Freeview

[sir.prize]

Hi. I have a Philips Flat TV with built-in Freeview. Also the set carries the HD Ready logo. In the listing magazine the Freeview numbers are shown. For instance BBC3 is Freeview 7.

To watch in HD it is listed as Freeview 54. But my TV is just a blank screen on 54. What am I doing wrong? Many thanks for advice.

PS: I have read that HD ready means the set is capable of displaying HD but not necessarily capable of receiving HD. That's confusing.

[Maydup]

You might need to check that HD is available in your area Sir.Prize. Pop your postcode in here for more info.

http://freeview.co.uk/HD

[Gromit]

Yes, you need a HD receiver and the Freeview one that came built into your TV isn't. You can buy another box and connect it by HDMI cable.

[EvianBaby]

I think your last sentence sums it up. Your TV is capable of displaying HD but not receiving it so you'd need an external receiver, like a Freeview HD box or a Sky+ box.

[Mamyalynne]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...s.shtml#automatically

[Maydup]

I don't thnk you should need a seperate receiver if you have built in Freeview with an HD ready TV. As you say, all very confusing.

[Frank97]

I have read that HD ready means the set is capable of displaying HD but not necessarily capable of receiving HD
That is correct, it means if you connect a HD source such as a blu-ray played or Freeview HD box to the TV you will be able to use the full capability of your set.
You will not be able to view, via the on-board receiver, any of the HD channels as the TV doesn't have a HD receiver built in.

[sir.prize]

Thank you both - excellent answers.

[sir.prize]

Wow lots more answers. Many thanks folks.

[Davethedog]

As Evian says, your TV is HD ready, which I think means your freeview isn't HD, I would guess your TV is about 3 years or older?

So you would need a HD freeview box in addition to your existing Freeview

[Baldric]

HD ready means you need an HD box
Full HD means you don't

[Sipowicz]

Wrong Baldric, HD ready means your TV is capable of showing HD using 720 horizontal lines, Full HD means it is capable of showing HD using 1080 horizontal lines. You need a Freeview HD box to recieve the HD signal.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...igitaltv/faq_hd.shtml

[Frank97]

Baldric is correct!

[Baldric]

I have a Full HD Panasonic Viera 50" and it shows HD programmes perfectly with NO external box



(thanks D97)

[Sipowicz]

To recieve an HD signal, you need a Freeview HD television (this is different from a Freeview televsion) or a Freeview HD box. Baldric, your TV must be a Freeview HD tv hence you can recieve an HD signal. sir prize must have a Freeview television (not Freeview HD) and he can't recieve an HD signal
It's all explained in the link I gave earlier!

[sir.prize]

Thank you Sipowicz

[Saki]

Sipowicz is correct.
To put it in laymens terms; A Freeview TV has a Freeview tuner built in.
A Freeview HD TV has a Freeview HD tuner built in.

A Freeview TV needs a Freeview HD box to recieve the HD signal.

Baldric has a Freeview HD TV.
sir. prize has a Freeview TV.

[Sipowicz]

Baldric & D97x7, You can have a Freeview TV that is "Full HD". That doesn't mean that it can recieve the HD signal. It means that when it recieves the HD signal via a Freeview HD box, it can show it in the best resolution. 1080 lines as opposed to 720 lines.

[Frank97]

Yes, I know, I own 5 different sets all of varying specs!

[Sipowicz]

Then why did you say "Baldric is correct" when he wasn't?

[Frank97]

A full HD set is one that has a built in HD receiver weather it be 720 or 1080, a HD ready set is one that can show a 720 or 1080 but has no in built receiver so needs the addition of an external box which is what Baldric said, that is why I said he was correct! Sorry for any confusion I may have caused!