Electrical goods from Ireland - are they working?
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Hi!
Just wondering what to bring and what not to bring...we will leave most of our electrical goods behind but would want to bring a laptop and DVD player - will they work fine in Canada using an adapter?
I think the DVDs from here wont be working on a Canadian DVD player (??) therefore we were thinking of bringing our own as most important Thomas the Tank DVDs need to be played at all times:-)
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Just wondering what to bring and what not to bring...we will leave most of our electrical goods behind but would want to bring a laptop and DVD player - will they work fine in Canada using an adapter?
I think the DVDs from here wont be working on a Canadian DVD player (??) therefore we were thinking of bringing our own as most important Thomas the Tank DVDs need to be played at all times:-)
Thanks for any replies!
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Laptop no problem - just buy a new mains lead. You can buy a multi-region DVD player for about $30. Why bother with a transformer?
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Thanks @JonboyE - I have never heard of a Multi region DVD player...does that mean it plays DVDs from various countries? That would be great...where would I get one of those?
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Walmart springs to mind - theres loads of threads on this subject.
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