watching freeview on new smart TV

littlerock

this is going to sound daft but bear with me. I am setting up a home workshop at the back of our house. there is no internet access but there is an historic roof aerial point. I do not want to run a lot of cables and freeview would suit me fine in there so I have in mind buying a new LG TV with built in freeview. The only thing which has caused me to pause is it says in TV's spec that freevew is delivered by its built in webOS3.5. Does this mean it delivers freeview via a router? which is no good for me if it does.

JJ_Egan

Post the model .
I guess its the Smart TV / Freeview Play that needs internet . Not the over the air channels .

[Deleted User]

Freeview generally operates through the aerial for live TV, of course any catch up or 'Smart' features will require internet access.

Any Freeview TV 'should' be able to operate purely as a basic live TV.

littlerock

It's LG43UJ630V

mac.d

Look at the TV on Amazon, Freeview is mentioned in both the Q&A and review section:

"Question:
is a freeview ariel built in?
Answer:
It has Freeview HD tuner and Freesat HD tuner built-in. The aerial is not built-in so would need an aerial cable to receive these channels."

"Great picture quality
.....love the built in freeview, i have about 150 channels straight off the roof aerial."