Television
 

We are trying to make an inventory of what to ship out with us next month.
Does anybody know if our Uk tele's will work in OZ?
They are all fairly new approx 2year old or can you get a conversion kit?

Re: Television
 

I've heard that if a tely has PAL and SECAM you should be okay - Most new ones are. If not you may get only picture with no sound. I'm taking mine anyway and I'll use it as a video-only TV if it doesn't work... Watch out for DVD players though - they have to be "Chipped for multiregion" to get them working there.

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Hi Carolyn,
I have a video recorder that came over recently from Germany. Power is no
problem , but it wont quite "tune" all our channels. As for a conversion
kit...as a technician told me about the video...a definite MAYBE. If it is
not quite compatible with our standards, by the time you pay shipping and a
conversion (if its possible), it may be cheaper and easier to get one
here.....
"Carolyn Lewis" wrote in message
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    > We are trying to make an inventory of what to ship out with us next
    > month.
    > Does anybody know if our Uk tele's will work in OZ?
    > They are all fairly new approx 2year old or can you get a
    > conversion kit?
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"Carolyn Lewis" wrote in message
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.com...
    > We are trying to make an inventory of what to ship out with us next
    > month.
    > Does anybody know if our Uk tele's will work in OZ?
    > They are all fairly new approx 2year old or can you get a
    > conversion kit?

While both countries use PAL, they are slightly different varieties. My
understanding is that they won't work, at least you'll have minor problems
(with the sound, I believe).


Daniel
--
Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
[email protected]
See how I destroyed my VCR:
http://www.toxiccustard.com/vcr/

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in article [email protected], Daniel Bowen at
[email protected] wrote on 10/1/02 8:33 PM:

    > "Carolyn Lewis" wrote in message
    > news:430635.1033486624@britishexpa-
    > ts.com    ...
    >> We are trying to make an inventory of what to ship out with us next
    >> month.
    >> Does anybody know if our Uk tele's will work in OZ?
    >> They are all fairly new approx 2year old or can you get a
    >> conversion kit?
    > While both countries use PAL, they are slightly different varieties. My
    > understanding is that they won't work, at least you'll have minor problems
    > (with the sound, I believe).
    > Daniel
    > --
    > Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
    > [email protected]
    > See how I destroyed my VCR:
    > http://www.toxiccustard.com/vcr/


Aside from that, unless you have some monster of a telly or someone else is
picking up the moving tab, it's probably uneconomic to ship it a third of
the way around the globe.....I'd say take the hit in selling it in the local
bargain trader, pocket the few quid, and buy a new set when you hit
Australia.

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Carolyn Lewis wrote:

    > We are trying to make an inventory of what to ship out with us next
    > month.
    > Does anybody know if our Uk tele's will work in OZ?

No, UK uses a different PAL version to NZ & OZ. You will get picture, but
no sound.

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I asked this question at a home entertainment forum on
[url="http://www.home-entertainment.co.uk/"]http://www.home-entertainment.co.uk/[/ur-
l] and was given the following response so
who knows??


Hi there,
Different countries have different Television standards. For example the USA
uses NTSC which is basically the bandwidth at which the picture is scanned
and NTSC runs at 525 lines per frame. The UK uses PAL which scans at 625
lines per frame and in theory offers a better quality picture.
Different standards are not compatible and you will find that trying to use
, say an NTSC video on a PAL TV will result in a black and white picture.
Most newer TV's these days offer switching for NTSC & PAL compatibility, I'm
not 100% certain, but I would assume both of your TV's fall into this
category.
But that is all by the by because here is the good news......Australia also
uses PAL as their standard so you should have no problems using either of
your televisions over there.
G'day ,
Danny

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Tommy wrote:

    > I asked this question at a home entertainment forum on
    > [url="http://www.home-entertainment.co.uk/"]http://www.home-entertainment.co.uk/[/-
    > url] and was given the following response so
    > who knows??

[..]

    > But that is all by the by because here is the good news......Australia also
    > uses PAL as their standard so you should have no problems using either of
    > your televisions over there.

The advice above is wrong. UK uses a different version of PAL to NZ & OZ.
The audio subcarrier is different, plus the UK uses UHF only whereas NZ & OZ
use VHF & UHF.

A UK TV will display a picture from a NZ or OZ station, but will have no
sound, and won't be able to tune VHF channels.

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In article ,
[email protected] says...
    > Tommy wrote:
    > > I asked this question at a home entertainment forum on
    > > http://www.home-entertainment.co.uk/-
    > >      and was given the following response so
    > > who knows??
    > [..]
    > > But that is all by the by because here is the good news......Australia also
    > > uses PAL as their standard so you should have no problems using either of
    > > your televisions over there.
    > The advice above is wrong. UK uses a different version of PAL to NZ & OZ.
    > The audio subcarrier is different, plus the UK uses UHF only whereas NZ & OZ
    > use VHF & UHF.
    > A UK TV will display a picture from a NZ or OZ station, but will have no
    > sound, and won't be able to tune VHF channels.

To make matters worse, the Australian system is slowly changing
to a wide screen digital format. Within 6 or 7 years standard
PAL systems will not be supported without a digital convertor box
which costs about $500 AU.

Nick
http://www.allbackpackers.com.au

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I agree with the post that said sell your two tv's and but new ones here -
after all when you sell and pocket the few ppounds you will nearly triple
that money in Aussie dollars plus the saving on the shipping and handlind,
all this should go a fair way towards buring a new one

--

Gwen Kelly


wrote in message
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[email protected]...
    > In article ,
    > [email protected] says...
    > > Tommy wrote:
    > >
    > > > I asked this question at a home entertainment forum on
    > > > http://www.home-entertainment.co.u-
    > > > k/     and was given the following
response so
    > > > who knows??
    > >
    > > [..]
    > >
    > > > But that is all by the by because here is the good news......Australia
also
    > > > uses PAL as their standard so you should have no problems using either
of
    > > > your televisions over there.
    > >
    > > The advice above is wrong. UK uses a different version of PAL to NZ &
OZ.
    > > The audio subcarrier is different, plus the UK uses UHF only whereas NZ
& OZ
    > > use VHF & UHF.
    > >
    > > A UK TV will display a picture from a NZ or OZ station, but will have no
    > > sound, and won't be able to tune VHF channels.
    > To make matters worse, the Australian system is slowly changing
    > to a wide screen digital format. Within 6 or 7 years standard
    > PAL systems will not be supported without a digital convertor box
    > which costs about $500 AU.
    > Nick
    > http://www.allbackpackers.com.au