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I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV
Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support,
who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is
OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I
assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV
player.
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:38:05 +0100, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV >Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support,
who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is
OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I
assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV
player.

For what it's worth, I've installed STV on both a Firestick 4k max,
and a Thomson 270 (which is a better device IMHO) and it works well on
both of them.

Rod.
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Scott <newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support,
who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is
OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I
assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV
player.

Does the TV act as a receiver for cast programmes? ie could you use the stv player app on your iPad and cast it to the TV?

I find this method better for most players, eg iPlayer, as the user
interface is much better than the one on the TV. I have a Chromecast dongle plugged into my not very smart Smart TV.

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On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:45:44 +0100, Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:38:05 +0100, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV >>Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support,
who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is
OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I >>assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV >>player.

For what it's worth, I've installed STV on both a Firestick 4k max,
and a Thomson 270 (which is a better device IMHO) and it works well on
both of them.

Is it possible to install the STV Player app from the Fire Stick
direct the TV or is there an incompatibility of operating sytems?
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On 28/08/2025 10:38, Scott wrote:

I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support,
who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is
OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I
assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV
player.

surely it's down to stv to make the app for the tv, i'm sure lg are not blocking them from doing so.
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On 28/08/2025 10:38, Scott wrote:

I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support,
who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is
OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I
assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV
player.

If you wanted full UK compatibility you should have bought a Freeview
Play TV. John Lewis are better than most dealers by stating which of
their TVs have it. You have only yourself to blame for buying a reduced
price LG TV that they clearly marked as just a "smart TV".
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:52:37 +0100, MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> wrote:

On 28/08/2025 10:38, Scott wrote:

I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV
Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support,
who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is
OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I
assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV
player.

If you wanted full UK compatibility you should have bought a Freeview
Play TV. John Lewis are better than most dealers by stating which of
their TVs have it. You have only yourself to blame for buying a reduced >price LG TV that they clearly marked as just a "smart TV".

I'll look at this, thanks, as I can return it within 30 days. However,
I thought Freeview was ending in favour of Freely whatever that is?
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 18:19:49 +0100, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 17:52:37 +0100, MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> wrote:

On 28/08/2025 10:38, Scott wrote:

I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV
Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support,
who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is
OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I
assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV
player.

If you wanted full UK compatibility you should have bought a Freeview
Play TV. John Lewis are better than most dealers by stating which of
their TVs have it. You have only yourself to blame for buying a reduced >>price LG TV that they clearly marked as just a "smart TV".

I'll look at this, thanks, as I can return it within 30 days. However,
I thought Freeview was ending in favour of Freely whatever that is?

Sorry, I now see that Freely is associated with 'cheap' TV such as
Hisense and Bush. I thought LG offered Freeview Play anyway: https://www.freeview.co.uk/blogs/freeview-play-launches-lg-2021-tvs

How coan it not be on a 2025 set if lt was introduced in 2021. I am
completely confused. I think I'll just put up an aerial.
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Scott wrote:

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television.

The TV will receive all channels if you connect an aerial or a dish.

I thought Freeview was ending in favour of Freely whatever that is?

Freely is going to be the next free TV damp squib, you have to buy a
device which has it built-in, can't add it as an app to existing devices.
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On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:55:22 +0100, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:45:44 +0100, Roderick Stewart ><rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:38:05 +0100, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV >>>Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support,
who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is
OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling
products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I >>>assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV >>>player.

For what it's worth, I've installed STV on both a Firestick 4k max,
and a Thomson 270 (which is a better device IMHO) and it works well on
both of them.

Is it possible to install the STV Player app from the Fire Stick
direct the TV or is there an incompatibility of operating sytems?

I'm not sure what you mean. You could watch STV on the TV by selecting
the appropriate HDMI input for the Firestick, and selecting STV on the Firestick (after installing the STV app on the Firestick of course).

Whatever it's possible to install on the TV will depend on the TV
itself and is nothing to do with the Firestick. If the TV allows you
to install apps, you would presumably install them from whatever
appstore the TV uses, not from another device.

Rod.
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 07:42:06 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
wrote:

The TV will receive all channels if you connect an aerial or a dish.

And a lot more if you connect it to a streaming device that has a good
internet connection. No need for an aerial at all.

Rod.
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Roderick Stewart wrote:

Whatever it's possible to install on the TV will depend on the TV
itself

The LG content store claims the STV app is installable on WebOS versions
from 2017 to 2024, and the OLED42C54LA says it runs WebOS 25, so it
seems the combination isn't supported?

<https://gb.lgappstv.com/main/tvapp/detail?appId=354595>
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Whatever it's possible to install on the TV will depend on the TV
itself and is nothing to do with the Firestick. If the TV allows you
to install apps, you would presumably install them from whatever
appstore the TV uses, not from another device.

Rod.

I dont suppose its relevant, but I have managed to "sideload" apps in to
a Sharp Android TV by putting the .apk file on to a USB stick - so
theres no need to depend on any PlayStore

Obviously if its not an Android TV then all bets are off
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:09:09 +0100, Roderick Stewart <rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:55:22 +0100, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:45:44 +0100, Roderick Stewart >><rjfs@escapetime.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 10:38:05 +0100, Scott
<newsgroups@gefion.myzen.co.uk> wrote:

I live in Scotland. I have now set up the TV but I cannot find the STV >>>>Player. It is not in the 'Apps' tile. I phoned LG technical support, >>>>who say STV Player is not supported and suggest that I buy a
Firestick. Does anyone know a work-around for this? Model is >>>>OLED42C54LA.

I think it is not acceptable that John Lewis and LG are selling >>>>products in Scotland that do not fully support Scottish Television. I >>>>assume I could change my postcode and use ITVX or install an aerial
but I am interested to know whether there is a way of installing STV >>>>player.

For what it's worth, I've installed STV on both a Firestick 4k max,
and a Thomson 270 (which is a better device IMHO) and it works well on >>>both of them.

Is it possible to install the STV Player app from the Fire Stick
direct the TV or is there an incompatibility of operating sytems?

I'm not sure what you mean. You could watch STV on the TV by selecting
the appropriate HDMI input for the Firestick, and selecting STV on the >Firestick (after installing the STV app on the Firestick of course).

Whatever it's possible to install on the TV will depend on the TV
itself and is nothing to do with the Firestick. If the TV allows you
to install apps, you would presumably install them from whatever
appstore the TV uses, not from another device.

I think the issue is that LG is webOS and Firestick is [a variant of]
Android. It seems STV Player is incompatible with webOS but compatible
with Firestick.
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:23:59 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
wrote:

Roderick Stewart wrote:

Whatever it's possible to install on the TV will depend on the TV
itself

The LG content store claims the STV app is installable on WebOS versions >from 2017 to 2024, and the OLED42C54LA says it runs WebOS 25, so it
seems the combination isn't supported?

<https://gb.lgappstv.com/main/tvapp/detail?appId=354595>

This mystifies me. I assumed (a) a 2025 model would be more advanced
than it predecessors; and (b) all the software would be common to all
the screen sizes. It does seem though that this could be an anomaly
that will have to be resolved in STV's commercial interests. Otherwise
they will lose viewers to ITV.
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Scott wrote:

I think the issue is that LG is webOS and Firestick is [a variant of] Android.

WebOS is not Android, it's Linux (same as Android) with html/css/javascript
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On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:54:51 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
wrote:

Scott wrote:

I think the issue is that LG is webOS and Firestick is [a variant of]
Android.

WebOS is not Android, it's Linux (same as Android) with html/css/javascript

I was suggesting that Fire OS is a variant (fork) of Android: https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tv/fire-os-overview.html
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