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  • 21-12-2009 5:42pm
    #1
    glennb
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭


    i couldnt find anythin closer to my question than here so sorry if it is in wrong place
    i just bought a sony tv and it has a thing on it called freesat and when i asked the man at shop what it was he said it was like a built in satbox but it only works in nIreland at the mo is he right and if he is not how do i set it up to work

    Thanks


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  • #2
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Are you sure its Freesat, and not Freeview? Double check as there is a world of difference.


  • #3
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    If it is Freesat though, it will work down here and all you need is a standard satellite dish. Did not think Sony were selling those TVs here though.


  • #4
    glennb
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭glennb


    JDxtra wrote: »
    Are you sure its Freesat, and not Freeview? Double check as there is a world of difference.
    sorry it is freeview any idea what it is or anything


  • #5
    fergus o brien
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭fergus o brien


    freesat is the free channels broadcasting on the sky satellite(eurobird 28.5 east) where as freeview is a uk terrestrial digital service(recieved through an aeriel). a lot of tv sets are being sold in recent months on the basis that they are lcd and are hd ready and they are(but if you see freeview on the box then that tv was designed for use in the uk and not ireland)as far as i know itv owned freeview and was taken over and the recievers used were changed(so older recievers did not recieve the freeview channels) there is a reason these tv sets are cheap. they dont work in the uk any longer(well the freeview part) and so retailers are buying them cheap and selling them on here. but they wont work here either ,meaning if you thought you could get the rte terrestrial digital service through it you wont ,the freeview reciever is mpeg3 and rte terrestrial digital uses mpeg4. they are still good tvs and a bargain but retailers should be explaining all this to the people who buy them.


  • #6
    glennb
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭glennb


    fergus o brien wrote: »
    freesat is the free channels broadcasting on the sky satellite(eurobird 28.5 east) where as freeview is a uk terrestrial digital service(recieved through an aeriel). a lot of tv sets are being sold in recent months on the basis that they are lcd and are hd ready and they are(but if you see freeview on the box then that tv was designed for use in the uk and not ireland)as far as i know itv owned freeview and was taken over and the recievers used were changed(so older recievers did not recieve the freeview channels) there is a reason these tv sets are cheap. they dont work in the uk any longer(well the freeview part) and so retailers are buying them cheap and selling them on here. but they wont work here either ,meaning if you thought you could get the rte terrestrial digital service through it you wont ,the freeview reciever is mpeg3 and rte terrestrial digital uses mpeg4. they are still good tvs and a bargain but retailers should be explaining all this to the people who buy them.
    he said it had mpeg-4 and i asked what it was and he said that when ireland go through the digital switch over it will be able to pick things up but he said it wont be for a good while anyway whatever it is ill prob find out onmy way thanks for help all


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  • #7
    JDxtra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,933 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    glennb wrote: »
    he said it had mpeg-4 and i asked what it was and he said that when ireland go through the digital switch over it will be able to pick things up but he said it wont be for a good while anyway whatever it is ill prob find out onmy way thanks for help all

    If it has an MPEG4 tuner (many Sony TVs do) then, depending on your location, you may be able to pick up the digital test signals for RTE 1, RTE 2, TV3 etc.


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