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Anyone know of any TV mfr that are still doing Twin Freesat tuner TV's. Unfortunately my 49" Panasonic (TX49FX750B) fell over during renovations and now has a cracked screen. That model is no longer in production and I can't seem to find anything that will replace it that has a screen size of 49" or smaller (no room for anything bigger) with twin Freesat tuners. We don't have an aerial setup for DVB and the sat connections terminate roughly in the centre of the house, did try an internal aerial for the DVB but can't get any reception here so it has to be Freesat and I really don't like the DVB setup anyway, next door had a large external aerial put up for Freeview DVB but reception is iffy at best.
Seems like any Panasonic TV with Freesat have only a single Freesat tuner these days.
A bit stumped on what to do now, have looked at ebay but the only one on there has a bad case of screen burn.
Seems like any Panasonic TV with Freesat have only a single Freesat tuner these days.
A bit stumped on what to do now, have looked at ebay but the only one on there has a bad case of screen burn.
Our aerial was in the middle of the loft, we converted the space and lost the aerial, and to point a new one at the transmitter means putting an ugly aerial on the side of the house where it's visible from the garden. A minor thing, but given we don't really watch live tv I started looking at freesat as there's already a dish on the other side of the house where we can't see it.
I concluded there's no point trying to find a TV as they don't really exist, but the new freesat boxes look decent.
That said, I've still not got round to hooking it up because essentially the wife hasn't complained enough. So I guess my points are two-fold; look at the freesat boxes, and do you need to bother?
I concluded there's no point trying to find a TV as they don't really exist, but the new freesat boxes look decent.
That said, I've still not got round to hooking it up because essentially the wife hasn't complained enough. So I guess my points are two-fold; look at the freesat boxes, and do you need to bother?
Not going to be easy to find one with twin satellite inputs now, but this one does (note it says 'last few available')
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/all-tvs...
Also, the Q85 at Currys: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertai...
It might work out cheaper as per an earlier post to get a TV and a separate Freesat PVR like this: https://www.richersounds.com/freesat-uhd-4x-1tb.ht...
https://www.richersounds.com/tv-projectors/all-tvs...
Also, the Q85 at Currys: https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertai...
It might work out cheaper as per an earlier post to get a TV and a separate Freesat PVR like this: https://www.richersounds.com/freesat-uhd-4x-1tb.ht...
Edited by 595Heaven on Saturday 13th March 16:16
Hi all, thanks for the swift responses.
Almost certainly will go for a separate Freesat box (was just trying to avoid the proliferation of boxes) as the search for twin Freesat tuners has proved fruitless, Richer Sounds don't know of any that exist now and the Samsung models that state twin tuners are one Freesat and one Freeview. The new Freesat boxes seem to do everything that the Panasonic did so at least we can continue using just one remote for sat tv and Netflix and I can do away with the USB hard drive attached to the Panasonic that was used for recording as that can be done on the Freesat box.
Almost certainly will go for a separate Freesat box (was just trying to avoid the proliferation of boxes) as the search for twin Freesat tuners has proved fruitless, Richer Sounds don't know of any that exist now and the Samsung models that state twin tuners are one Freesat and one Freeview. The new Freesat boxes seem to do everything that the Panasonic did so at least we can continue using just one remote for sat tv and Netflix and I can do away with the USB hard drive attached to the Panasonic that was used for recording as that can be done on the Freesat box.
Seems so, when I enquired about the Samsung I was told only single sat connection but I admit that looking at the e-manual it's not actually stated but implies there is a sat and a sat-sub connection so therefore two, there are no detailed pictures in the manual to check for sure though. Anyway, looks like it'll be a dedicated Freesat box and as you say there are more features available and it leaves me free to choose the best TV regarding size and picture quality too.
Mr Pointy said:
Certainly does seem to quote freesat HD x 2 tuners.Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff