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Tina Winchester

Dec 29th 2006 2:09 am

Televisions

Just a quick question, does anyone know whether a Television brought in England will work in Australia?

esperanza

Dec 29th 2006 2:33 am

Re: Televisions

Have you done a search for 'TV'? There are a few threads on this topic.

General consensus seems to be that some will, some won't, and some will only receive certain channels. They apparently all work if the signal is routed through a sky/cable box, or a video player that is compatible. Or you could use a spare one for games or DVDs.

mark213

Dec 29th 2006 9:47 am

Re: Televisions

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tina Winchester (Post 4234495)

Just a quick question, does anyone know whether a Television brought in England will work in Australia?

Probably not. Look for PAL-B in the TV specifications. UK is PAL-I

andrew63

Dec 29th 2006 1:05 pm

Re: Televisions

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tina Winchester (Post 4234495)

Just a quick question, does anyone know whether a Television brought in England will work in Australia?

YES
Sort of!:)
Unless it's a ultra modern multi-region, you may need to watch the Australian terrestial TV channels throught a locally purchased DVD or video player

Andrew

TheAshleys

Dec 29th 2006 6:55 pm

Re: Televisions

Basically, you need a set top box, unless you can change regions.

Sound is not the only issue, if it supports PAL-I (Mine does), great. What it wont do is pick up any digital stations, there are only 6 free to view anyway, but it will only get SBS. For the rest, you will need a set top box. My advice is if it is an expensive TV, bring it. A set top box is as little as $45.00, and then once you get Foxtel (Cable TV), you wont even bother with that.

Even better, if you can, look into a Sling box. Just google Sling. If you can find a sympathetic relative or friend in the UK, get them to get sky multiroom, and connect their spare sky box to sling. Bring your pc over, connect it to the tv, and watch UK Sky as if you were at home. Ours is being setup now :beer:

mark213

Dec 29th 2006 9:06 pm

Re: Televisions

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheAshleys (Post 4235898)

Even better, if you can, look into a Sling box. Just google Sling. If you can find a sympathetic relative or friend in the UK, get them to get sky multiroom, and connect their spare sky box to sling. Bring your pc over, connect it to the tv, and watch UK Sky as if you were at home. Ours is being setup now :beer:

Good idea but you really wont be able to blow it up and watch it on a widescreen tv, but only on your PC. The bit-rate is too low... In addition it chews bandwidth on both ends - dont attempt to use the internet on the upllink end or you'll get breakup, and on the downlink you better have an unlimited tariff or this will cost you the earth in broadband fees - rare in australia i feel.

TheAshleys

Dec 29th 2006 10:06 pm

Re: Televisions

Yeah, I know. We have full on cable here, unlimited. The uplink side wont be using the web at the time we are viewing, so all is good.

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