Backhomeatlast

Of what

Wheeler-Jones

ha ha - guess it depends on whether we have a dodgy english referee this time

BTW are you wearing an Aussie shirt? Every time I see your avatar it makes me think of the Aussies (or Saffa's)!!

Backhomeatlast

Yes, Perth lions rugby club.

CaptainMerton

I had two mates who travelled round Oz for 5 weeks on a long holiday from Perth. They started in Perth where they had a friend working as an engineer. When they came home they said it was the dullest most depressing place on Earth. I am headed to Sydney have been before and thought it was ok. Like you say better to see and come back than not to go at all and always wonder. I've been to Melbourne before quite liked it. Whole different ballgame living there though.

bubblegum_babe

Is there a way of telling from the instruction manuals? What feature should I look for to know if my TV's would work or not? I

I've brought two new TV's recently and didn't even think about them not working in Oz

They are both those Goodmans HD ready digital flat screen 'blah...blah...blah' TV's (I'm trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about!)

Backhomeatlast

Sydney or Melbourne may have been great for me...Good luck mate you will enjoy the experience even if you do not stay in Oz.

futureaussie

It works like Sky/Setanta in this country just select channel and watch.With time difference you might prefer to watch from bed.

Vim Fuego

That's why everyone should work in Swindon before they do any travelling, gives you a sense of perspective.

Wheeler-Jones

Hey bubblegum. Well I am not the one who does the TV connecting, but have seen a few other posts mentioning it. The TV we have is a Prima LCD from Canada and we brought it back to UK fine. Something to do with the cables that connect the TV - scart cables?? Seriously I am clueless. Hopefully the person that answered this question another time will see this.

Otherwise try and search some of the shipping posts - they seem to cro pup often enough.

LisaD_uk

We shipped all our TV's and just plugged them in, they all work. The small ones in the bedroom don't have a very good picture but thats down to the fact that they don't have a ariel cable plugged into them yet.
They are all phillips.
Not sure how you can tell if they will work but f they are new then I should imagine they will.

Backhomeatlast

Or Perth

Vim Fuego

See my other reply ...

farrierswife

Our panasonic LCD tv does not work, apparantly if we plug it trough a ozzie vcr/digi box it might.
Any info much appreciated before i trawl through the search pages.

Vim Fuego

No experience here, we had an (Aussie) black and white TV for while and our current Sumo Wrestler Fat Screen Model has a broken remote ... not the best place for advice, I'm sure someone will be along in a minute though

Pommy Dan

i shipped out a 32" Philips tv and it worked fine, no problems. 'Cept i couldn't get BBC1 anymore!

If it is football you are after then you will have to invest in FoxTel - about $100 a month for the equivalent of Sky+.

You can then get Setanta on a month by month contrat for about $15 per month.

We do actually get to see more live footy on TV than those in the UK, we get the early and late Saturday games, but also have viewers choice between all the games being played at 3pm Saturday.

Just factor in the (11 hour) time difference - the amount of times i fall asleep in front of one game only to wake up at the end of another....!

As for other UK tv, the channel 'UKTV' is i think part owned by BBC and does what it says on the tin. Also Lifestyle for all your Phil and Kirstie needs...