Freesat query.

You'll know if your TV has a satellite tuner built in by checking for connections at the back that will accept the cable from the dish.

They have f connector ends, Google them.

Very few tvs actually come with freesat built in, so in all likelihood you won't have it.

It might have free view wording on it somewhere, but that's for the uk market, and as previous poster said, you need to be close to the UK to receive that signal.

This is the socket that is coming from your dish, does your TV accept this type of input?

First off, do any of your neighbours receive the UK channels via a TV aerial pointing at a transmitter in NI?

Second, the LNB on the dish arm is likely a SkyQ specific wideband LNB (2 outputs?), if so it won't work with a Freesat TV, 1st generation Freesat receiver or any other free-to-air satellite receiver.

It will work with the new generation of Freesat receiver, allowing you to record 4 channels simultaneously. A replacement quad LNB would be required to work with a Freesat or FTA TV or satellite receiver.

No.

If you have a Freesat enabled epg/tuner built in to your TV, then I would guess you wouldn't really need a set top box.

But remember a satellite receiver built in might not always have the freesat epg. Freesat is its own epg. It auto tunes new channels and will have a user friendly interface.

Plus a set top box can also provide you with a recording ability with a built in hard drive. Of course some tvs can now record on to a USB memory stick, so that kinda negates the need for a box as well.

Freesat EPG is UK only , so you have to set the TVs region to a UK postcode , which of course then messes up your saorview tuning.

Switching between Saorview and Freesat is a labourious and flaky process , usually involving lost EPG data , or even a complete set up from scratch.

I know of no TV that can switch seamlessly between the two or combine the EPG data for the two.

Recording to USB on these TVs is also a pain , half the time it doesn't work at all.

Ive got an LG CX , it does all of the above .... badly , so I run an enigma 2 combo box for a painless combination of saorview and FTA with recording.

You can set hot button on your LG TV like long press 1 is RTE 1 and long press 2 is BBC 1 to change over the tuners. Sadly there are no TV who have a combined EPG that I can find.

I've seen it reported here that Walker TV's can have a combined EPG, not a brand I'd be considering though.

Depending on your needs the LG quick access (hot) buttons is a good workaround if recording etc not required and just want to be able to casually watch channels.

In the remote there are 10 numbers. You hardly are using all 10

I know this might seam lazy but me and teck dont have a great history. Do any of the irish suppliers of the Zgemma box pre load the skins so all you have to is plug in the sat and aerial cables?