Ship Year Old TV?
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Ship Year Old TV?
I was wondering peoples views about shipping my year old 28" TV? I've heard that I may need to get a slight adjustment done or use it through an Aussie VCR. What are people's experiences as to how easy this is?
Shipping's happening on Monday!!
Shipping's happening on Monday!!
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Re: Ship Year Old TV?
G'day
Umm why pay for shipping? Just sell it and buy one here. They are pretty cheap.
Hope you have a stress free trip
Umm why pay for shipping? Just sell it and buy one here. They are pretty cheap.
Hope you have a stress free trip
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Re: Ship Year Old TV?
Originally Posted by richieb
I was wondering peoples views about shipping my year old 28" TV? I've heard that I may need to get a slight adjustment done or use it through an Aussie VCR. What are people's experiences as to how easy this is?
Shipping's happening on Monday!!
Shipping's happening on Monday!!
Get rid of it and buy a new one.
good luck
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Re: Ship Year Old TV?
Originally Posted by manxfamily
Get rid of it and buy a new one.
good luck
good luck
Look around on Oz websites and you'll find some decent priced sets. Have a look on ebay.com.au as well
Rob
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Re: Ship Year Old TV?
[QUOTE=samnrob2]I had a 42 inch rear projection but really couldn't see the point of shipping it so have sold it.
Just wondering why.........just bought a 42 plasma and if we sold it we'd never get the £3.200 it cost us back, also we had it checked out and told it would be compatible I HOPE SO.
Lesley
Just wondering why.........just bought a 42 plasma and if we sold it we'd never get the £3.200 it cost us back, also we had it checked out and told it would be compatible I HOPE SO.
Lesley
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[QUOTE=JJL family]
You could ship it. Check what video system it runs on. PAL is not enough to guarantee. UK runs on PAL-I and Australia is PAL-B/G. You'll get a picture but no sound on a UK TV in Oz.
However if you use SCART/SVideo instead of using the sets internal tuner then all will be fine. E.g. if you have a set top box for satellite or cable TV.
I'm not taking my 28" wide screen TV as they are now pretty inexpensive in Oz.
Cheers Paul
Originally Posted by samnrob2
I had a 42 inch rear projection but really couldn't see the point of shipping it so have sold it.
Just wondering why.........just bought a 42 plasma and if we sold it we'd never get the £3.200 it cost us back, also we had it checked out and told it would be compatible I HOPE SO.
Lesley
Just wondering why.........just bought a 42 plasma and if we sold it we'd never get the £3.200 it cost us back, also we had it checked out and told it would be compatible I HOPE SO.
Lesley
You could ship it. Check what video system it runs on. PAL is not enough to guarantee. UK runs on PAL-I and Australia is PAL-B/G. You'll get a picture but no sound on a UK TV in Oz.
However if you use SCART/SVideo instead of using the sets internal tuner then all will be fine. E.g. if you have a set top box for satellite or cable TV.
I'm not taking my 28" wide screen TV as they are now pretty inexpensive in Oz.
Cheers Paul
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Re: Ship Year Old TV?
Originally Posted by gajjitt
You could ship it. Check what video system it runs on. PAL is not enough to guarantee. UK runs on PAL-I and Australia is PAL-B/G. You'll get a picture but no sound on a UK TV in Oz.
However if you use SCART/SVideo instead of using the sets internal tuner then all will be fine. E.g. if you have a set top box for satellite or cable TV.
I'm not taking my 28" wide screen TV as they are now pretty inexpensive in Oz.
Cheers Paul
However if you use SCART/SVideo instead of using the sets internal tuner then all will be fine. E.g. if you have a set top box for satellite or cable TV.
I'm not taking my 28" wide screen TV as they are now pretty inexpensive in Oz.
Cheers Paul
Plus we're not planning on taking a container with us so sending a TV over was even more pointless.
Rob
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Re: Ship Year Old TV?
Originally Posted by richieb
I was wondering peoples views about shipping my year old 28" TV? I've heard that I may need to get a slight adjustment done or use it through an Aussie VCR. What are people's experiences as to how easy this is?
Shipping's happening on Monday!!
Shipping's happening on Monday!!
Binbird
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Re: Ship Year Old TV?
Originally Posted by richieb
I was wondering peoples views about shipping my year old 28" TV? I've heard that I may need to get a slight adjustment done or use it through an Aussie VCR. What are people's experiences as to how easy this is?
Shipping's happening on Monday!!
Shipping's happening on Monday!!
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Re: Ship Year Old TV?
I agree with binbird. If you're shipping a container, there will be neglible extra cost for the TV. If it's only a year old, chances are it'll have its own built-in adjuster.
So... are you shipping a container?
And... pick up your remote, go into the system setup menu (or whatever it's called) and look for some suitable setting. You need to change the sound/vision offset from 6Mhz to 5 (I think, or is it from 5 to 6?), and it might be a menu entry that says that or it might be one that talks about the PAL-I vs PAL-G thing. If hopelessly lost, read the manual in gory detail. (You've only had it a year, whaddya mean you've lost the manual?!) Also, what's the model? Maybe you can look it up on the web or contact the manufacturer.
Finally, even if you can't adjust it, buying a local VCR to run it through is immensely cheaper than buying a new TV!
So... are you shipping a container?
And... pick up your remote, go into the system setup menu (or whatever it's called) and look for some suitable setting. You need to change the sound/vision offset from 6Mhz to 5 (I think, or is it from 5 to 6?), and it might be a menu entry that says that or it might be one that talks about the PAL-I vs PAL-G thing. If hopelessly lost, read the manual in gory detail. (You've only had it a year, whaddya mean you've lost the manual?!) Also, what's the model? Maybe you can look it up on the web or contact the manufacturer.
Finally, even if you can't adjust it, buying a local VCR to run it through is immensely cheaper than buying a new TV!
Last edited by MarkMyWords; Jan 18th 2005 at 10:16 pm.
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Re: Ship Year Old TV?
Originally Posted by MarkMyWords
Finally, even if you can't adjust it, buying a local VCR to run it through is immensely cheaper than buying a new TV!
Both work perfectly! One through an Aussie video (AUS$89) and the other is connected to Foxtel.
Absolutely no adjustments required
PS: due to conflicting advice, I contacted the manufacturer, JVC, through their web site and they confirmed that I would have no problem and no adjustment necessary.
However, as above, if you have a container coming anyway, no problem. If you are shipping it seperately, consider selling and buying new over here.
Andrew