interbear
Prominent Member
Yes. The key problem with Freesat on the LG (I have one) is that there's only one tuner. A dual tuner external box is far preferable.
For recording primarily, I assume? I’ve just switched one of the Sky Q satellite cables into my LG (it’s a 2019 E9 OLED) to test it out. Found 150 Freesat channels quick enough, the EPG is a little clunkier than Sky but I can get used to it. It also has a record option, I pressed it for fun and it said I needed to connect a drive to a USB port on the TV. So I presume that would work if I do this.
With the plethora of on demand content and streaming catch up services I’m not convinced I need a recording capability these days. I’ll trial that theory for a while and if wrong I’ll buy a Freesat box.
Interestingly, while Freesat has no 4K UHD content, the HD channels on Freesat seem to be better picture quality than HD via the Sky Q box. Which surprised me. Even Mrs interBEAR noticed this when she first had a look, unprompted by me.