topic Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's??? in Android TV

Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

dabasto98 — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 20:02:19 GMT

Hi all,

Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

This would be a great addition especially if this could be used and flicking between this and YouView would be amazing.

Also recording from either or both.

having a two tuner YouView and dual tuner FreeSat would be immensely popular.

i fail to understand the logic of not

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 19:27:06 GMT

Hi there

Unfortunately no one other than Sony knows why they do not offer Freesat. You could try contacting Sony about this, but I am not confident that you would receive a satisfactory answer. Sony is aware the lack of a satellite EPG - but at current the official answer is that Sony TVs are sold and marketted as Freeview.

Cheers

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

jjgray — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 15:41:42 GMT

This could be the issue taht forces me to switch brands. I am keen to upgrade from my old Bravia, and would like to stay with Sony. Aparat frmo anythin else, we have other devices with Sony remote controls and it helps a lot to be able to switch between remotes for common functions.

But where we live we only get the full range of channels here by Freesat.

Samsung and LG both have TVs with Freesat built-in. Why not Sony?

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

ravtek — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 21:42:39 GMT

Wow - was just about to order a Sony Bravia KD55AF9 OLED HDR 4K until this post confirmed this. My current sony has the full work compared to this apparent upgrade... I didn't mind losing the 3D, but the without FreeSat I'll only get internet services as I've never had an an aerial. Bye bye Sony...

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

dabasto98 — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 23:42:32 GMT

Sony should do

4K/UHD, 3D,

FreeSat HD, YouView & FreeView HD

FreeView Play, FreeSat Freetime.

All catch-up players

(BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All4, My5, UKTV Play)

Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, Now TV, in 4K.

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

nickhoare — Sun, 12 Jul 2020 19:04:45 GMT

2020 and they have listened and do support it! My qe55q85 is now tuned to terrestrial, satellite and Freesat. Mind you cannot find anything on their site showing the one connect box with tv and satellite connections like mine

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

royabrown2 — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:52:10 GMT

@nickhoare

That is because your ‘Sony’ is a Samsung 😛

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

dabasto98 — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 12:46:59 GMT

Sony Android now does FreeSat.

https://www.simplyelectricals.co.uk/blog/sony-bravia-android-freesat-tvs-launch

although this isn’t it probably never will be available on my KD-XG9005.

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

stormyuk — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 17:02:08 GMT

Yeh it's a pity. The XG9005 is missing from the list of 2019 TVs. 😞

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

dabasto98 — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 20:46:36 GMT

I think Sony for some reason handcuffed this TV and miss-sold it as being a tv worth having.
the tvs made in the same year (2019) higher and lower priced all have better software.

this tv is a major disappointment.

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

williamfsmith — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:26:20 GMT

Isn't the 9005 the TV optimised for the new console generation?

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

royabrown2 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 07:53:32 GMT

@williamfsmith

How so?

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

dabasto98 — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 13:35:18 GMT

The KD49XG9005 is optimised for the scrapheap. Sony maybe regretting making this tv as it is not compatible with services across their product range.

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

Win_88 — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 13:46:50 GMT

@williamfsmith I think you mean the XH9005

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

kdhuk66 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:19:49 GMT

Why is there only a Simply Electricals link for this information when searching for this "Freesat upgrade" for 2019-20 Sony TV's? Sony have no information on this at all.

My 2020 KD-XH8505 received a firmware upgrade on 16/11/20 but nowhere does it state in the firmware info on Sony's website that it introduces a FreeSat EPG option with Satellite connections.
I currently have an 10 year old Humax FoxSat HDR that won't last forever and at some point I might want to divert the satellite connections to the TV. Preumably the FreeSat EPG (if it appears) would not be able to make use of the TV's USB HDD recording system that exists on the Freeview EPG??

Re: Why have Sony abandoned FreeSat from their TV's???

HannahEd01 — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:54:49 GMT

From what I know Sony TVs aren't satellite certified and the don't guarantee the functionality of the guide on it.