Smart TVs

mardatha

Question from hubby - see these new Smart tvs, we're looking at a Samsung with built in freeview and freesat - can you connect a video recorder to it via a SCART socket? Have they got SCARTs ? Or if not, then how do you do it?

lesalanos

it will say in the tech data if they have scarts. Most do as far as I know.

Will this be just for watching old videos that you have?

googler

look on maker's website, look on retailers' websites, go into stores and ask to see the back of any set you're interested in.

mardatha

Ok ty - we haven't been out to look at tvs yet because of the snow but will do. Yes its for his videos - mainly John Bl**dy Wayne!!! :eek:

booler

He's a big wayne then?

johnnyboyrebel

As said, find the model you like and have a look at it instore or the spec online.

I think scarts are fading out gradually. My TV is around 12 months old and has 1 scart socket (whereby you used to get 3 or 4)

Dave_C_2

Our Samsung Smart TV doesn't have a Scart socket as such, but included in the box is an adaptor that takes a scart plug and goes into one of the many inputs on the back. So that's basically yes.

Works fine with our ageing not-blueray-or-anything-fancy-like-that-bog-standard DVD player.

HTH, Dave

mardatha

Ok last question honest. And its the husband asking, not me anyway He wants to know if you can use a Smart TV on Freesat, without the box? Can you plug the Sky dish directly into the tv without going through the box? (Samsung tvs come with built-in Freesat).

Sgt_Pepper_2

My Samsung smart has a scart socket.

debitcardmayhem

mardatha wrote: »

Ok last question honest. And its the husband asking, not me anyway He wants to know if you can use a Smart TV on Freesat, without the box? Can you plug the Sky dish directly into the tv without going through the box? (Samsung tvs come with built-in Freesat).

Yes if you plug a cable from your dish to the connector at the back of the telly,[STRIKE]( but beware of viruses )[/STRIKE]struck out because that relates to a different thread about TVs and viruses ...sorry

Edited: Not all samsung TV's (smart or not) can connect to Satellite feeds directly

Edited again: Tireless aren't I , but Freesat is the EPG, not the feed so you should be able to watch channels on the Satellite that aren't on the Freesat epg platform , but you have to manually tune them

mardatha

Awesome, thanks. I wudnt know an epg if it fell on my head but hubby is happy so we can all relax now lol! TY xx