HD TV with Saoview & Freesat is an excellent price. They are usually around the 400 mark. I have a 2015 LG model (LF630V)

kooga

Did anybody buy the above 32 inch LG Model 32LK6100PLB with built in freesat tuner?

Barr

I bought it at €249 from Curries , set it up last weekend. Hugely impressed for the price. Picture is amazing as well.

xl500

Barr wrote: »

I bought it at €249 from Curries , set it up last weekend. Hugely impressed for the price. Picture is amazing as well.

So did I Happy so far tried recording to USB Drive today worked fine

kooga

Lads for those who are using the freesat tuner set to Uk and Saorview as well with the channels in the 800s / can you reorder the terrestrial channels

Tigerandahalf

I have an LG tv and use the tv's terrestrial tuner for saorview. You can rearrange the channels.
You can also put channels on hotkeys, e.g. long press 1 = rte 1, 2 = rte 2, etc.

I have now tv, iplayer and chromecast set to hotkeys.