TV with integrated receiver

What are your options when buying a TV?

Televisions on the market today usually already have built-in reception options for digital television.

• The selection of devices with a wide variety of technical features is very large, so that a purchase decision is not an easy one.
• Before buying, you should find out more about the reception options and consider whether you want to keep your previous reception method. This is especially true if you have previously been over your television program cable or antenna received.
• In particular, terrestrial television in digital form via DVB-T is unfortunately often only possible to a limited extent locally. It depends on your location whether it makes sense to keep this type of reception.

Purchase of a device with an integrated receiver

• When buying a new device, you should consider what types of reception a television with an integrated receiver has in the device you are considering.


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• In the descriptions of the devices you will find designations such as DVB-T, DVB-S or DVB-C. The "T" stands for terrestrial and means the reception of digital television programs via an indoor or outdoor antenna. Unfortunately, it is often the case here that, especially in rural regions, no private broadcasters can be received, only public broadcasters.
• You should probably only choose this type of starter if you live in a metropolitan area.
• DVB-C means digital reception via cable. The reception options are better here, but there are monthly fees for cable TV.
• If you have been using satellite If you have received your television program, you should make sure when buying a television with an integrated receiver that it offers the possibility of DVB-S reception. Such televisions have a built-in digital satellite receiver to which you can connect your satellite antenna or system.