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difference between free view and free view plus
HI thinking of buying another bigger TV, one has built in free-view lg model, and the other Samsung has free-view plus. what is the difference .?? thanks..
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If you mean one says Freeview and the other Freeview+ then in most instances the + means recording and stuff like pause live TV.
Whether that means the + TV can record a different channel to the one you are watching though is another matter. |
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If you mean one says Freeview and the other Freeview+ then in most instances the + means recording and stuff like pause live TV.
Whether that means the + TV can record a different channel to the one you are watching though is another matter. |
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Are you sure you don't mean Freeview HD?
Post a model number or link. |
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Make and model numbers of both TVs would help.
Freeview+ normally refers to PVRs i.e. http://www.freeview.co.uk/Freeview-P...-Plus-Products AFAIK Samsung do not make a TV with a built-in PVR/hard drive |
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Are you sure you don't mean Freeview HD?
Post a model number or link. http://www.littlewoods.com/samsung-l...totalResults=1 http://www.littlewoods.com/lg-42cs46...totalResults=1 THE only difference is that the top one, said's freeview + which is not quoted in the link above.. |
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http://www.littlewoods.com/samsung-l...totalResults=1
http://www.littlewoods.com/lg-42cs46...totalResults=1 THE only difference is that the top one, said's freeview + which is not quoted in the link above.. |
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If you're considering buying from Littlewoods check here first
http://www.google.co.uk/products/cat...d=0CMoBEPMCMAI |
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Will be a mistake Freeviw + refers to recorders.
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From what I can see Samsung themselves do not describe the TV as Freeview+ so that would suggest that wherever you saw that description was a mistake.
There are some TVs, including Samsung models, that can record to a USB drive. But there is no mention that I can see that this TV is one of those. Also neither of those sets seems to have a Freeview HD tuner, which would certainly put me off buying either. |
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From what I can see Samsung themselves do not describe the TV as Freeview+ so that would suggest that wherever you saw that description was a mistake.
There are some TVs, including Samsung models, that can record to a USB drive. But there is no mention that I can see that this TV is one of those. Also neither of those sets seems to have a Freeview HD tuner, which would certainly put me off buying either. |
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well the original concept of getting a bigger TV, was initially just to watch TV programs on, via the built in free-view in the set. now will either of these two TV's be able to let me or anyone else watch all the channels available via free view????
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well the original concept of getting a bigger TV, was initially just to watch TV programs on, via the built in free-view in the set. now will either of these two TV's be able to let me or anyone else watch all the channels available via free view????
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well the original concept of getting a bigger TV, was initially just to watch TV programs on, via the built in free-view in the set. now will either of these two TV's be able to let me or anyone else watch all the channels available via free view????
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You're better of getting a separate Freeview+ PVR (HD) to go with the TV rather than relying on the TV's tuner anyway so don't really worry if the TV doesn't get HD. Having the PVR makes a lot more difference than a better TV.
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