Replacing 38" Freesat HD TV

PunkRoquefort

I am looking for a TV with a better picture, as my Panasonic Vierra is about 15 years old.

I have Freesat and realise that most TV's now are Freely.

Although the future of Freesat is in doubt, am I right in saying some people who have changed from Freesat to Freely have not liked the change?

Also, is now an iffy time to buy another Freesat TV?

flaneurs_lobster

My new-ish Panasonic does not have Freesat but does have Freely (about which I have no opinion since I don't use it).

Freesat will be around for as long as Sky Q is, which Sky have said is good until at least 2029.

There are Freesat boxes around (new and otherwise) if your TV lacks a tuner.

Ib06

We have 2 LG TVs with Freesat and watch pretty much all live TV on Freesat. We have a Freely streaming box from Manhattan (I bought it to see what Freely offered) and haven't used it much at all. We do have Freeview on the TVs but not sure when we last used it.

LG have been very good - but last time I went into Richer Sounds they were recommending Hisense.

My recommendation would be to go to a Richer Sounds store if you can and talk to them, their prices normally seem quite good, but see what they say and if you can view the TVs… then go away have a think and shop around, they will price match if you find what you want cheaper.

Rodders53

Hisense TVs don't have Freesat proper… nor do Panasonic afaik … Many TV makes have 'free to air' satellite tuners built in. Well at least the fairly recent (3 years old?) sets I own from both do not. Cello is an odd brand that may well support freesat (as they sell a lot to Motorhome/Caravan users).

Richer Sounds and John Lewis both have filters for Freesat HD and Freesat that may be helpful to find potential sets … but check double check and (ideally) demo in store with a freesat feed to the set you want to check it supports the Freesat 7-day EPF (channel 999 is the freesat info channel, 101 BBC One etc.,.).