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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- Australia (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/)

- - Tv (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/tv-346260/)

Matt Sabin

Jan 4th 2006 9:14 pm

Sorry to start a new thread on this, but I'm a bit confused by the different postings regarding TVs. Some say they work, some say they don't, some say they work with top boxes....

We've just got a normal panasonic tele and panasonic DVD recorder/player and now I don't know whether they should go on the ship or not.

Advice please... :confused:

Bordy

Jan 4th 2006 9:38 pm

Re: Tv

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Originally Posted by Matt Sabin

If the Telly is fairly new ie last 3 years or so then bring it, if DVD player is multi region or can be made multi region then your laughing.
For all the extra it will cost to ship I'd bring them anyway.

Matt Sabin

Jan 4th 2006 9:43 pm

Re: Tv

Cool. Thanks. They're both fairly new (within the last 3 years) so sounds like they'll be fine.

Appreciated++. Good karma posted...

Bordy

Jan 4th 2006 9:53 pm

Re: Tv

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Originally Posted by Matt Sabin

Cool. Thanks. They're both fairly new (within the last 3 years) so sounds like they'll be fine.

Appreciated++. Good karma posted...

Definetly bring them then. Karma returned.

lawlaw

Jan 4th 2006 10:42 pm

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hi I would be really careful about this we bought a widescreen tv, dvd and vcr from Sony only 2 years ago, I assumed they would be fine but the other day thought I would just send sony an email to check they are compatible and there not, none of them. which is gutting.

Matt Sabin

Jan 5th 2006 2:07 am

Re: Tv

Thanks. I'll give Panasonic a ring now.

Olibeneli

Jan 5th 2006 4:30 am

Re: Tv

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Originally Posted by lawlaw

Sony may well be thinking to tell you that so you go and buy another one.

A TV is a TV........no matter what make it works the same doesn't it becuase they all have to interpret the same signal........within each country that is.

lawlaw

Jan 5th 2006 4:38 am

Re: Tv

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Originally Posted by Olibeneli

apparently not, other people have mentioned here that you dont get any sound, now im confused????????????????

Matt Sabin

Jan 5th 2006 4:51 am

Re: Tv

Ooops - sorry to have started this one. Suppose I should have known everyone would have had different experiences...

It'll be interesting to see what Panasonic say. I've e-mailed them as their telephone support line is useless. I'll post the reply... :)

kiap	Jan 5th 2006 5:10 am

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Originally Posted by Olibeneli

A TV is a TV........no matter what make it works the same doesn't it becuase they all have to interpret the same signal........within each country that is.

TV aint TV :p

Analogue TV signals in Australia are PAL with 7MHz bandwidth.
Analogue TV signals in UK are also PAL but with 8MHz bandwidth.

Unfortunately this means that the tuners within the TV are different in the two countries, even although the rest of the TV circuitry is much the same.

This applies to the PAL tuners in VCRs, etc, as well.

If you are really want to keep your UK TV set to watch free-to-air TV in Oz you could probably get around the problem by getting something like a a VCR with an Australian PAL TV tuner and using the AV input on your TV. Or better still, get a digital terrestrial set top box (costs $75 for a cheapie, a bit more for a better brand) to get a nice clean picture ;)

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Originally Posted by lawlaw

apparently not, other people have mentioned here that you dont get any sound, now im confused????????????????

The reason for is related to the signal bandwidth difference I have mentioned above. The sound carriers are not in the same position for UK and Oz.

Good Luck!
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Matt Sabin

Jan 5th 2006 5:18 am

Re: Tv

Coool - good karma posted for excessive TV bandwidth knowledge!

Thanks for the info.

Think we'll probably ship it and see (suck it and sea). If we have to buy a top box then that's cheaper than buying a whole new TV and DVD recorder...

lawlaw

Jan 5th 2006 5:28 am

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Originally Posted by kiap

Thanks kiap, probably just not worth the hassle, who needs a tv in aus anyway, the programmes and ads are supposed to be crap anyway. :D

kiap	Jan 5th 2006 5:39 am

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Originally Posted by Matt Sabin

Yeah, geeked it up a bit on the bandwidth info there :o ..

Shipping your TV is probably worthwhile to save some $$$, but I'd consider offloading the DVD recorder - particularly if it has a locked European DVD region encoding or a UK PAL TV tuner - because if it does it would not be much use in OZ.

Cheers
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Matt Sabin

Jan 5th 2006 5:45 am

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OK. Geeky bandwidth boy - how do I tell? It's a Panasonic DMR-E50. Any idea?
If you can tell me the answer then I shall forever worship the bandwidth god... :cool:

kiap	Jan 5th 2006 6:05 am

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Originally Posted by lawlaw

Thanks kiap, probably just not worth the hassle, who needs a tv in aus anyway, the programmes and ads are supposed to be crap anyway. :D

When life's good you don't miss the old idiot box that's for sure. :)

I don't watch much TV these days except for a few things on the non-commercial channels and sports. Free-to-air still has some international sports (cricket, rugby, football...) but if you want premier league and such you need Pay TV.

Happy Viewing ;)
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