To see tivùsat without problems there is a trick: choose a certified iDTV with a “lativù” label to watch channels without a decoder
Those who are looking for a new TV set to take advantage of the TV Bonus that the Government has allocated to encourage the switchover to second-generation digital terrestrial TV, the DVB-T2 standard, will certainly have come across the acronym “iDTV” at least once. In fact, we find it on TV sets, but not on decoders.
iDTV stands for Integrated Digital TeleVision, and indicates that the TV set with this brand has a digital terrestrial tuner integrated inside. iDTVs, therefore, can display digital terrestrial channels even without being connected to an external decoder, because they already have the decoder inside. However, those who want to see the satellite platform tivùsat must be particularly careful: not all iDTVs are compatible with tivùsat, even if they integrate a CAM module to insert a card. Only certified iDTVs, in fact, can show Tivùsat channels. But which are they?
iDTV and tivùsat: watch out for the stamp
The tivùsat platform is satellite, so to see it we need a dish and a decoder. There are iDTVs that integrate, in addition to the decoder for digital terrestrial television, also the specific decoder for Tivùsat. We recognize them by the certification “lativù4K” or “i” and by the labels “HD tivùsat”, “tivùon”, “lativù” and “lativù4K”.
Each label has a different meaning: “HD tivùsat” indicates TVs with a decoder compatible with HD channels, “tivùon” a TV compatible with on-demand content (i.e. with an Internet connection), “lativù” means that the TV can manage digital terrestrial, digital satellite and Internet signals and “lativù4K” that can also decode 4K channels.
iDTV and tivùsat: watch out for the CAM
All tivùsat-certified televisions integrate, in addition to the decoder, the CAM module. That is, the one where you physically insert the Tivùsat card to unlock the vision of the channels of the platform. The presence of a 4K ULTRA HD CAM module in a tivùsat4K or lativù certified TV set, or 4K Ultra HD compatible, may in the future make it impossible to watch Ultra HD content protected by the ECP (Enhanced Copy Protection) standard. This standard will be used to protect certain content, especially movies and TV series, broadcast in Ultra HD 4K resolution.