Freesat Deals & Offers

Hi yeah I am an existing customer. If your not in the current contract best thing to do is log on to your virgin account. And then go to contact - a chat box will appear. When it came to renewal I said I am paying £49 or something like that and new customers are getting x/y/z for £39 - you can see that I have been a customer for a number of years can you give me the same deal as new customers - that’s how they matched it. In relation to the v6 box I would say that everyone has been upgraded to v6 box for free back in Jan / Feb - here is the article free v6 upgrade and they should be able to do it for you. Just be pleasant and say that as a new customer you can get x/y/z and they should be able to match it. It’s all about being pleasant and nice. My sister was in the same situation as you, she logged onto her account and I did all the typing and knocked her payments down from £70 odd pounds to £39 and increased her internet speed too even though she didn’t need it.

Do you seriously keep your CRT TV?! What you need is an old plasma TV - I have had my main 1080p 50" Panasonic Plasma TV from new for 10 years and a 1080p 46" Panasonic TV that is 8 years old but I bought last year off a friend for £50. Even though you can see the difference between HD and SD channels, they do a really good job of upscaling even the really low quality channels. Loads on Ebay, just buy one locally that you can see running and check it doesn't have any screen burn - also they do use more energy than an LCD screen, and weigh a lot more - but worth it for the quality.

Thank you. Don't have easy access to my satellite unfortunately. If I have to, I'll try to hire someone local.

I agree! Mmm, any sort of apps for Record TV? I'm able to sideload and all of that sort of stuff, gives me an excuse to get a Fire TV stick!

Most Brazilian TV is pretty bad in my opinion. I downloaded some apps onto my Fire TV box to get Brazilian channels, as my wife and daughter are Brazilian. Turned out they weren't interested in having any Brazilian TV, even Globo which they watched all the time when they lived there. Now my wife says UK television is far superior, and loves the BBC and even Radio 4! My daughter however just watches endless episodes of the Big Bang Theory and Friends on E4 (annoyed)

Samsung seemed to have skipped the 43 in their equivalent range, do it goes from 40 to 49. Odd.

Not sure because it's put me off buying any other LG TV for Freesat....I use Samsung instead

Oh seriously? That's one of the reasons I was looking at this set. Do you know if this is a problem with this model, or generally a LG OS issue? Thanks

I understand pointing out that for a relatively small amount more you can get 4K, but that doesn't mean everybody wants it. My dad can't even tell the difference between SD and HD, so what's the point of him wasting £1 more on 4K? Just purchased for said old man. Thanks for posting OP.

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-49uj630v-49-4k-hdr-tv-with-web-os-freeview-freesat-hd-349-with-code-rgb-direct-2941985 If you prefer 4k you can get the lg one for £30 more (cheeky)

Sure I will do mate.

If you ever see it happen before I do, please ping me. I’ll do the same with you :D

Cheers, seemed a bit of a gimmick like 3d. Would the UE65MU8000 be a better option

Curved tvs haven't taken off the way tv producer's had hoped too many viewing problems with them ,flat screen tvs is the way to go

By the way its has a 10 bit panel, and can do 120 hz. Meaning that judder should be non-existent.

OK, How do you work the TV100 code? It won’t apply at checkout:/ Is that some VIP offer of first time on-line/in shop purchase? Can someone enlighten me, please?:)

I think you’ve twisted that around quite a bit, and I truly can’t be bothered trying to unravel it again. On a happy note, I have my 65” LG OLED for £1,899 arriving tomorrow :D hopefully it won’t be terrible to live with, despite not having a Sony XYZ123A processor in it (highfive)

It just seems a weird attitude to me. You start off by saying that build quality is more important than brand, but then dismiss Philips' OLED out of hand despite it reviewing extremely well and by all accounts being just as "premium" as LG or Panasonic's (with its own set of perks and omissions, as they all have). You're entitled to buy whatever you like of course, as it's your money, but framing it as a logical decision based on anything except personal preference and brand loyalty is just misleading, so I feel it important to redress the balance. The idea of LG and Samsung being the biggest companies and therefore the best is also puzzling to me. Sticking solely to the realm of OLEDs, Panasonic's, Philips' and Sony's models outperform LG's in several key areas (as the LG outperforms them in others) and are built every bit as well from everything I've read. LG's market presence doesn't somehow make their lacklustre motion handling more palatable, for example. Sony utterly wipe the floor with them on that front, so if smooth motion is important to a customer, picking the LG would make no sense. As for Samsung and "QLED"... best of luck with that. My personal opinion would be that you get a lot less for your money than with any other brand of TV with Samsung's "premium" lineup.

Bought a Panasonic tx 58dx902b and it's brilliant tv picture quality is amazing and the ui is top notch loads and loads of settings plenty of customization. Sound quality is also very good. And this is lcd.

I can see how you may have taken it that way, so sorry for any confusion. What I was trying to say was that whereas choosing between LG and Panasonic would come down to personal preference and badge magnetism, they are both very well made premium products - the ElectriQ of course isn’t. I think a Philips at £400 is a decent enough buy, but it’s not up to my personal standards, and I certainly wouldn’t pay OLED money for a Philips. Nowadays I think the only TV brands I would actually buy are Samsung and LG, and as they are the two World/Market leaders, I’m probably not wholly wrong for making that choice.

It comes with Digital Optical Output.

Does it have toslink to connect my soundbar

Prefer the 670V

I think you've got the better deal personally. The little extra for 6 years peace of mind? In my opinion well worth it.

How does this compare to the Samsung MU6400 40"...anyone know? It was recently red hot in a HUKD post for £330 but my order wasn't fulfilled - ran out of stock! :(

Can anyone help? I am trying to determine if my TV is faulty or if it is simply a design limitation in this model. I am having issues with the aspect ratio when watching most 3D content in that it seems to stretch the image vertically to fill the entire screen, i.e. ignoring the aspect ratio, and it does not seem possible to change the aspect ratio at all. Questions 1. When watching any 3D content, can you alter the aspect ratio, i.e cycle through any of auto, 16:9, 4:3, zoom? If so what sources are you using? (USB stick with files, Blu-ray, PS3/PS4 etc). 2. When using 2D to 3D conversion i.e, just broadcast TV such as channel 4/5, can you change the aspect ratio at all when in 3D? I can change aspect ratio in 2D, but not when it is being converted to 3D. 3. Are you able to change the aspect ratio when watching Amazon prime using the built in Panasonic app? 4. Are you able to activate 2D to 3D conversion when watching content in amazon prime video? Thanks for any help on this.

No. There isn't a proper market for em.

wait most likely it will go up but if it doesn't call it bad luck as it counts as bonus. ...

Has anyone's Curry Quidco tracked at the correct level? Mine is still at £7.50.

Are they making 3d TVs again then?

Yeah...I was a bit sad that my local Mapins only had the 500GB version...but consoled myself that I can fit a 2TB HDD sometime down the line. Been using mine a couple of days and so far so good, registered for the 2 year warranty online no problem.

It's easy to upgrade these to an AV 2Tb drive... Seagate video drives or Western Digital drives are the best

Got one of these recently and it is very slick. The only caveat is that the DNS settings seem to be locked down and I can't get the box to connect to a VPN for US Netflix...

Big thanks OP. We bought one of the very first Humax Freesat Recorder boxes when the very first came out (Dec 2008??). Ten years (and several new remotes) later it's still going strong but I'm increasingly aware that sooner or later it's going to conk out on us and I've been looking for another one, at a decent price, for ages. We were in the pub when I read your post. I couldn't find the 1TB version close to me but Maplin in Basingstoke had one 500GB version in stock. So off we trot and yes, they do indeed have one last one on the shelf for £139.99. However the sign says £139.99 for the 1TB version which was incorrect, so they give my an extra 10% off. Bargain!! They said this was because it was an 'open box' item but it looks pristine to my eyes!

another update still @ £899 count date change and daily rate 474 19 April 444 23 April 30, 7 388 30 April, 56, 8 365 7 May, 23, 3 325 16 May, 40, 4 264 29 May, 61, 5 217 8 June, 47, 5 196 15 June, 21, 3

I disagree with this generalisation after I upgraded my panasonic to Samsung mu7000. My 40w soundbar is louder than panasonic, but mu7000 is way louder than my soundbar

There are 2 of these on the Panasonic outlet at £599.99

Price has gone up to £899. 474 19 April 444 23 April 30, 7 388 30 April, 56, 8 365 7 May, 23, 3 325 16 May, 40, 4 264 29 May, 61, 5 217 8 June, 47, 5

The daily has rounding. With an £850 OLED now in play at this price point and still some decent 2017 stock undercutting it need a price drop.

Now showing at £93

Ah Nicely explained. Ta very much

A Sky Q Mk 4 LNB is encrypted to only work with a Sky Q box, whereas the old Sky+ LNB would work with both Sky+ and Freesat. You would need one of these, IF you have a Sky dish/LNB, or a Sky Q box installed in your home. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sky-Way-Hybrid-LNB-HD/dp/7555564149

No biggy but ... wrong picture in the post .. this is a Humax HB 1100s .. heat added though .. good price

Its the HDR 1100s that has a hard drive built in but the HB 1100s you need your own externally usb 2.0 hard drive

I haven't voted. Would be good to have a demo of the TV. Android is usually pretty terrible. And I wonder what things they've put in place to prevent/reduce the chance of image retention/burn in.

It seems like a bit of a deal to me anyway (shock)

ElectriQ and 1 year warranty.

Why's this going cold then?

I’ve not heard of this brand

What's the difference please? This one is more expensive but has way more heat though the comments don't seem to warrant it. https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/samsung-qe55q6famt-55-smart-4k-qled-tv-with-5-years-warranty-87900-currys-2916979#comment-33533104

You are 100% right however for me don’t care that much about TV build quality as long as it is not falling apart when I touch it :-) More about quality of picture, sound and connectivity.

Well in a word yeah though I have no experience of that WD box. Me and Mrs Loyal only watch telly through the Q box and it's obviously fine, but whenever we go over to terrestrial or youview as it's called for my old dear who refuses point blank to try to use Sky it goes snail slow. Going in to Netflix and Prime through the telly's OS you will have sunk half your double Curio + Fever Tree Mediterranean by the time you got the content you want to view starting (annoyed) We always buy long term multi device Eset licences and they recently released a security product for Android televisions. Seeing we still had an unused device on it sitting there I installed the thing on the telly :| it's not made it any slower but it definitely ain't made it any quicker either. If you not bothered about the OS then yeah it's a decent enough telly at what is a real knockdown price now. I would have still probably wanted to go with a different manufacturer for our bedroom but all that sorry episode taking months to get the thing replaced after the thunder fly event has guaranteed I won't be buying a Sony for at least the medium term perhaps long term future.

And that is what I queried earlier. if I'm using a Sky Q box and a WD Media Player then really the OS is effectively being bypassed and should not make much difference. Is that what you find? if so then I'll get out and buy one.

Android on the Sony sets is poor but the xe90 is superior for HDR and the xe93 is in a different league entirely.