TV and built in Freesat?

I have Googled without success. Has anyone heard of any plans for TVs with
built in Freesat?

Peter Crosland

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I have Googled without success. Has anyone heard of any plans for TVs with
built in Freesat?


Is it allowed by EU, Sky can't do it.

How long terrestrial digital and Freeview been going, shops have just got to
stage where this is becoming normal.

Your idea good but do not think it will happen soon or in great numbers.

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I have Googled without success. Has anyone heard of any plans for TVs with
built in Freesat?

Peter Crosland




Hi Peter,

I believe that Panasonic will be bringing out a new model with built-in
Freesat receiver this July. Take a look at www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums click
on "satellite" and then "Freesat" for all info about Freesat (including
links to screen-shots taken yesterday). Freesat doesn't officially launch
until 6th May, but when it does, EVERYONE will know about it!

Chris (Walsall).

Rather than built in anything, I've heard many manufacturers are getting so
****ed of with moving goalposts in the standards dept, there will be a rash
of what are basically monitors coming out with matching under set boxes for
whatever the standard is at the time.
After all if the hi def leaks are correct, the whole terrestrial system is
going to be a mess, and as sat is still only a test and remembering all the
false launches of terrestrial, I can sympathise with the manufacturers of
integrated tvs.
People just do not go out and buy new tvs all the time.
Brian

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"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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I have Googled without success. Has anyone heard of any plans for TVs with
built in Freesat?

Peter Crosland

Chris wrote:
"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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I have Googled without success. Has anyone heard of any plans for
TVs with built in Freesat?

Peter Crosland




Hi Peter,

I believe that Panasonic will be bringing out a new model with
built-in Freesat receiver this July. Take a look at
www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums click on "satellite" and then "Freesat"
for all info about Freesat (including links to screen-shots taken
yesterday). Freesat doesn't officially launch until 6th May, but when
it does, EVERYONE will know about it!
Chris (Walsall).

According to the ERT weekly from April 10.. "As part of its involvement
Panasonic is launching a range of TVs with integrated Freesat tuners. The
first of the gloss black sets will be a 42 in, 1080P plasma screen, which
will arrive in store in June. Two further models - 40 and 50 inch plasmas -
launch the following month. The range receives the final addition in the
autumn - a 32 in LCD."

I could well have been mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that I saw a Humax
Freesat model listed in a brochure that I was browsing through in a friend's
TV workshop on Friday, I'll try and find out next week and if I was right
I'll post the model number and listed spec.

"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
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I have Googled without success. Has anyone heard of any plans for TVs
with built in Freesat?


Is it allowed by EU, Sky can't do it.


One did however fall through the net. It was made by LG,
and had a modified Pace Digibox inside. I repaired a couple.
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Graham

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David wrote:

: Is it allowed by EU, Sky can't do it.

The LG Sky IDTV was ruled contrary to EU rules as it had no means of adding
a CAM for any other encryption system. It was never withdrawn - they just
any future model had to comply with the rules!

Panasonic are doing the *ONLY* (so far) Freesat IDTV (and reliable rumours
said that they almost pulled out of it! Presumably, to keep the EU happy,
it will have a CAM slot (like all Freeview IDTVs have) - even though there
are no plans for any encryption on Freesat.

Ivan wrote:

: I could well have been mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that I saw a Humax
: Freesat model listed in a brochure that I was browsing through in a friend's
: TV workshop on Friday, I'll try and find out next week and if I was right
: I'll post the model number and listed spec.

Humax are only doing a Freesat HD STB (for the launch day) and also have
exclusive rights for the first Freesat HD-PVR. They seem to have annoyed a
lot of people (and to be taking some of the shine off the launch day!) by
announcing that their HD-PVR won't be ready until about August!

Brian McIlwrath wrote:


Humax are only doing a Freesat HD STB (for the launch day) and also have
exclusive rights for the first Freesat HD-PVR. They seem to have annoyed a
lot of people (and to be taking some of the shine off the launch day!) by
announcing that their HD-PVR won't be ready until about August!

They annoyed me so much, that as a stop gap I've just bought a second hand Sky
HD box. Life's too short !

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Mark Carver wrote:
Brian McIlwrath wrote:


Humax are only doing a Freesat HD STB (for the launch day) and also
have exclusive rights for the first Freesat HD-PVR. They seem to
have annoyed a lot of people (and to be taking some of the shine off
the launch day!) by announcing that their HD-PVR won't be ready
until about August!

They annoyed me so much, that as a stop gap I've just bought a second
hand Sky HD box. Life's too short !


I can think of a number of aerial/sat installers who from day one would love
to carry Freesat kits on their vans as an option to Sky in areas of non
existent terrestrial digital (or even analogue) reception, however for some
reason better known to themselves the cartel rules that this just ain't
going to be allowed to happen for at least another year, does anyone know if
there has been any 'logical' explanation given for this, what many would
consider to be, bizarre decision?