71 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
100% of people recommend it.
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| Design | 9.1 |
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| Ease of use | 8.7 |
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| Image quality | 8.9 |
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| Sound quality | 8.5 |
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| Value for money (at time of purchase) | 8.8 |
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| Overall rating | 8.8 |
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Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10
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Ease of setting up & use,quality of both picture & sound
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Reviewer left no comment
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
purchased 18 Dec 2006
Stuart, Lutterworth
Score 10.0/10
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Great picture, lively and realistic colours. Great range of connections. Standard wall mount fittings. Switches AV channels automatically when you turn on your DVD player. Good programming guide, intuitive and straightforward. Basically you've got to love that Sony Bravia picture.
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Sound is pretty flat but I never use it. I can't say I've come across a TV that does good sound so not a major drawback. Possible limitations might be only one HDMI connection when everything moves to HD.
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
purchased 16 Jan 2007
John, Osterley
Score 9.0/10
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Excellent picture and once installed working very well
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A few minor problems when setting the TV up. That maybe me though!
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
purchased 22 Apr 2007
Terry, Davies
Score 9.0/10
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Easy to use, perfect picture
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none to speak of
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 21 Jan 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10
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Excellent picture, good internal freeview built in, good sound, lots of inputs available, nice design, looks neat and tidy - typical excellent Sony quality.
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Could do with more than 1 HDMI socket for future inputs
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 09 Apr 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10
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Excellent picture quality. Neat design, handsome product.
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Factory picture settings over-contrasty and garish; needed adjustment. Sound quality just a shade disappointing no matter how adjusted. Pity the remote is silver rather than matching black.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
purchased 16 May 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10
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Design, picture quality and easy to install
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None that I have discovered
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 14 Feb 2007
Richard, Worcester
Score 9.0/10
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excellent design, good quality picture/sound
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channel planner is poor
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 02 Feb 2007
John, Ringwood
Score 8.0/10
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Easy to set up, easy to use. Good sound. Quality feel.
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Default picture settings very poor.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 02 Jun 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10
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Looks and sounds good. Good size- not too big/small
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Difficulty in obtaining and fitting suitable wall mount.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 17 Jan 2007
Mark, Cardiff
Score 8.0/10
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Very nice t.v. one of the best for the money on the market at the time.
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Can show the dust when the t.v is switched off.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
purchased 28 Feb 2007
Graham, London
Score 5.0/10
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Style and ease of use
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Picture quality disappointing - most people think the default settings are poor. I have tried to improve the picture quality without success.
purchased 06 Jan 2007
Bob, Ickenham
Score 9.0/10
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Good styling, excellent picture quality
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Fiddly on off switch on top of unit, easier to use remote and switch off at plug.
purchased 22 May 2007
Allan, Glasgow
Score 9.0/10
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Simple stylish and does everything you would hope for.
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None really although the sound is maybe not as sharp as possible, although this may be my hearing detriorating.
purchased 11 May 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10
purchased 03 Jun 2007
Ian, Horsham
Score 9.0/10
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Sony quality & style
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Vesa wall mountings non standard size 200 x 150
purchased 02 Jun 2007
Nigel, Catsgore
Score 8.0/10
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Picture
Small frame size
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sound quality not the best
purchased 03 Jun 2007
Andrew, Lincolnshire
Score 9.0/10
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Easy to use, looks very stylish in matt black (I am not a big fan of the modern trend towards shiny silver/stainless steel)so this fits the bill perfectly.
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Can't think of any!
purchased 21 May 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10
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Ease of use
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having to buy an expensive wall bracket
purchased 31 May 2007
Mark, Canterbury
Score 9.0/10
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Picture quality. Ease of setup. Ease of configuration.
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Default picture settings (I've always found the default picture settings for Sony TVs to be very harsh)
purchased 18 Jun 2007
derek, southam
Score 9.0/10
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easy to set up and use
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none
purchased 18 Jun 2007
Chris, Doncaster
Score 9.0/10
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Excellent image quality, stylish design and above all the Sony name and reputation for a decent price
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none - don't know who keeps badmouthing the sound system but it's certainly adequate for my family circumstances - we've got nothing but praise for the system.
purchased 03 Jun 2007
Maurice, Durham
Score 9.0/10
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Good Looking piece of furniture - works well
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None so far
purchased 13 May 2007
mike, monmouth
Score 10.0/10
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ease of setup, brilliant picture, features are all you will ever need,
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not found any yet!!
purchased 11 Jul 2007
Sally, Leeds
Score 10.0/10
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Good looking television with very clear picture and easy to use and set up.
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Reviewer left no comment
purchased 02 Jun 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 10.0/10
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Great picture, great looking TV, easy to use.
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Can't think of any.
purchased 26 Jun 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10
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Excellent in every way - except that screen doesn't 'fit' televised image - strips of image at top and bottom 'sliced' off
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See
purchased 12 Jul 2007
Roger, Ipswich
Score 10.0/10
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One of the reviewers had spent time picking this set as the best. I didn't have time to sort it myself, so went with his choice. Ace!
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Reviewer left no comment
purchased 24 Jul 2007
Colin, Redditch
Score 8.0/10
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Stylish with good picture and sound
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Angle of viewing means that when relatively close the picture quality detoriates quickly as you move to the side
purchased 04 Jul 2007
Denise, Towcester
Score 9.0/10
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neat, clear picture colour excellent.
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digital interference is worse than non digital as it cuts across the picture and sound but that should be resolved when service completely digital.
Would have liked my old television taken away. As an older person it was a struggle with friend to get old heavy TV to the tip.
purchased 05 Jul 2007
Mark, Folkestone - Kent
Score 9.0/10
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Very good picture with some good programme search features. Probably the best digital TV picture I have seen... then again I am not a great digital fan I still prefer a good CRT picture - its not so false...!!
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There are none - bar the price.... but you probably wont get a better TV cheaper..
purchased 16 Jul 2007
Andrew, Nottingham
Score 9.0/10
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Having bought the Sony HD ready TV, and being an existing Sky Digital subscriber.I upgraded my Sky package to the HD Box. The picture quality is outstanding especially on the nature channels, which I rarely watched previously, I now am addicted to them
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None, although I could have probably got away with a bigger screen, given the width of the television.
purchased 29 May 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 9.0/10
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Quality , adaptable
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Reviewer left no comment
purchased 30 May 2007
FRANCES, DALKEITH
Score 9.0/10
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LOOKS GOOD, QUALITY GOOD
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CAN'T THINK OF ANY
purchased 17 Jul 2007
Eric, Halesowen
Score 9.0/10
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veryclear picture and sound quality. Good overall
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takes a long time to connect to programmes
purchased 21 Jun 2007
simon, Yarmouth
Score 9.0/10
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Excellent tv in build and design, good picture and sound.
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a(minor) weak point is the guide page layout where you can read only the first ten characters of an item, you can switch to half hour view to see more.
purchased 04 Jun 2007
Paul, Leeds
Score 10.0/10
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style and the fact that it is sony
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the only real bad point is that i think the remote looks cheap
purchased 03 Jun 2007
Dominic, London
Score 10.0/10
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Easy to use, nice image, discrete.
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None.
purchased 08 Jun 2007
Anonymous verified purchaser
Score 8.0/10
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Easy to use, good picture and sound and good value.
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None that I noticed.
purchased 18 Jun 2007
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Screen Size in Inches
 
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26
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Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
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Type of Screen
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LCD
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Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
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HD TV
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HD Ready
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‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have
• Minimum vertical resolution of 750 pixels (in widescreen format)
• Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats
• An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface)
Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second.
Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
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Built-in Disc Player
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No
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Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
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HDMI Interface
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1
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Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
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Number of Scart Interfaces
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2
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Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
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Frequency (Hz)
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50
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A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
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Contrast Ratio (X:1)
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1300
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This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
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Screen Resolution (pixels)
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768i
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The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source.
A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
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Response Time in ms
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8
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Reflection Angle
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178
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Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
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Screen Format
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16:9
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This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
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Brightness in Candela per square metre
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500
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Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
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PC Interface
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Yes
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If you’d like to use your TV as a PC monitor you’ll need to make sure it has a port to allow you to connect it. This is usually a VGA port, but some TVs include a newer DVI port. Adaptors are availible to allow VGA to DVI and vice versa.
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USB Port
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No
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Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
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Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
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Yes
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TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
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Picture in Picture (PIP)
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No
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TVs with this feature are able to display a preview of another channel while you are watching your current channel.
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Energy Savings Trust Feature
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No
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A Yes means this this product has been rated as being energy-efficient by the Energy Savings Trust. Good for the environment and good for your electricity bill!
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Weight (kg)
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11
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Freeview
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Yes
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Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
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FreeSat Tuner
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No
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FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
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Also known as: SonyKDL26S2030U, Sony KDL26S2030U, Sony KDL-26S2030U, Sony Bravia KDL-26S2030E
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